JT Likes Smell Of Own 'Funk'

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“I actually like my own funk smell sometimes,” Justin Timberlake says in reference to his favorite scents. Timberlake spoke with People about fragrance in light of his being the face of Givenchy’s men’s scents Play and Play Intense (ads of which will debut in September rags). Timberlake's taste for certain scents has definitely changed over the years: “ [When] I was 13 or something. I thought [Polo fragrance] was cool. I remember when [ck One] was, like, a big deal. Everybody from my school smelled exactly the same." Fast-forward to today and the musician-cum-actor-cum-fashion thinks "the greatest scents in the world are pheromones."