Mariah Carey to release perfume trio

Pop diva Mariah Carey is set to release a trio of perfumes named after her songs ‘Inseparable’, ‘Never Forget You’ and ‘Vision of Love’. The 41-year-old singer will launch Lollipop Splash the Remix - a trio of limited edition scents in July, in a collection of brightly-coloured bottles with notes including raspberry, peony and purple jasmine.

"The fun notes are intended to demonstrate that fragrance shouldn’t be so serious also, the bright colours of the bottles really pop on counter." Mariah is always reinterpreting and mixing her music, keeping her brand relevant. She wanted to have the same effect with her fragrances, so she decided with this project to approach it from that perspective," said Marcy Fisher, vice president, North America fragrance.

Despite having a huge collection of fragrances, Carey, who gave birth to twins Moroccan and Monroe in April, hated the "overpowering" smell of perfumes when she was pregnant. "I’m so super sensitive about all things scented, being pregnant right now I can’t even believe how heightened the sense of smell is."

So I think I do have a really discerning nose and this is the thing, I hated perfume, I hated cologne, I hated that when you walked into an elevator and somebody just, it’s sort of like invading your space. I hate overpowering, heavy scents," Carey said.

Mariah Carey to design maternity wear

Pop singer Mariah Carey says her pregnancy has inspired her to create a range of maternity wear.

The singer, who recently announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Nick Cannon, revealed that her changing figure has inspired her to look into designing clothing for mothers-to-be.

"It makes me really want to design a maternity line," she said.

The 40-year-old star is in the process of establishing her own fashion line, with a lifestyle collection for cable channel Home Shopping Network that will include clothes and footwear.

Mariah Carey insecure about her looks

Pop diva Mariah Carey says that she is insecure of her looks as she belongs to the mixed race.

The ‘Hero’ hitmaker, whose mother is Irish-American and father, an African-American of Venezuelan descent admits she felt ugly in school because of her heritage.

"I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race. It’s not so weird now, and everyone’s accepting it in a big way, but as a child I felt out of place and didn’t feel pretty. When you grow up with that type of insecurity you don’t always feel pretty," Carey said.

The 39 year old singer realised the significance of her mixed background when she took her white best friend on one of the weekly visits to see her father.

"She got out of the car and went up the stairs to his house and he was over 6ft tall and very handsome, but to her he must have really been scary because I don’t know that she’d ever seen a black man before. And she looked at him, her mouth went open and she started screaming and crying," Carey said.

"I think he was trying to make me feel better and calm her down, but it didn’t work. You never know what people say in their houses about different races. So my mother took her home and I went up the stairs with my father," she added.