It used to be that if a celebrity had just a fragrance they would just create one signature scent and that would be it. Today's celebrities often create more than one scent and today I'm digging into my prize closet to offer you a choice of two scents from Parlux: Paris Hilton's fourth, Can Can or Jessica Simpson's first since her Dessert line, Fancy.

Can Can Paris Hilton was inspired by the Can-Can dancers of the Moulin Rouge. I'm no fan of Hilton's Heiress which is basically bubblegum in a bottle but this one is a little spicier with some amber and musk notes. It still overwhelms with a big presentation of clementine flower, cassis, nectarine, wild orchid and orange blossom but it settles into a fruity floral that it a little sexier and more grown up than Paris Hilton's other scents.

Jessica Simpson Fancy recently came out and like the Paris Hilton's scents it's more girly than womanly. The scent has notes of pear, apricot nectar, gardenia, almonds, vanilla and amber. This scent does echo the candy-like scents of the Dessert line but with an added dose of light floral. The scent mellows into a soft amber with a sugary vanilla core. It's not exactly complex but its sweet and uncomplicated nature reflects the woman it was created for.

I'm giving away one 3.4 ounce bottle of Paris Hilton Can Can and Jessica Simpson Fancy Eau de Parfum to two commenters. To enter let me know which one you'd prefer and why.

To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, September 12, 2008. We'll randomly choose one winner amongst the eligible entries.

Some other important details:

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below answering the question above.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before Friday, September 12, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
* You may only enter once.
* Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
* One winner will receive a 3.4 ounce bottle of Paris Hilton Can Can Eau de Parfum Spray valued at $55. One winner will recieve a 3.4 ounce bottle of Jessica Simpson Fancy Eau de Parfum Spray valued at $59.
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.

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From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Donald Trump is asking a truly stunning amount of rent for one of his unsold Park Avenue penthouses: $200,000 per month for a three-bedroom condominium, shown above, that is listed at $45 million. The listing is here.
--We first heard rumors of this back in December but now it seems that it is official that the listing for Oscar-winning producer Marty Richards' apartment went to contract. It's selling for somewhere just below its $22.7 million asking price. The buyer is said to be fashion-show mogul Elyse Kroll. Her 23-room townhouse is on the market for $29.75 million. The listing is here.
--Hopedene, a fabulous mansion on Newport, Rhode Island's famous Cliff Walk has hit the market. It's our estate of the day later today.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Steven Croman who has been named to The Village Voice's 10 Worst Landlords List, has picked up a townhouse at 7 East 75th Street,paying $14.5 million to a family that had owned the house for decades. (The home's facade was used as home on the TV show The Nanny). Croman says he has no plans to make it into a single family home or to raise rent for existing tenants.
--Writer and Oprah scapegoat James Frey has picked up a $985,000 one-bedroom apartment which is next door to his three-bedroom apartment at 505 Greenwich Street.
--One of New York city's most coveted homes, Brooke Astor's 778 Park Avenue duplex may soon be on the market. Agents from five of the city's top brokerages met in the 778 Park duplex's library to audition for the listing which could be as much as $46 million.

From The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Bear Sterns Chief Executive Alan D. Schwartz has taken his Purchase, New York house off the market and is renting it instead. The home was listed for $4.5 million. Bear Chairman and former CEO James Cayne closed last month on a $27.4 million purchase of two adjacent apartments at the Plaza in New York.
--Allman Brothers Band drummer Claude "Butch" Trucks has cut the asking price on his Palm Beach, Fla., house again this month to $3.995 million, down 17% from the original $4.8 million. The listing is here.
--In Manhattan, a few new high-profile condo buildings with unusual designs are selling at high prices for downtown neighborhoods. At 100 11th Ave., an irregular, glass-faceted tower designed by France's Jean Nouvel, 70% of the building's 72 original units have sold since sales began in April. Eight of the nine units at Shigeru Ban's "Metal Shutter Houses" development have sold at full asking price of up to $10.25 million. Herzog & de Meuron's 28-unit green-glass 40 Bond building still has one original unit for sale after two years on the market, in addition to several resale listings.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--via WSJ Private Properties, retired quarterback Drew Bledsoe is selling his home in Westlake, Texas. He already lives in Bend, Oregon. The listing is here.
--Sitcom actress Jaime Pressly has paid $2,250,000 for a new five-bedroom home in Sherman Oaks.
--British TV presenter and Simon Cowell girlfriend Terri Seymour, has paid $4.6 million for a home in the Bird Streets area of the Hollywood Hills. Pictures of the beautiful contemporary home are here.
--A modern home in the Hollywood Hills that once was owned by actress Milla Jovovich has been listed for $2,399,000. The virtual tour is here.
--Michael J. Fox has paid $6,300,000 for a new six-bedroom house in Quogue, N.Y.
--Charlotte Bobcats shooting guard Jason Richardson has listed his five-bedroom home in Oakland, CA for $3,100,000. The listing is here.
--O magazine editor-at-large and Oprah BFF Gayle King has closed on the purchase of a $7,100,000 condo in Manhattan.
--Rumor has it that Jessica Simpson may have purchased a large house in Nashville, Tennessee but so far she has denied this.
--Danny Masterson has sold his four-bedroom, Spanish-style house in the Beachwood Canyon area of Los Angeles for $1.2 million.
--via TMZ Tom Arnold has listed his five-bedroom, 4,211-square-foot house in Tarzana for $2,275,000. The virtual tour is here.

