Queen Latifah is joining the army of celeb perfumers with the release of a new scent by Parlux Fragrances. Queen by Queen Latifah — featuring hints of mandarin, jasmine, cognac, Moroccan coriander, and Egyptian — will debut this August, starting at $49 for a 1.7 oz. bottle, the rapper-singer-actress announced this week.

“Beauty really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love, if you will. So I see a fragrance as just a natural expression of this state of love: Scent expresses a woman’s confidence and sensuality, it’s how she embraces her body, her mind and her strength,” the Oscar-nominated star said in a statement Monday.

Queen Latifah was the victim of childhood sexual abuse.

In the July issue of Essence — on newsstands June 12 — Queen Latifah reveals that she was once molested by a teenage babysitter and the incident left her unable to form meaningful relationships as an adult.

“He violated me,” the 39-year-old revealed.

“I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arms length. I never really let a person get too close to me,” Queen continued. “I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue.”

Latifah says she didn’t tell anyone untill the death of her brother when she was 22 years old. “I had to get it off my chest. My mother felt terrible. She was kind of a country girl, so she wasn’t up on how slick people could be. When I told my dad, he said nothing.”

The Hairspray star says she blamed herself for the sexual abuse for years, but came to terms with it after seeking the advice of a therapist. “I was a kid, and I had no power or control over the situation. I really wish I’d had the strength and the knowledge to say something sooner, because I always wondered, Did he do that to someone else? But I accept that the time for action has come and gone.”

Queen Latifah will hosting BET’s televised After Party Bash, which will air immediately after the live show — hosted by Jamie Foxx — live from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 28.

A makeup artist and a fashion stylist are suing Queen Latifah amid claims that the Oscar-nominated actress stiffed them to the tune of $1 million.

Celebrity cosmetology consultant Roxanna Floyd says she lost $700,000 when the rapper-actress failed to pay her for work she did between July 2005 and February 2008. In a separate lawsuit, celebrity fashion stylist Susan Moses said she was cheated of $300,000 during the same period.

Both lawsuits were filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.

Queen Latifah’s been robbed.

Thieves broke into the Oscar-nominated actress’ $1,000-a-night luxury villa at the Stone Haven Resort in Trinidad and stole $10,000 of Queen Latifah’s jewelry.

A spokesperson for island police told Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday newspaper that they believe a staff member of the $1,000-per-night resort may be involved.

“Several searches are being carried out and the police are trying to have the jewelry returned to Queen Latifah. Investigators said the larceny seems to be an inside job and efforts are being made round the clock to make a breakthrough,” acting police commissioner James Philbert told the newspaper.

Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah discuss The Secret Life of Bees on Monday’s TODAY.

Queen Latifah spoke out against people speculating about her sexuality during an interview with the New York Times Magazine over the weekend.

“I don’t have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life. You don’t get that part of me. Sorry. We’re not discussing it in our meetings, we’re not discussing it at Cover Girl,” the Secret Lives of Bees star told the publication.

“I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.”

Queen Latifah plays PBS journalist Gwen Ifill in this clip from last night’s Vice-Presidential debate parody on Saturday Night Live.