Mariah Calls In To LA's Power 106

Yesterday Mariah called in to LA's Power 106 to promote her new fragrance "M"

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Transcript:
Power 106: We gotta check in with a friend of the neighborhood. Let's go ahead and make it happen right now. She does a nice cameo in the video for Roc-Boys, looking very sexy. Alright, friend of the neighborhood, ladies and gentlemen, M stands for Mariah.
Mariah Carey: Good mornin'!
P106: Good mornin' to you! How are you doing this morning love?
MC: I'm doing good, how are you? I missed you.
P106: I missed you too. You know, I'm loving how we're talking a lot now, and we're gonna start seeing each other a whole lot, so this is beautiful baby girl, and thank you for calling the neighborhood once again Mariah.
MC: I love calling up the neighborhood, I really do, because, I know I'm not from here, but I feel at home when I get on the phone with the neighborhood.
P106: As you should! And the next time you come to the neighborhood, we're gonna need you to give some money to renovate this place, as we got a mess in here.
MC: We need to do that, I'm good with the renovations and things like that. I like to do the interior design, you can come with the whole concept.
P106: I've seen your crib on MTV, so yeah - we want a bubble bath and everything.
MC: Well, you know we have to keep it... it can't be so frou-frou like mine.
P106: Yes it can!
MC: You know, like the men-area, I know you want it to be...
P106: Nah, I'm very much in touch with my feminine side. I'll put on my heels and get on my [...] and everything. And I'm gonna wear my "M by Mariah Carey" also and dare somebody to say something. Now, how's it coming along honey? How's everything been going as far as "M by Mariah Carey"?
MC: It's been doing really well, I'm so excited, because for a debut fragrance, like you know, they've been just telling me all these really incredible things about, considering that I've never put any type of... anything but music out before, so it's like very exciting when they'll come in and say "hey we're number one in Australia, we're doing, and we're doing that" and all these exciting things, but today, I believe we're gonna meet some folks. You probably know all the...
P106: You're gonna get bombarded. For all those out there, Mariah's gonna be all the way live at Macy's at Glendale Galleria, so if you're near the Glendale area, make sure to go out there, and I wanna advise everybody to get there early because the way it goes down: the first 200 people that purchase the special fragrance package - they get a chance to meet Mariah and receive her autograph.
MC: And the good packaging that they're talking about? it's the best one. How about I gotta buy it myself?
P106: I've seen the package here and I was like "this is unbelievable." Just the bottle alone, Mariah!
MC: Thank you.
P106: I was watching, it was so funny, last night your commercial came on, it was like "get it now, you get this nice hand bag" I was like "oooh", it was nice!
MC: I didn't even see it. I did not even see the commercial. Everybody else... I can't do anything but do my work, work on my record, and get ready to you know... see some folks or whatever.
P106: Well guys are gonna see the commercial and they're gonna run out and probably it for their girls. I think guys just gonna buy it just to have it also, you know what I'm saying? Because the scent, and Liz was explaining the scent... Also Mariah, where did you come as far as the explanation of the scent? They said something about marshmallows?
MC: Right, well, there's a lot of different things that go into making the fragrance so I was like "notes? what do you mean notes? like I just got back from the studio, what are you talking about?" They make a perfume out of ingredients that they refer to as notes. So basically you've got the top note which got a little toasted marshmallow type feeling and then there's the floral note - believe it or not, this is reality, it's called notes, that's how you know I was truly involved, I feel like a scientist right now. Basically, this flower that I had smelled when I went for the first time to Hawaii, I know a lot of people like to go to Hawaii a lot, but because I'm from the other [...] I don't really get much of a chance to. So the first time I went, and I smelled this one flower, you know when you get off the plane, they put the lei's on you and it's just very tropical, whatever. The flower is a Tahitian flower, called Tiare, it's beautiful - that's the mid note. And the low note is a Moroccan, very sensual incense, so it's really nice. It's really like a very very different kind of light smell, like you smell it but it doesn't overwhelm you, so it's good things, I'm happy.
P106: Let me ask you Mariah, just being a person that has so many great albums, so many number one hits and also just when it comes to Mariah, there is a brand-name, it's a franchise. My question to you though is when you just said this is your first thing going outside of music, what made you say you know, if I'm gonna do something, let me do a fragrance?
MC: Because you know what? I don't even like fragrances for the most part. People would always be like "what are you wearing?" and I'm like "I don't know, it's probably just like who knows what kind of conditioner or shampoo or whatever" but they always think I have on some fragrance or whatever and I was like "I'm not really that drawn to them" but sometimes they do overpower things, so I was like let me do this, and I'm gonna really be involved in it, I'll really go every single step of the way, like just the same way if I was making a record, which I am.
