True Star is a fragrance endorsed by American fashion designerTommy Hilfiger released in 2004. The release was followed with a revised version of Beyoncé Knowles' original cover of "Wishing on a Star" and a limited editionEP also titled True Star: A Private Performance. The fragrance's commercial shows the singer Beyoncé Knowles singing a capella the song. Knowles was a poster girl of the perfume. She received $250,000 for this campaign. True Star was followed by one additional release, the True Star Gold.
Packaging and product
True Star by Tommy Hilfiger fragrance can come in two variations. The first perfume package variation is a black and white fragrance box. On this box is a picture of Beyonce lying down with her left hand on her right shoulder. A star emblem is below the picture of Beyonce. True Star is in bold white lettering near the bottom of the box followed by Tommy Hilfiger in black smaller print beneath the title. The second variation, which is most commonly sold in retail stores, is a perfume packaging that is themed in blue and white. This variation of True Star by Tommy Hilfiger starts off with a baby blue color near the top of the fragrance box and fades to white in the center then fades back to the same shade of blue near the bottom. Tommy is printed at the top and Hilfiger is inscribed at the very bottom. True Star is centered in the middle of the perfume box in a gray shade. A medium-sized gray star emblem is above the fragrance title. Both of the variations by Tommy Hilfiger of True Star have the same flask like shape. Both the Beyonce variation and "blue" variation also share the same push down fragrance dispenser. The perfume is sprayed out the topside of the fragrance bottle. The Beyonce perfume bottle variation has a dark gray cast to the bottle color while the "blue" style True Star container has a pearl like color to it.
Fragrance
When Beyonce worked with Tommy Hilfiger on this perfume, she wanted the fragrance to be smart, sexy, yet innocent. True Star was created by using top perfume notes of honeysuckle, sweet pea, cereal, wheat notes, and rice pudding. True Star by Tommy Hilfiger perfume can be classified as a floral, oriental, and fresh scent that can be worn for any occasion by women of all age. Beyonce wanted to endorse a versatile fragrance; thus, creating True Star by Tommy Hilfiger. This Tommy Hilfiger fragrance has an average longevity compared to other perfume products available.
Reception
In 2005, the fragrance True Star won a FiFi Awards for Best New Fragrance Commercial.
''True Star: A Private Performance''
True Star: A Private Performance is a two-track extended play by American R&B singer Beyoncé. Produced by herself and Tommy Hilfiger, it was released exclusively in 2004, solely available with limited edition purchases of her fragrance by Hilfiger entitled True Star. The EP's packaging consists of a fold-out digipak picture sleeve, including advertisement for the perfume and a built in picture booklet with lyrics for "Wishing on a Star". The EP was only released as a five-inch CD single, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume. The EP consists of two tracks. "Wishing on a Star" was originally covered by Beyoncé Knowles in 2004, for the live album . The song was than used to promote the Tommy Hilfiger fragrance. In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie Roll Bounce. At the 48th Grammy Awards, Knowles' version was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010. The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from Live at Wembley. The song "Naïve", which is a duet between Solange Knowles and Beyoncé, featuring Da Brat, was included on Solange Knowles' debut studio albumSolo Star as the twenty-first track, tentatively untitled.
