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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gwyneth Paltrow Has Salty Response For Critics Of Goop's Vagina Candle
Gwyneth Paltrow had some choice words for anyone still offended by Goop's cheeky, headline-grabbing candle. Speaking at the Mindvalley Manifesting Summit in Los Angeles on Saturday, the actor and lifestyle entrepreneur addressed the backlash to her brand's 2020 product, 'This Smells Like My Vagina,' calling the reaction 'fascinating.' The $75 candle was inspired by an offhand joke Paltrow made while testing scents with her team. 'We were messing around with different scents one day and I smelled something and was like, 'Oh, that smells like… you know,'' she recalled in a video shared by the summit's Instagram. 'I was joking!' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mindvalley (@mindvalley) When her collaborator, perfumer Douglas Little, suggested turning the scent into a product, she thought he was joking, too. But soon enough, the candle, described as having notes of 'geranium, citrusy bergamot, and cedar absolutes juxtaposed with Damask rose and ambrette seed,' was live on Goop's website. 'It took us a long time to live that one down,' Paltrow admitted. 'But I kept it on the site because there's an aspect of women's sexuality where we're socialized to feel a lot of shame. And I sort of loved this kind of punk rock idea.' Then she put it even more bluntly: 'We are beautiful and we are awesome. And go fuck yourself.' Paltrow also reflected on the candle's cultural impact during a January 2020 appearance on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers,' describing it as a statement as much as a scent. 'You know, I think women; a lot of us have grown up feeling certain degrees of shame around our bodies or whatever,' she said. 'So this is just a little bit of, you know, a subversive candle for all of us out there.' Gwyneth Paltrow Slams Her Hit-And-Run Ski Trial As 'Everything Wrong With Our Legal System' Gwyneth Paltrow Welcomes Back Carbs And Social Media Users Find It Hard To Digest Gwyneth Paltrow's Daughter Reveals What She 'Avoids Like The Plague'
Daily Mirror
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Gwyneth Paltrow shares real reason behind selling controversial 'vagina' candle
Actress and wellness brand guru Gwyneth Paltrow has finally opened up about her infamous 'vagina' candle which sparked backlash when she first released it Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about the creation of her controversial 'This Smells Like My Vagina' candle, which went viral when it was first released. On the Goop website, fans were able to purchase the now-discontinued candle for $75, but it was actually scented with geranium, citrusy bergamot, cedar absolutes, Damask rose and ambrette seed. While attending the Mindvalley Manifesting Summit 2025 in Los Angeles this weekend, she was asked about the candle - which saw the Goop founder teaming up with Heretic Parfum founder Douglas Little to create the candle. "That product is so fascinating because we were messing around with different scents one day," she said during a Q&A session. "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'." READ MORE: 'Life changing' curl cream that tames frizz in hot weather creates 'forever fans' At the time, the Marvel actress assumed Douglas was joking and went along with the assumed gag by telling him it "sounded like a winner" She said: "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, 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'." Meanwhile, Gwyneth recently revealed she turned to alcohol during the Los Angeles wildfires but quickly realised it made her menopause symptoms worse. The Talented Mr Ripley actress, 52, admitted she was drinking "every night" after the devastating fires spread through LA earlier this year. The blaze that ripped through California burned through everything in its wake, including the homes of Leighton Meester, Anna Faris and many more high-profile names. "I'm really in the thick of it right now, so I'm all over the place," she revealed on her Goop podcast. "But I noticed my symptoms are, like, pretty well under control unless, you know, in January when the fires were happening in LA I've, like, used alcohol for its purpose." When the fires broke out, the Iron Man actress was drinking "every night". She recalled: "I think I drank every night. I was medicating. Normally, now at this point, I don't drink a lot at all. "Maybe I'll have one drink a week... [My symptoms] were completely out of control. It was the first time I really noticed, like, causation in that way." The star went on to discuss her insomnia struggles, which were not an issue before she hit menopause. The star added: "I've always been a real sleeper... [But after menopause], I went through a particularly bad time with it."
Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life
KALAAT M'GOUNA, Morocco (AP) — Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows. 'Thank God for the rain,' said rose picker Fatima El Alami. 'There are roses elsewhere, but there's nowhere like here.' She's right. Mild temperatures, steady sunlight, and low humidity make the fields around Kalaat M'Gouna a perfect cradle for growing its signature flower: the Damask rose. Abundant precipitation and several desert downpours this year have bestowed Morocco with an exceptional yield of the flower, used for rosewater and rose oil. Pink and pungent, the roses are set to come in at 4,800 tons this year, a bloom far beyond the 2020-2023 average, according to the Regional Office for Agricultural Development, in nearby Ouarzazate. The small town in the High Atlas mountains comes to life each year during the International Rose Festival, now in its 60th year. From the rose-shaped monuments at Kalaat M'Gouna's entrances to the Pepto Bismol pink taxis, nearly everything here adheres to the theme. Teenagers sell heart-shaped rose dashboard ornaments along the roadside where wild briars bloom into pink tangles. Children whirl around a rose-themed carousel. Roadside placards advertise rose products in at least six languages: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese and Amazigh, a tongue indigenous to the region. Outside the town, roses span 1,020 hectares (2,520 acres) across the region this year. One hectare (2.5 acres) of roses requires little water and provides more than 120 days of work in a local economy where opportunities are scarce. Regional officials say the rose industry is a prime example of sustainable development because the flowers are well-adapted to the climate and rooted in the culture — music, dance and celebrations like weddings. 'Roses here are perfectly adapted to the region and to the conditions we're living in now,' said Abdelaziz Ait Mbirik, director of the local Agricultural Development Office, referencing Morocco's prolonged drought conditions . The value of a kilogram of roses is five to six times higher than it was several years ago. And unlike some other agricultural products that Morocco exports, Kalaat M'Gouna's roses are largely grown by small-scale farmers and nourished with drip irrigation. Though roses are broadly considered a lifeblood to the local economy, women toiling in the fields make an average of 80-100 Moroccan dirhams a day ($8-10) during harvest season. From the fields where they labor, the roses are bundled into potato sacks and sold to local distilleries like Mohammed Ait Hamed's. There, they are are splayed onto tables, sorted and ultimately poured into copper cauldrons known as alembic stills, where they're steamed and filtered into fragrant water and precious oil. The two are packaged into pink bottles, tiny glass vials or spun into soaps or lotions. Long seen as a natural remedy for a variety of ails in Morocco, rose-based products are increasingly in high demand worldwide. Rosewater and oil are often incorporated into perfumes, toners or facial mists and marketed for their sweet and soothing smell as well as their anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. Elixirs, tonics and balms were flying off the shelves last week at booths staffed by local cooperatives from throughout the region. The demand has spurred local officials to find ways to incentivize farmers to expand rose production in the upcoming years. At the festival parade, as drummers tapped their sticks in cadence, Fatima Zahra Bermaki, crowned this year's Miss Rose, waved from a float draped in petals. She said she hoped the world could one day know the beauty of Kalaat M'Gouna and its desert roses. But amid the commotion, she remembered something: 'The ladies who pick the flowers are the important ones in all of this. If they weren't here none of this would be,' she said.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-05-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life
KALAAT M'GOUNA, Morocco (AP) — Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows. 'Thank God for the rain,' said rose picker Fatima El Alami. 'There are roses elsewhere, but there's nowhere like here.' She's right. Mild temperatures, steady sunlight, and low humidity make the fields around Kalaat M'Gouna a perfect cradle for growing its signature flower: the Damask rose. Abundant precipitation and several desert downpours this year have bestowed Morocco with an exceptional yield of the flower, used for rosewater and rose oil. Pink and pungent, the roses are set to come in at 4,800 tons this year, a bloom far beyond the 2020-2023 average, according to the Regional Office for Agricultural Development, in nearby Ouarzazate. The small town in the High Atlas mountains comes to life each year during the International Rose Festival, now in its 60th year. From the rose-shaped monuments at Kalaat M'Gouna's entrances to the Pepto Bismol pink taxis, nearly everything here adheres to the theme. Teenagers sell heart-shaped rose dashboard ornaments along the roadside where wild briars bloom into pink tangles. Children whirl around a rose-themed carousel. Roadside placards advertise rose products in at least six languages: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese and Amazigh, a tongue indigenous to the region. Outside the town, roses span 1,020 hectares (2,520 acres) across the region this year. One hectare (2.5 acres) of roses requires little water and provides more than 120 days of work in a local economy where opportunities are scarce. Regional officials say the rose industry is a prime example of sustainable development because the flowers are well-adapted to the climate and rooted in the culture — music, dance and celebrations like weddings. 'Roses here are perfectly adapted to the region and to the conditions we're living in now,' said Abdelaziz Ait Mbirik, director of the local Agricultural Development Office, referencing Morocco's prolonged drought conditions. The value of a kilogram of roses is five to six times higher than it was several years ago. And unlike some other agricultural products that Morocco exports, Kalaat M'Gouna's roses are largely grown by small-scale farmers and nourished with drip irrigation. Though roses are broadly considered a lifeblood to the local economy, women toiling in the fields make an average of 80-100 Moroccan dirhams a day ($8-10) during harvest season. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. From the fields where they labor, the roses are bundled into potato sacks and sold to local distilleries like Mohammed Ait Hamed's. There, they are are splayed onto tables, sorted and ultimately poured into copper cauldrons known as alembic stills, where they're steamed and filtered into fragrant water and precious oil. The two are packaged into pink bottles, tiny glass vials or spun into soaps or lotions. Long seen as a natural remedy for a variety of ails in Morocco, rose-based products are increasingly in high demand worldwide. Rosewater and oil are often incorporated into perfumes, toners or facial mists and marketed for their sweet and soothing smell as well as their anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. Elixirs, tonics and balms were flying off the shelves last week at booths staffed by local cooperatives from throughout the region. The demand has spurred local officials to find ways to incentivize farmers to expand rose production in the upcoming years. At the festival parade, as drummers tapped their sticks in cadence, Fatima Zahra Bermaki, crowned this year's Miss Rose, waved from a float draped in petals. She said she hoped the world could one day know the beauty of Kalaat M'Gouna and its desert roses. But amid the commotion, she remembered something: 'The ladies who pick the flowers are the important ones in all of this. If they weren't here none of this would be,' she said.
