Ah, the sweet smell of success. Elizabeth Arden, maker of the Britney Spears and Elizabeth Taylor fragrances, rose the most in nearly a year after forecasting that annual profit, excluding some items, will be $2.55 to $2.70 a share, compared to the analysts’ average estimate of $2.41 a share. Revenue will increase as much as 15 percent; analysts have projected 4.9 percent.
