Nicole Kidman has been issued an apology from The Daily Telegraph after it reported that the actress, who is the exclusive spokeswoman for Chanel No.5, had preferred Jo Malone’s White Jasmine & Mint scent to the Chanel brand she represents. The paper has also printed a retraction and offered their “sincere apologies” for the story, which was published earlier this week.

The paper had ran a story earlier this week in which they stated that Kidman had been using the Jo Malone fragrance quite liberally and had been “dabbing it on whenever she had a moment” while she was promoting her new film, “The Golden Compass” in the UK with her husband, Keith Urban. 

The Daily Telegraph has since offered up a retraction (and no doubt avoided a lawsuit):

“We now accept that it was entirely untrue to allege that Nicole Kidman had been openly using and promoting a competitor’s product.”