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the outer voice

“Discovering that music and fragrance have harmony and even individual notes in common has taken me on a delightful journey,” Fleming says. One port of call on this journey: “The Making of ‘The La Voce Renee Fleming Ad’ Promo” video.

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80 comments

  • Buster says:

    What other singers have had perfumes/colognes created for them?

    “Geraldine Farrar, a Met star in the early 20th century, bottled her own mystique and sold a perfume that claimed to be a ‘sublimation of the olfactory sensations’ inspired by her voice.”

    http://tinyurl.com/3glbvn

  • PushedUpMezzo says:

    What about desserts for divas like Peach Melba?

    Can recall somebody whipping up something for Renee

    Sauce Hollandaise in recognition of an overparted Senta

    And of course Cherry Strudel

  • ljc says:

    There was Caruso Spaggetti back in c. 1908, and I assume that once in France there must have been a scent named for Mistinguett. And we cannot forget Mrs. Molotov’s perfume Red Moscow, which Stalin liked the smell of.

  • Charo says:

    Tetrazini had her Chicken. Patti had her Cow. There was once a cocktail invented for Rise Stevens(I found it in an old Esquire Bar Book I misplaced) And there was the Bada Bing lounge in NJ, named for R. Bing and that old Met stalwart Angelo Bada.

  • mrmyster says:

    Christine Brewer suggested not long ago that she would like to have a fine food named for her, as in Peach Melba.
    After a moment’s thought I suggested,
    Baked Alaska Brewer. That did not go over so well.
    BUT – I wonder if this talented troupe would care to make some suggestions for Christine. Her heroine Helen Traubel has a rose named for her, but that is very hard to get done.
    Ta for now.

  • Charo says:

    I’m down to Price Rice, Pears Peter, and Salome Head Cheese in the way of puns at the bottom of this page. I suppose one could add Gre Tea.

  • Sanford says:

    Brewer’s Yeast… duh!

  • ofelps says:

    Letterman is right now talking to Paris Hilton, who is huckstering her new scent, “Fairy Dust.” I don’t know what to comment on this info bit. As Little Richard said, “Help me, somebody help me!”

  • mrs. miller says:

    if the Netrebko family went to a game to see the Milwaukee Brewers they could take along a sack full of Tater Schrotts and some Schrottz Beer or a 6 pack of Wilhelm Pitz Schlitz.

  • T E Dewey says:

    The last time I went to Off Broadway to the regie version of Mime Mia(a disco Ring) I took a pocketful of sour candies, Tucker Puckers,(couldn’t find any Jussi Juicies,) and carried a sandwich of Leonie baloney on Melba toast.