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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Gwyneth Paltrow brutally slammed as 'out of touch' over 'fake PR story' about Goop brand
Gwyneth Paltrow has become synonymous with her brand Goop. Since the actress launched the wellness company in September 2008, she has become renowned for revolving her life around it. It has become an e-commerce site, lifestyle publication and even a Netflix documentary titled The Goop Lab With Gwyneth Paltrow. But Paltrow recently attended the 2025 Mindvalley Manifesting Summit and spoke about the now infamous 'This Smells Like My Vagina' candle and how it came to be. The now viral video is making fans question just how hands-on the actress actually is with her brand - and how much truth there is to a story she keeps telling. In 2020, Goop released a candle called 'This Smells Like My Vagina' with the company Heretic. Paltrow was asked about the candle and said, 'That product is so fascinating because we were messing around with different scents one day.' The entrepreneur explained that she was working with the perfumer Douglas Little to create scents for Goop, when she jokingly picked one up and said, 'This smells like my vagina.' She said that even though she was joking, she thought it would be cool of someone to actually put that phrase on a candle. 'What a punk-rock, feminist statement to have that on your table,' the businesswoman said when she first told the story to Jimmy Kimmel back in 2020. She went on to say that Little actually made the candle - which Paltrow assumed was the only of its kind. 'All of a sudden, it was literally on the website,' Paltrow said. And while story emitted applause and laughter from the audience both times she said it, fans are now becoming increasingly dubious. Some pointed to the story as proof that Paltrow isn't as enmeshed with the brand as she says she is. 'It is possible she has little to do with the day to day running of the business,' one Redditor said. 'A lot of these celebrity businesses are run by actual business professionals and the celebrity takes all the credit. Fans called Paltrow out, claiming her story was more than likely a PR stunt 'It's not like she's designing products or has a background in marketing and finances. She may just be the mascot.' But others accused Paltrow of fabricating the entire story for the sake of an exciting PR spin. '"I just make jokes and then my team goes rogue without thinking of potential PR issues, and I have no say in what is produced, labelled or goes on the website for my own brand." Sure, Jan,' one Redditor commented under a thread of the video. 'Out of touch millionaires really want us plebs to believe they say things jokingly in meetings and entire product launches happen by accident?' another added. 'Hate these fake PR stories,' another Redditor chimed in. 'They knew it would sell because of the buzzy name, no need to be cheeky.' But they are right about that - the $75 candle sold out immediately when it hit the market.
Buzz Feed
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Gwyneth Paltrow Recalls Vagina Candle Release, Shocked
Back in 2020, Gwyneth Paltrow memorably sold a candle called 'This Smells Like My Vagina' for $75 via her website Goop. The scent — which was a blend of "geranium, citrusy bergamot, and cedar absolutes juxtaposed with Damask rose and ambrette seed" — was described as 'funny, gorgeous, sexy, and beautifully unexpected.' Fast forward to today, Gwyneth has defended the candle once more, claiming again that she seemingly had no clue that it would actually get made once she joked about the vagina-esque scent. During an appearance at the 2025 Mindvalley Manifesting Summit this weekend, Gwyneth recalled, 'That product is so fascinating because we were messing around with different scents one day. And I smelled something and I was like, 'Oh, that smells like … you know.' 'I was joking. And then [Douglas] was like, 'Oh we should make that a candle and put it on the site,'' she said, referring to Douglas Little, who works on all Goop fragrances. 'All of a sudden, it was literally on the website. And then we broke the Internet again. And then it took us a long time to live that one down,' she said. Reacting to Gwyneth's comments, several internet users couldn't help but question her story. ''I just make jokes and then my team goes rogue without thinking of potential PR issues, and I have no say in what is produced, labelled or goes on the website for my own brand.' Sure, Jan,' one Reddit user said. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Gwyneth Paltrow's infamous vagina candle started out as a joke
Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina candle started out as a joke. The 52-year-old actress' brand Goop launched their 'This Smells Like My Vagina' candle in 2020 and "broke the internet" as a result, but she admitted it wasn't a serious idea that she had when working with Heretic perfumer Douglas Little. In a video shared on social media from her appearance at the 2025 Mindvalley Manifesting Summit in Los Angeles over the weekend, she said: 'We were messing around with different scents one day and I smelled something and I was like, 'Oh, that smells like…', you know,' 'I was joking. And then [Douglas] was like, 'Oh we should make that a candle and put it on the site,'' the Oscar winner explained, adding sarcastically that the idea 'sounded like a winner. 'All of a sudden, it was literally on the website. And then we broke the Internet again. And then it took us a long time to live that one down.' But the 'Iron Man' actress loves the "punk rock" message of the candle, which she thinks hepled tackle the "shame" women can feel about their sexuality. She added: 'You know, that product is so fascinating. 'It took us a long time to live that one down, but I kept it on the site because there is an aspect to women's sexuality that I think … we're socialised to feel a lot of shame. "And I sort of loved this kind of punk rock idea. 'We are beautiful and we are awesome and go f*** yourself.'' The candle has now been discontinued, but was followed by 'This Smells Like My Orgasm', 'This Smells Like My Prenup' and 'Hands Off My Vagina'. And Gwyneth - who has Apple, 21, and Moses, 19, with ex-husband Chris Martin and is married to Brad Falchuk - previously explained the range was designed as a "feminist statement". She told Us Weekly magazine in September 2020: 'You grew up getting messaging around the feminine care that was heavily scented with synthetic fragrance and all this kind of thing. I just felt like it was time to make a bit of a feminist statement around accepting who we are and our femininity. 'I feel like once people get past the initial shock of it and you really start to unpack what it means and what it's saying, it's pretty cool.'
