Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) and perfume?

[Quarry]

Reading through SotD, I just learned from An Oud Girl's post that Farrah Fawcett has died.

According to one online source, Farrah was signed to promote Faberge products, including perfume. However, I think she may have promoted only a Faberge shampoo bearing her name. Shampoo commercial

From another site: (1997) "... being released in Brazil is a new line of Farrah Fawcett fragrances. The perfume's slogan is "For Women More Woman Than Ever". It has been rumored that this is the first in a line of women skin care products that will bare Ms. Fawcett's name. It's unknown if her cologne will ever hit the US (you could take a summer trip to Brazil). The Eau De Parfum comes four different ways, la Belle, la Provocante, la Fraiche, and la Jolie."

Thoughts? Comments? Feelings?

[kumquat]

I wonder why she never did the fumes?

[G.303]

I was so sad when I heard about Her death.....I had a HUGE crush on Her back in the day!!!!! My cousin had that famous poster hanging in His bedroom.....Wow.....She was one Hot Girl!!!!
I also wonder why She never jumped on the band wagon of the perfume world.....She would have been a Great Model or Spokesperson for any fragrance or house....One can only wonder....
May She rest in Peace.
Gary

[Brielle87]

My heart is broken at the passing of such a wonderfully talented and such a wonderful human being. She was so much more than the image we saw, she was a true humanitarian. One who did great deeds in silence, so as not to have everyone rpeort on how charitable she was, that is a true angel.
Another piece of my childhood is gone; adieu ma chère ange de Charlie.

[pomander]

I also thought Farrah was an extraordinary person. I'll remember her for her maturity, her compassion, her strength and her inner and outer beauty.
Regarding fragrance, let me tell you....the shampoo and conditioner which bore her name were FABULOUS smelling. The best ever. I don't know why they were discontinued. I received compliment after compliment when I used them. Actually, when I met my husband, he said he first fell for my scent, and that was Farrah Fawcett Shampoo, bceause at that time I was not wearing perfume much. Over the years, I've thought of the scent of the shampoo from time to time, and I think I always shall.

I hope Farrah is now finally, without pain, and at peace.

[Orion]

I just did an extended blog post about her relationship to the Super Seventies; while writing it I remembered the smell of that shampoo. That and Vidal Sassoon had such marvelous scents.

I remember how indelibly she was linked to Wella Balsam. Her picture for that campaign. blown-up to four times life size, was on the wall at the local Rexall. She was everywhere.

Margaux Hemingway was the model for Faberge's Babe, which became an iconic scent years after it was discontinued. And of course Shelley Hack had the Charlie account, and Jaclyn Smith, a few years later, had her own scent, but Farrah stuck with the haircare products and one wonders why.

Farrah had an intense celebrity that dimmed after she left Charlie's Angels. The time for a perfume promotion would have been the fall of 1976. That would have been one hell of a drugstore scent.

[Lessa]

I'm also very surprised that she never did a scent. I suppose that a girly floral would have been appropriate for her personality and looks. I loved her in the Burning Bed, Small Sacrifices and Extremities. Also, guilty pleasure here, 1st season Charlie's Angels. Recently saw her documentary, and damn, what a brave thing to do, to chronicle one's journey to death. Much more substance than given credit for, obviously.

[ROBERTO]

[Primrose]

I was very sad to hear of her passing. Beauty can be a curse. Look at all of history's great beauties and how they came to grips with aging. Empress Elizabeth of Austria (AKA Sisi, and was also Queen of Hungary) was once the most beautiful woman in Europe, and went neurotic after she started aging, wearing veils and hiding behind fans. Even Comte d'Orsay ("le plus bel homme de son temps") took to wearing dark colours in his late 30s and into his 40s, which coincided with the fashions of the time, thankfully. (There is one elegant portrait of him showing his receding hairline!) You can't pull off the "hummingbird" look beyond a certain age. (I have always like Zandra Rhodes and Vivienne Westwood, though. I like their spirit!)

Poor Farrah. So nice to hear of her humanitarianism. The physical and the spiritual...a shame to be beautiful and have no brains or heart.

I recall "Babe" and Margaux Hemmingway. The advertising was based on the "free spirit" of the 1970s, the newly emancipated woman. I recall the round, flat bottle and the word "Babe" embossed into the glass. I recall the name of the fragrance and the image proposed a paradox: the "liberated" woman who allows herself to be called "babe."

[YouCanCallMeMo]

Huh, I always think of "Charlie" when I think of Farrah....that whole windswept California girl of the 1970's to me...I was a little girl (7 or 8) when she hit it big, and Farrah and Charlie were our idea of what a young adult woman should be!