No, this isn't a pet contest and we're definitely not fighting over who's got the dog with the smelliest breath. This time, it's celebrities gone fully haywire on the perfume front. But someone is definitely out sniffing for a chance to get more media attention. And no, wrong again, no one's hit anyone over the head with a perfume bottle - yet, although as far as I'm concerned, that's the only way a perfume face-off can come down. But no, this is no brutal showdown - it's in fact a connoisseur's challenge - or so they're trying to make it look.

Enter contestant number one: P. Diddy. Yes, it's rather strange, wouldn't you say? But this guy actually has some serious confidence in his ability to charm the ladies, so much confidence in fact that he's launched some sort of smell-off challenge. He stated: "I send out a challenge�I challenge all of my female counterparts that have fragrances�that my fragrance is better than theirs. I'm a man and I know how women should smell!"

I'm only going to comment on the last part, as I find that rather intriguing. Diddy knows how a woman should smell? I think we definitely have to get a hold of his phone number and ask him a couple more questions on the topic. I'd like to know the secret, to be honest. How should a woman smell? Plus, he hasn't mentioned if he speaks in general, or whether he has a specific part of a woman's body in mind - and let me tell you, that could make the whole thing interesting. Although now that I think about it, I really fear some homeless guy stepping up claiming he knows how Paris Hilton smells like - no, my stomach certainly couldn't put up with that.

Enter contestant number two, none other than the diva known as Mimi, or for the rest of the mortals, Mariah Carey. She responded to Diddy's challenge and stepped forward to state that "I heard about this competition, and I wish Puff all the best with his new fragrance, but I think we're actually appealing to different types of women. M by Mariah Carey is about being unforgettable, not unforgivable. It's not about a m�nage � trois or a one night stand, it's for the woman who wants the man to fall in love with her immediately, stay in love, and treat her like royalty".

I think this sort of puts Diddy's words into perspective. And this time, I have to hand it to Mimi, I think she really read Diddy's mind when she mentioned one night stands and illicit affairs. But I'm curious to see what Diddy will reply to this - probably something about what part of a woman's body he'd like to sniff while introducing her to his glam lifestyle. What can I say - Diddy knows best, right? Or is it that Mariah actually knows what he's talking about, having once been sniffed out by him in person?