Halle Berry adopts a smouldering pose for her new perfume

Halle Berry wades through the surf in a cotton dress verging on transparent and relaxes in a revealing crochet dress looking every inch the alluring star.

She knows how to play a role - and when it comes to launching your own brand of perfume - that has to be nothing short of stunningly sexy and available.

The 42-year-old becomes the latest in a long line of celebs to promote their own line of fragrance - but hers has taken more work than most.

Beauty on board: Halle Berry adopts a smouldering pose for her new perfume

She has spent two years coming up with the scent, a woody smell and image are meant to evoke memories of the beach.

Halle told the WWDBeauty website: ‘(Before my fragrance) I was mixing other brands that shall remain nameless to make my own scent with fig and mimosa.

‘With Halle, I added olibanum, which is an African root, which brings spice to the fragrance, and sandalwood, which smoothes everything out and makes it yummy.

‘It’s very sensual, very natural, very much reflective of the outdoors.’

The perfume, which contains olibanum and mimosa, was two years in the making

The top notes of the scent are Sicilian bergamot, fig leaves and pear blossom. It also contains notes from freesia petals, hibiscus flowers and mimosa.

In between making perfumes and movies, Hall has been caring for her 11-month-old daughter Nahla with her Canadian model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.

Meanwhile, Halle has topped a poll of the most stylish Oscar looks of all time.

Halle wore a burgundy Elie Saab dress with sheer top and floral patchwork to the 2003 Oscars, where she picked up the Best Actress trophy for Monster's Ball.

Her win made history as Halle became the first African-American woman to win the accolade.

Coming close behind Halle in the Galaxy Minstrels poll, was Keira Knightley's 2006 Vera Wang outfit, and Heidi Klum's 2008 Galliano dress.

Beach beauty: Halle lolls in the sand in a clinging crochet dress

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Bar Refaeli hits the beach for bikini shoot

Her sculpted body and come hither look have snared Bar Refaeli a movie star boyfriend.

Now the makers of Hurley swimwear are hoping her latest shoot will have an equally impressive effect on their sales figures.

The blonde Israeli, who also models for M&S, dons an animal striped bikini and poses in a pool of water.
Bikini ready: Bar Refaeli need have no concerns about her body in this shoot for swimwear brand Hurley

In a black-and-white photo for the same brand the freckled 23-year-old holds her shirt open to expose a white swimsuit beneath.

Bar signed for Hurley last July and her shoot is meant to 'illustrate a theme of a young woman’s journey and discovery.'

Bar started modelling when she was just eight months old and was recently featured in a poll of the world's most beautiful women.

Voyage of discovery: The 23-year-old Israeli model may design for Hurley

Beach babe: Bar poses in a number of sultry shots for the brand

She's appeared in campaigns for Victoria's Secret and Ralph Lauren and was the first Israeli to make the cover of iconic Sports Illustrated magazine. She has also appeared on the cover of Elle and GQ.

More recently she has currently been accompanying DiCaprio around the world as he promotes his latest film Revolutionary Road, which also stars Kate Winslet.

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