Ooh, this is gonna be a tough one to reconcile: I’ve already gone on record against the whole celebrity fragrance thing (and by the way, how come nobody added Michael Jordan to the list of no-thanks scent makers?).But: I loves me some Kylie Minogue.I love the fact she’s my age and still sexy — in an adult-woman way, not in some grasping, desperately-trying to-recapture-her-halcyon-days manner (cough, cough, Mariah Carey). I love the fact she’s got a hot actor boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, but won’t rush into an engagement like so many other stars do, only to regret it shortly afterward (cough, cough, Jennifer Lopez, Drew Barrymore, George Michael). And I love the fact she’s a breast cancer survivor who’s going to pick up her touring soon.I do not, however, love the fact that she’s signed a deal with Coty — the company that already has foisted upon us "smell-ebrities" like Celine Dion and David and (shudder) Victoria Beckham — to create a line of fragrance and "ancillary products" (read: lotion, shower gel).I am taking comfort in the fact that Coty’s press release mentions that the products will be launched in fall 2006 in "Australia, the UK and Ireland and subsequently throughout Europe and Asia" — no mention of the U.S. debut.But I am somewhat chagrined to learn from the same press release that there is apparently a "Desperate Housewives" fragrance — and it’s in the "prestige" category, alongside Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Jessica Parker’s scents, not caught among the rabble of the "beauty" category like Shania Twain and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

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