Marilyn Considering Launching Unisex Fragrance, Cosmetics Lines

When Marilyn Manson was cornered at the unveiling of designer John Galliano's summer collection last month by a reporter from Women's Wear Daily, he was asked if he'd ever consider lending his name to a commercial fragrance.

The thought of the self-proclaimed Antichrist Superstar delving into the world of celebrity scents - a realm dominated by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, J. Lo, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - almost seems too surreal to be true. And at the time of the questioning, it was.

"You know, people ask me questions and sometimes my answers are a little open-ended," Manson explained. "I was asked about my interest in creating a fragrance and I thought, 'There's nothing more absurd than that.' "

But the reporter's question planted a seed in Marilyn's fecund mind - and that seed just might be taking root.

"In the sense that absurdity is a wonderful form of communication - as is confusion and other things that surround it - it's very possible that [the fragrance] could happen," Manson said. "If it does happen, just know that I'll be laughing. That doesn't mean I'm not taking it seriously, but if I had to make a cologne or a fragrance, I would make something that would be for men and women."

Manson wouldn't confirm whether his hinted-at cosmetics line - something he was also asked about in the interview - is indeed a real project he's involved with ("I'm not allowed to say," he cracked), but he did say that "there are people who are very interested, and it's a matter of seeing what happens. I just really have to see what it all entails, because right now, it was just an idea proposed to me - very enthusiastically proposed. I'm open-minded."

But launching a "cosmetics line is something I've always wanted to [do], purely because I wear makeup every day. I wanted to make something of my own for myself and I thought, being that probably I'm the most thought-of male makeup wearer these days aside from TV newscasters, it just seemed like it would make people feel OK to wear lipstick if it had a man's endorsement on it. To me, makeup is just like painting. I have done so many things to my face and to my body with makeup that I feel like it's something I should be able to allow people to rely on my opinion for."

SOURCE: MTV.com