Katy Perry‘s been awfully quiet about her third fragrance Killer Queen ever since she made the royal announcement in May, but behold! Our Kandy Kween has spoken!
Arriving in stores next month, Katy says the “sophisticated” scent, named after Queen‘s song of the name, is a lot edgier than her previous fragrances Purr and Meow.
The Killer Queen herself explained:
“Killer Queen has been in my vocabulary since I was 15, because of the song Killer Queen by Queen. Freddie Mercury painted the lyrics of this woman who I wanted to be. She seemed very powerful, and she captivated a room when she walked in. I named my company Killer Queen after those lyrics. I feel like, after all this time, it was appropriate to use that name in association with something I did. I feel like I├óΓé¼Γäóm falling, finally, into that woman Freddie painted…Killer Queen is powerful, edgy, sophisticated ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ and that├óΓé¼Γäós exactly where I├óΓé¼Γäóm trying to be now with my music.”
The scent includes notes of wild berry, red velvet flower, rainbow plumeria, and liquid praline and comes housed in a jewel-shaped bottle inspired by a queen’s scepter, but whipping up that elixir wasn’t easy!
According to Katy, it took “30 or 35 tries” to get right! She elaborated:
“I wanted some floral [notes], like jasmine, but I also wanted red velvet flower, which is incredible ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ it gives it the edge that makes it Killer Queen. It does have a bit of a gourmand thing to it ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ but gourmand like high tea at Claridge├óΓé¼Γäós. I wanted the scent to have a little bit of ambiguity. I was attracted to scents in the last couple of years like Alien by Thierry Mugler and Black Orchid from Tom Ford. They├óΓé¼Γäóre too strong for me to wear all the time, and I didn├óΓé¼Γäót want to them to be [copies], just to have a hint of ambiguity like they do. It├óΓé¼Γäós sophisticated, but it├óΓé¼Γäós not alienating my main group of people. The patchouli heart gives it ambiguity and this thing called cashmeran is really cool. It has this real curve ball in it that I think is sophisticated but still super sexy.”
At the end of the day, Miz Perry just wants to “put out a real quality project that competes, and competes beyond the celebrity fragrances.” And we think she will!
For those KatyKats looking to smell like royalty in August, Killer Queen will be available in four sizes — 0.5 oz. for $20, 1 oz. for $39.99, 1.7 oz. for $49.99 and 3.4 oz. for $59.99. There will also be a 6.7 oz. scented body lotion for $25 and a 6.7 oz. shower gel for $25.
Let the countdown begin!
[Image via WENN.]