Christina Aguillera has just released a new perfume. What a surprise. I was never a fan of celebrity perfumes, but I must say, this is getting a bit too much for some of our sensitive noses - pun intended. But the perfume madness has gotten so big lately that I'm starting to wonder what really lies behind every celebrity's desire to turn the world into a smellier place and allow mere mortals like us the chance to smell like the stage gods. Kidding.

Christina's perfume bears her name and comes in a fancy bottle made to look like it's wearing a fishnet suit. If this had happened days before the whole Oscar de la Hoya pimp-me-up-I'm-a-girlie scandal, it would have been almost sexy. Now it's just plain ol' funny. And of course, when asked about what made her think the world would love to smell like her, Christina went into the already-known ramble about how this was her childhood dream and now that it has come true she's the happiest camper around.

"I love trying new things in my music and in fashion. To have a perfume of my own is the beginning of an exciting adventure" she stated. The tag line for the perfume is "Sometimes it's all you need to wear" - and we get to see a few interesting shots of Aguillera's naked back. Well, it makes sense we get to see her from behind (not that I mind in the slightest) seeing how she's pregnant (off the record that is), still hasn't confirmed it and will probably keep denying it even after she goes into labor.

[IMG=2]But really, the perfume industry is all the rage right now. It's almost like having non stop supply of all your favorite gossip queens at home. Picture this: you fancy a sniff of Britney (although it is advisable to kiss you family goodbye and write a will before doing that), you spray some of her new fragrance and the refreshing, Cheetos-like smell makes you think back of the times when her vagina was smiling back at you on every celebrity blog in the world. A spray of Paris Hilton's stuff will send you screaming you just stepped into your own pee while in the bathroom and you're afraid you've infected yourself with AIDS. And I don't even want to begin to imagine what a Maria Carey spray would do to you - probably bust your eardrums to begin with.

But you get my point. A daily taste of celebrities (taken with a pinch of salt) is understandable, but who wants to have them all at home on a shelf and smell like them every day? Like a dangerous tiger or bear of some sort, sometimes Hollywood is better admired from a distance - fragrance free.