From the Real Estalker:
--The $81.5 million Sidney Kimmel home in Palm Beach may have already gone to contract for a number over $75 million.
--Actor Enrique Murciano has listed his home in Los Angeles for $1.795 million. The listing is here.
--via NY Daily News, Mary J. Blige has paid $12.3 million for a home in Saddle River, NJ that was originally listed at $17 million.

From the LA Times: Hot Property:
--Another look at the home that DJ Paul Oakenfold has put on the market for $10 million. It was our estate of the day in February.
--Hotelier Jason Pomeranc has purchased a former Hollywood Hills home of actress Sandra Dee and singer Bobby Darin for about $3 million.
--Frank Sinatra's Palm Desert hideaway,Villa Maggio, has hit the market for $4.995 million. The compound sleeps up to 22 people and there is a helicopter pad, movie theater and outdoor dance floor. The listing is here.
--Actress Dedee Pfeiffer, sister of Michelle Pfeiffer, has listed her home in Mandeville Canyon for $1.195 million. It looks like the three-bedroom home with hot and cold Japanese-style dipping pools has already gone to contract. The listing is here.
--Actor Gregory Harrison has listed his southern Oregon home at $5.9 million. We covered this home as an estate of the day back in January but were unaware of its celebrity provenance

Add the name of a celebrity - any celebrity - to something and all of a sudden it's a hot item. Actually, in this case, I would say that it's more of a tepid item. An extra from the film Employee of the Month has put a piece of gum that was chewed by Jessica Simpson on eBay. Instead of promoting the gum itself, the seller seems to be promoting the fact that it has Jessica's DNA on it and that from that DNA, it could conceivably be possible to clone her. Strange as it seems, this appears to be a good strategy because bidding is already over $167 at the time of this posting.

[via idlyitw]

It sounds like a publicity stunt but gossip newsletter Popbitch is reporting that when Jessica and Ashlee Simpson were recently in Australia they weren't too thrilled with the local cuisine. They went for dinner at the lovely Glass Brasserie in the Hilton where they were staying. Instead of indulging in the fancy fare, the girls ordered in from Pizza Hut (Jess does commercials for the company). Given that the Glass Brasserie offers everything from crab bisque to creme brulee, it sounds like the girls missed out on a treat.

Jessica Simpson is being sued for $100 million by the Tarrant Apparel Group, the clothing company that put out Jessica Simpson's lines of clothing: JS by Jessica Simpson and Princy. According to their deal, Jessica was supposed to promote her own brand by wearing the jeans, though she refused to be photographed in them and, when asked what her favorite brand was by the press, said "True Religion."

True Religion jeans sell for approximately four times more than the Princy line, which retailed for around $60. It seems unlikely that  the Princy line will stick around in light of the lawsuit, but perhaps True Religion will pick Jessica up as a spokesperson. True Religion 'Joey' Miss Groovy jeans, $286.00.

From the LA Times Hot Property:

• Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband, David E. Kelley,have sold their Brentwood estate for about $19 million to Robert Iger, chief exec. of Walt Disney and his wife Willow Bay.
• An update on the ex-Newlyweds: Jessica Simpson has bought a five-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot Beverly Hills home that once belonged to Ellen DeGeneres, and also Paul Hogan,for over $5 million.
• David Draiman, lead singer of the band Disturbed, has purchased a castle-like home in Northridge for slightly more than $2.5 million.
• L.A. Lakers forward Brian Cook has purchased a townhouse in Manhattan Beach (is it just me or does every Laker seem to buy there)%uFFFD for just under $1.2 million.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:

• Sales at 15 CPW have passed the $1 billion mark with a $45 million apartment still available on the 20th floor.
• Palm Beach luxe. Henry Kravis has purchased a $50 million Palm Beach estate that fronts Lake Worth.
• Robert Taubman has paid $12 million for a one-bedroom cottage on Two Mile Hollow Road in East Hampton. It sits on 4.7 acres so he can build himself a something a bit more suited for the wife and family.

From the NY Times Big Deal:
• Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, and his wife, journalist Lucinda Franks, bought a two-bedroom unit above their apartment in a building near Central Park.
• Julianne Moore and her husband, writer/director Bart Freundlich, are buying a modest studio apartment in the West Village which was listed for $395,000.
• Hollywood comes to Brooklyn brownstones. Heath Ledger owns a townhouse with his girlfriend Michelle Williams and this month writer/director Peter Hedges and his wife Susan Bruce recently moved into a townhouse in the same neighborhood.

Wow, that was fast, The "Newlyweds" home of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey went on the block recently and it has already been sold. ABC News reports that the home is being bought by "Malcolm in the Middle" teen actor Justin Berfield. We've seen plenty of real estate activity from Frankie Muniz, who is on the same TV show but this is the first time we've seen Berfield in the real estate game. The home was for sale for $3.75 million but it hasn't been revealed what Berfield paid for it. No doubt his investment will pay off in young ladies eager to hang out at Jessica Simpson's former home.

[via Defamer]