Michael B. Jordan was caught off guard during a casual street encounter with TV personality Celeste Pellegrini, who stopped the Sinners actor for a spontaneous social media video.
One major question momentarily left Jordan surprised as it came from his followers.
“I have a mission that my friends told me. They asked me…how do you smell? Can I smell you?” Pellegrini said while standing next to Jordan in the video, posted on her account April 19.
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Unfazed, the Black Panther star, 38, told her “go for it.” After giving him a hearty sniff, Pellegrini said, “Smells like vanilla? It is?”
“Little bit,” the actor confirmed. Followers in the comments section couldn’t help but fawn over Jordan in the video. “You fulfilled everyone’s dream, now it’s my turn to smell,” one fan of the actor commented.
Another user stated they would have given the actor a much cheekier comment. “Nah sis, I would’ve told him ‘You smell like the future father of my kids.’” Another commenter jokingly added, “You failed us as Latina, I had to say that I smell the love of my life.”
Jordan kept the mystery alive by not revealing the exact scent he was wearing during the interview.
However, the Creed III star has previously shared his love for fragrances, notably becoming the face of Coach for Men in 2019, where he spoke about his connection to the brand’s signature scent.
“I like that it’s just a little bit more earthy,” he explained in an interview with Forbes. “When I was a kid, the first time I ever really wore cologne, one of my best friend’s older brother would always have tons … and I remember dousing myself in it. I gave this girl a hug and she was like, ‘You smell so good.”
Of Coach for Men, Jordan said that the fragrance is “a little fruitier; it has pineapple notes, black pepper oil and juniper berries, so this one is a little lighter for me, but it also tells a story.”
The actor also has a method to how he likes to wear his scents, too. “It’s all about layering, because you don’t want to overpower everything up top. So, you have a base scent that’s always going to be there, that sits on your clothes a little bit, and then you have a top layer that’s more of the introduction to somebody.”
The Sinners actor is fully embodying the dark, seductive vibe of his new film Sinners, using everything from fashion to fragrance to enhance the film’s world-building.
While promoting the Southern gothic vampire flick, the actor has been spotted in bold looks — including blood red pinstripe suits, leather ensembles, and vampire fang grills — adding a stylish bite to the film’s London photo call on April 13.
