The brand, first created in 1953 as a knitwear workshop in Gallarte, Italy, has expanded from apparel to housewares, a fragrance line and a chain of hotels.

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In addition to co-owning DASH, Kardashian has created workout DVDs and developed a fragrance line.

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Kim, who also launched a fragrance line, has an online shoe retailer and nabbed several product endorsements, is now rumored to be working on an album.

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Since the fine fragrance industry as a whole has taken a beating during the recession (the NPD Group says American department store sales have been down 15% from 2007 to 2009), some companies are even playing with their distribution models.

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She has also launched her own fragrance, co-owned a restaurant chain, published her own novel and even had a record in the Japanese charts.

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Though the largest sum comes from her main gig, music, she has also ventured into film, TV specials, fashion, a fragrance and a growing list of lucrative endorsement deals.

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The ultimate celebrity fragrance-turned-classic fragrance success story belongs to a more mature celebrity whose scent has held steadfast in one of those top-selling classics spots for almost two decades: Elizabeth Taylor.

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Since Burr finished research on his book, Turin has become chief scientist at Flexitral , a new privately held company in Chantilly, Virginia, where he is concocting fragrance and flavor molecules.

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