Review of Rihanna's Perfume Reb’l Fleur

Rihanna is jumping on the celebrity perfume bandwagon. The fashion-forward rock star launches her first-ever fragrance, Reb’l Fleur, available in department stores this February.

The “Take a Bow” songstress explains that the name of her scent came from a very special place. "My grandmother in Barbados used to call me her Rebel Flower,” the pop superstar told People magazine of what inspired the fragrance’s name. “Over the years, I layered many different scents to get something that was truly my own. But I wanted... something that said ‘Rihanna was here.’ Something delicious and special, a fragrance with subtle hints that linger and leave a sexy memory."

Sexy and memorable, indeed. Reb’l Fleur is as much in tune with Barbados-born Rihanna’s roots as it is with the glamour of her present life in New York City. Created by internationally renowned perfumers Caroline Sabas and Marypierre Julien, this fruity-chypre is an upbeat blend of juicy red fruits and island aromas including plums, Hawaiian Hibiscus flower and coconut water, over a vanilla-patchouli-amber base that's strongly reminiscent of Thierry Mugler's Angel.

The edgy bottle, designed to be "as dramatically unique as a Rihanna performance", was inspired by the shape of a stiletto heel, with a twisting matte black “ribbon” adding an extra touch of glam.