JoJo On The Scents That Shaped Her Life, From Her Debut Album To Aquamarine

This article was created in partnership with eos. JoJo remembers her rise to fame with remarkable clarity — particularly the ferry ride into New Jersey to record her self-titled debut album, JoJo — because of how it smelled. A brand-new CD case. The papery scent of album liner notes. The warm, aromatic pull of the sandwich shop across the street from the studio. Those memories are embedded in her, as permanent as a signature scent. “I was bullied in school because I was always very eccentric,” she says, recalling belting out Christina Aguilera songs on the jungle gym as a kid. “When Christina came out with her fragrance, it was such a concept to me — that maybe if I wore her fragrance, I could sound like her. Maybe I could turn into her,” JoJo recalls. Not long afterwards, she burst onto the scene with her debut single, “Leave (Get Out),” becoming the youngest solo artist ever to top the Billboard Pop Songs chart at just 13 years old. What fo