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A scent called "Eau de Motherlover" doesn’t exactly beg for a sniff. Good thing Givenchy’s new scent, Play, endorsed and faced by Mr. Motherlover himself, Justin Timberlake, has hitched its wagon to JT the song-and-dance man, not JT the comedian. The packaging may be insistently music-focused—the bottle is shaped like an MP3 player—but the smell’s a lot lighter than Timberlake’s deep grooves...and that’s the way he wants it. "I like a really fresh, clean scent," Timberlake said. (Yup, there are notes of bergamot, mandarin orange, grapefruit.) Any superstar tips on how to wear the stuff—say, something that might help you snag a Jessica Biel? "Out of the shower, brush the teeth, throw a little bit on," sayeth the pop sage/ladykiller. "Your swagger’s already set in by the time you walk out the door." Well, our swagger might be an order of magnitude less than his, but still, it’s good to know that even superstars remember the days when they made a mistake or two. "I would call my personal style ’unforced,’" he said. "But I’ve been in the public eye since I was 15. You can’t look back at anything you wore as a teenager and think it was a good decision." Play, at least, should keep you safe from the judgments of posterity.

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