Harper’s Bazaar is v. v. excited about the new fragrance from Estée Laude, Sensuous. So excited that they've booked Gwenyth Paltrow, the face of Sensuous, for the cover (considered a major get!) and dedicated 40 – four zero – pages to Paltrow as well as Elizabeth Hurley, Carolyn Murphy and Hilary Rhoda, who also, in their off time, collect fees as the faces of Sensuous. Critics might say that there's some sordid pay-for-play advertising/editorial deal going on at Bazaar, but that's nonsense! After all, do you see an ad from Estee Lauder in the magazine? Nooooo! And the magazine said in a statement, "Like many magazines, we often feature celebrities to coincide with their beauty and fashion launches." Obviously, "coincide" does not refer to some outlandish sponsorship deal set up by the publisher, but a pure editorial decision that gives readers what they want: beautiful women in a magazine.

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