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Today is a big day for celebrity fragrances, as WWD announces new celeb scents for Courteney Cox Arquette and Faith Hill. Beauty brand Avon have chosen Courteney as the face of their latest scent, Spotlight. The fresh, oriental fragrance is slated to launch in limited release in April of 2009 at a budget-friendly cost of $23 a bottle. So why did the star choose to represent Avon? “Once I sat with them and learned more, they really blew me away with all the issues they support and the wonderful earnings opportunities they give women,” Cox says.

Singer Faith Hill also announced today plans to partner with Coty for a signature fragrance that will hit stores in late fall of 2009. While the name and composition of the star’s first scent have yet to be announced, she’s no stranger to the fragrance industry, having lent her nose to help develop McGraw by Tim McGraw, her husband’s cologne with the brand. One thing is certain, the singer has plenty of inspiration for the fragrance: “I am inspired by my travels around the world as well as my home,” she says. “These experiences have made a mark on my style in what I wear, my surroundings and the perfume I choose.” Tell us: Which of the two fragrances are you most excited to try out when they launch next year?

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She’s already smelled success with three best-selling fragrances, Lovely, Covet and Covet Pure Bloom, and now, Sarah Jessica Parker has announced she’ll be adding three more scents to her budding fragrance empire. The upcoming Lovely Collection, which will hit stores early next year, will feature a line-up of three distinct new scents: Dawn, Endless and Twilight. Launching the three Coty fragrances at once might seem like a bold move, but the Sex and the City star explains to WWD that the idea developed naturally out of her overall vision. “I wanted to offer a little glimpse into my world, something that was genuine and relatable — very specific moments, treasures of time,” she says. “The concept of moments lent itself to multiple fragrances.” Tell us: Will you try Dawn, Endless and Twilight when they launch in 2009?

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You’ll still have to wait a little while to smell Jesse McCartney’s just-announced first fragrance, WANTED by Jesse McCartney, when it launches early next year. But the pop star is giving PEOPLE an exclusive first look at what his latest project is all about. The jasmine, rose blossom, bergamot and chilled apple scent was inspired by the maturity and confidence of his latest album Departure. And the romantic juice developed with First American Brands will be housed in this crystal blue teardrop-shaped bottle meant to represent the tears of love. Tell us: Will you try out Jesse’s scent when it launches?

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Daughter Nahla Ariela isn’t the only new baby in Halle Berry’s life. The Academy Award-winner dished about her soon-to-launch first fragrance, Halle by Halle Berry at an exclusive unveiling of the Coty scent in N.Y.C. “We call Halle my second baby,” she said, “because that’s really all I’ve been working on for the past two years.” Throughout the process, the actress insisted on being involved in just about every aspect creating the fragrance, from doing scent tests to helping design the bottle itself — and made sure that the woody oriental included two of her most-loved notes. “I was mixing two fragrances, a fig and a mimosa, and putting them in a bottle and carrying them around,” she says. “That was my flavor of the moment.” And it’s a flavor she hopes men will appreciate as much as women. “I want women to feel that their partners, that special person, thinks they smell beautiful, thinks that it’s simple enough that they can ingest it all day, every day. That’s what Gabriel said,” she adds, of her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry’s take on her signature scent. “He said it smells like that — he better be right!” Tell us: Will you try out Halle’s fragrance when it launches in March?