Coty Hopes To Entice Women With Forbidden Fruit
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit fragrance for women is a "seductive" scent debuting exclusively in Macy's department stores nationwide in September as well as on the retailer's Web site, Coty Prestige said
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