P106: Hello! Now, we're early 2008 with the new album, correct?
MC: Yes, yes, yes. I wish I could play you some snippets over the phone, like if I were allowed to do that... I'm so excited about the record.
P106: Let me ask you this Mariah, who tells you that you can't do that? Come on.
MC: Oh, the folks that don't like bootlegging.
P106: Okay, that's understood. What are you doing for thanksgiving? What kind of plans do you have?
MC: You know what, I don't really even know what's going on. Like this year, I'm just kinda like, taking one day at a time because basically I am at the very tale-end of making this record and I'm so excited about it. That's what I was saying, if I had a little snippet, I could play it but they're not mixed or mastered or anything yet, I'm still finishing up vocals but I just wrote a song the other night that I'm so excited about. The problem is, we have a lot of songs that we're overly attached to, when I say "we", I'm talking about my group of people that I work with, and especially Mr. L.A. Reid who we all love. Anyway, I'm just trying to figure out what the first single's gonna be.
P106: But you know Mariah, that's a good problem to have, that there's so many there, that you don't know exactly which one you wanna grab to release to us as the introduction and the new single. People are still listening to "The Emancipation of Mimi" because it was that good.
MC: Thank you so much, it was almost like, this is like part two of where I was at when I finished working on that particular project. I just feel like this is something that I'm really excited to put out there. I don't wanna go talking about it, bragging about it, whatever. I humbly.. and I'm very grateful for this album, I'm just gonna put it that way. I'm really excited for you to hear it, like just on a musical note, I'm curious as to your opinion and I hope you guys all like it.
P106: Well, when you come over to our house for our thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, would you bring it with you? Just bring it with you.
MC: You know I would love that, I wish I could do that. Maybe we could think in advance, like Easter, we could do an egg hunt or something.
P106: You know, we would do an M-hunt.
MC: Yes, and it will match because the lavender will go with the whole motif.
P106: "The whole motif," see that's why she's going to redecorate the whole damn studio over here. Being a Mariah fan, it is really crazy to hear that you've never put anything, 'cause you could Mariah, like you could put out a stiletto line, and people would go run and grab it, because Mariah Carey is always known to walk around in the greatest shoes.
MC: Did you tell me that another time? Because someone else has been talking to me, three people have mentioned to me about doing a shoe-line in the past like, I don't know, month, and I'm like "I do love me some shoes!"
P106: And you wear them well. We missed the boat on the jeans-line. Remember when you cut the waist on the jeans and everybody's aunt started wearing jeans like that. "M by Mariah" - I know that it's gonna be a great situation as far as today, I know as far as the holidays, and it's crazy because, when it comes to just Mariah and the scent, if you just look at the bottle, like I haven't even had the chance to smell it, I'm just looking at the bottle and you wanna get that either for your girl if you're a fella, now I know the girls are gonna go out and get it, and I know when it comes down to Macy's at the Glendale Galleria, I know you're gonna shut it down.
MC: I'm excited, but did you know that all fragrances smell different on all women and all people in general? So we have to smell it on as many, you know, members of the opposite sex as you can, to see who you like the scent best on.
P106: Well you know, I can't do that. Come on Mariah.
MC: I mean I'm just saying to the men out there who are not...
P106: Mariah, you have to stop flirting with me!
MC: I'm not doing that!
P106: 'Cause what we had yesterday, what we had, that was yesterday. I love you, there's never any ill will, but Mariah, you gotta stop this!
MC: [laughs] No, I would never do that.
P106: You'd never stop? Now she's saying she'll never stop.
MC: I'm your number one fan, I'm in the fan-club, that's what it is.
P106: Thank you so much, that'll be audio now and we'll cut up and replay it. Mariah, we definitely thank you baby girl, and don't forget - for all those out there in the Glendale area or the surrounding areas, Macy's at Glendale Galleria, go on out there today, say hello to Mariah, now the signing begins at 7:00pm, the first 200 people, which I'm pretty sure there are 200 people out there right now ladies and gentlemen, you wanna get out there early. Mariah, we definitely thank you once again for calling up the neighborhood.
MC: I thank you, and thank you for knowing so much about the fragrance and just being so supportive 'cause it's been really really nice, I'm just excited, like you said - for the holidays, it is something really really special and I hope people enjoy it because I'm too much behind them other folks that put their fragrances out in September, we just weren't ready but we wanted it to be right.
P106: And it is right, and we thank you for that phone call Mariah.
MC: I love you and I thank you so much and I can not wait to see you.

Source: Transcipt: MariahDailyJournal