HALLE BERRY's model boyfriend GABRIEL AUBRY has given the Hollywood beauty's signature perfume the seal of approval.

The Monster's Ball star has been mixing and testing different scent combinations for the last two years for her first fragrance, and she's finally found one she's happy with.

And she admits she settled on the smell of Halle by Halle Berry after Aubry praised the scent.

She tells People.com, "I was mixing two fragrances, a fig and a mimosa, and putting them in a bottle and carrying them around. That was my flavour of the moment.

"I want women to feel that their partners, that special person, thinks they smell beautiful, thinks that it's simple enough that they can ingest it all day, every day. That's what Gabriel said. He said it smells like that - he better be right!"

Berry, who gave birth to daughter Nahla in March (08), also confesses she's dedicated so much time to perfecting the fragrance, they refer to the perfume as her second child.

She adds, "We call Halle my second baby because that's really all I've been working on for the past two years."