Shakira says her latest fragrance is like a "second skin".

The 'Hips Don't Lie' singer is releasing her third perfume, Elixir, and admits it was important for the scent to be exotic and different from her previous smells.

She said: "After my first two fragrances, I wanted to do something different - I wanted to push the idea even further and develop a fragrance that would express my most sensual and exotic side, and Elixir is the result of that. We worked on the concept of a 'second skin,' a fragrance that becomes a part of you."

The scent - which was created by perfumers Alexandra Kosinski and Sonia Constant of Givaudan in collaboration with Puig perfumer Elisabeth Vidal - has top notes of neroli, white pepper and white flower; a heart of freesia, peony and apricot skin, and a drydown of white cedarwood, amber, benzoin, sugar cane and musk.

Jose Manuel Albesa, chief brand officer of Puig, Shakira's scent licensee, added to WWD: "This scent is aimed at a youthful consumer who wants to explore her power and her mystery."