Elizabeth Taylor wasn't the first star to launch her own fragrance, but she was certainly the most successful one. Her debut scent, 1987's Passion, was an instant best-seller; and White Diamonds - launched in 1991 - remains among the most popular today. Those facts you might know, but we've delved a little deeper into the icon's fragrant world to bring you these tidbits about Elizabeth Taylor's decades in perfume.
1. Elizabeth said she felt like a "chemist gone mad" while creating Passion, her first scent. "I've always taken risks, and perfume is always something I've adored playing around with and mixing," she told reporters.
2. Malcolm Forbes gave Elizabeth a custom-painted purple Harley Davidson with the Passion logo.
3. For the launch of Passion, Marshall Field's department store toasted Elizabeth with a bubbling fountain of violet-coloured Champagne. Two hundred fifty shoppers who purchased the US$200 bottle were invited to have tea with Elizabeth.
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