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A familiar, cold knot of anxiety tightened low in the pop star’s stomach as she shifted in the plush velvet chair of her private dressing suite, one hand unconsciously tugging at the constricting lace of her corset. Her phone lay dark and silent on the vanity beside her, a mute witness to seven months of bewildering extravagance—a procession of handcrafted leather bags, a yacht moored in Monaco, jewels that arrived in unmarked black boxes—and yet, the core of her remained unconvinced, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Then the atmosphere in the room changed. It began as a scent: smoky oud and citrus, layered with clean salt air and the deep, dry warmth of sandalwood. Before she could place it, a massive, fragrant shadow fell across her. A bouquet of inky black orchids and creamy g…