Campbell’s cut of perfume deal stinks

NEW YORK — Naomi Campbell’s new perfume deal doesn’t pass the smell test, a cosmetics-marketing company said in a lawsuit accusing the supermodel of cutting longtime associates out of their share of profits from her lucrative fragrance lines. The lawsuit, filed late Monday, said Campbell violated a 1998 contract with Moodform Mission by inking a new fragrance-licensing agreement, costing the company a portion of the proceeds from such scents as Naomi Campbell, Cat Deluxe and Seductive Elixir. Campbell, whose feisty temper has landed her in a series of legal tussles in recent years, denied the claims in a statement issued through a spokesman. “She is confident that the judge and the jury in this case will fully vindicate her,” the statement said.