DigitalSpy – 1st April, 2014

By Sam Rigby

Richard E Grant got up close and personal with the Loose Women panellists during his appearance on the show today (March 31).

The actor attempted to guess the perfumes being worn by Jamelia, Linda Robson, Kaye Adams and Nadia Sawalha while promoting the launch of his own fragrance Jack.

Richard E Grant tries to guess Nadia
Sawalha’s perfume on Loose Women- © ITV

Richard E Grant will launch his own fragrance Jack this week

However, he only managed to guess Adams’s perfume correctly, failing to identify the scents of her co-stars.

He will launch his fragrance – which he has previously described as his “signature in scent” – on Wednesday (April 2).

He told Digital Spy: “I don’t think [other stars] make their own. They’re not involved. I know what every single part of the process has been, what everything costs, where it’s sourced from – I haven’t just put my name to something somebody else has come up with. It’s my signature in scent.”

Richard E Grant tries to guess Linda
Robson’s perfume on Loose Women – © ITV

Grant only guessed Kaye Adams’s perfume correctly

Richard E Grant tries to guess Jamelia’s
perfume on Loose Women – © ITV

He has described Jack as his “signature in scent”

“I’ve been obsessed with smelling everything since I can remember. I tried to make perfume when I was a kid, so this is like a fulfilment of a lifetime dream,” the 56-year-old added.

The actor will appear in the fifth series of ITV’s Downton Abbey later this year, featuring in four episodes of the new run as art historian Simon Bricker.