La voce, darling, la voce...

Here's a quick test question:

With "Top notes like passion fruit and bass notes like chocolate", who's "voice" am I talking about?

She's joined a growing list of people who have launched a new perfume, called La Voce. This perfume was put together by Coty as a floral/oriental concoction that will retail for $200 per 50oz bottle, available only in exclusive stores. (Hint, she's an opera singer, and the first that I know of to join the named fragrance market.)

Having worked with singers all my professional life and endured their somewhat misguided protection of this mythical beast called "the voice" (never "my voice"), this is the first classical singer I know who genuinely has the excuse to say "la voce, darling, it's so precious".

Still, it gives me the legitimate reason to put the following people together in a single sentence: other celebrity perfumes by Coty include Celine Dion, Desperate Housewives, Kylie Minogue, David and Victoria Beckham, Playboy and Chupa Chups.

Answer: Renee Fleming


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