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Luxury perfume signs chic French actress Audrey Tautou

Botox addicts, beware. OD’ing on rat-poison injections could be harmful to your modeling career. Just ask actress Nicole Kidman, who’s being dumped as the face of Chanel No. 5.

The luxury perfume line has named gamine Amelie star Audrey Tautou to replace the pregnant 40-year-old Kidman as their new spokesmodel, beginning in 2009.

Kidman, who has been the face of Chanel No. 5 since 2004, reportedly earned $3.7 million for a three-minute commercial spot directed by acclaimed Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann–making her the world record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor.

The 29-year-old French-born Tautou previously starred in The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks. She now joins an elite group of Chanel No. 5 spokesmodels, including iconic sex symbols Marilyn Monroe and Catherine Deneuve .

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