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Star Power Sells - Scent of a Dead Star, Designer Tequila and the Rolling Stones; and, a high-performance watch designed by a cupcake.

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. A ndy Kaufman Perfume.   Rolling Stones Tequila.  Johnny Cupcake G Watch. Name Recognition for Out-of-Character Products. This week it is all about how fame sells even when: the star is long dead;  the rock and roll riots ended decades ago and, the newest watch in the store has been designed by a T-Shirt company!  … Stephen Weir's Blog looks at the weekly whack of strange press releases that crossed my desk over the past seven days. Dead Comedian Andy Kaufman has his own stink! -  On the 11th of October  LA perfume maker Xyrena announced  that it has introduced a new scent.   Andy Kaufman Milk and Cookies is now being marketed in the United States to, according to the a Xyrena press release, to  "honour of Kaufman's life and works." Andy Kaufman has been dead for 41-years. In his lifetime there was never a perfume bearing his name or likeness .... but his estate has!  " "It's great to have Andy brought back, in any way, eve