Sharmaine“Nuee” Johnson is a multimedia journalist that has covered, the Daytime Emmys, NAACP Image Awards, Rolling Loud, Essence Festival, and ComplexCon. Her work and interviews have appeared on BET, REVOLT TV, Blavity’s 21Ninety, MSN, and Yahoo.
We headed to Ulta to smell some of the most anticipated celebrity fragrance releases of the Season and find out which ones are worth the hype, the coins, and a spot in your collection.
From working a fragrance counter to selling out 12 weeks of inventory at Sephora in eight hours, Funmi Monet’s journey is anything but overnight. The Influxious founder opens up to Culture Riot about betting on herself, Black luxury, and making space for more Black-owned fragrance brands in retail.