You just launched your own brand, Ash by Ashley Benson. There are two signature scents. One is based off of New York, and one is based off of Paris. There are so many different categories in this world if you are interested in being an entrepreneur—why fragrance for you?
Fragrance, for me, has just always been something that I've personally made for myself. I always had a signature scent, and it could be so many different perfumes or colognes or oils or lotions that I combined for years. Going back to mid-teens, I would do that because I love scents. I always pay attention to what people smell like because I just like to smell good. I never wanted to smell like everybody else though. I always wanted to make it my own, so I started doing that. All my friends were always like, "You smell so good. What are you wearing?" I wouldn't tell them what I was wearing because I didn't want them to smell like me, because it was so unique. I just had a nose for specific scents, and I'm very into incense and candles.
I think scent is a very personal thing. I feel like they [fans] can kind of understand me as Ashley and not Ashley as the characters they've seen I've played. It was a very fun project the last two years exploring how we would do this whole thing, and now, it's out, and I'm really excited.