Supermodel Niki Taylor debuted with her own fragrance in Lord & Taylor Friday. The fragrance named Begin by Niki Taylor is being produced by Victory International.

"I had always wanted to own my own thing, be the businesswoman," Taylor said in an WWD interview. "I am a perfume junkie, so a fragrance was the logical next step."

Niki Taylor describes the scent an "orange Creamsicle" with citrus and vanilla notes.

"We brought in a professional sniffer toward the end because I kept changing my mind," she said with a laugh.

Niki Taylor is currently working on a second women's fragrance and a men's scent to be released in 2006.

"I love men's fragrances for women," said Taylor, naming Carolina Herrera's men's scent and Dior's Fahrenheit, among others, as her favorites.

Taylor recently became a retailer herself, opening a boutique, Abbie & Jesse's which sells Joe's Jeans, True Religion and Yanuk, among others.

In 2001 Niki Taylor Taylor was critically injured when a car driven by her friend crashed into a utility pole. The supermodel suffered liver and abdominal injuries in the accident, though her face was not marred.  

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