Depp comes up smelling of roses despite defamation trial’s catalogue of misogyny

The actor who joked about drowning and burning his then wife Amber Heard has been the toast of Cannes and has snagged $20m to hawk perfume

Johnny Depp seems to be on top of the world. Almost one year after he won a messy defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, the actor's career is going gangbusters. His latest movie, Jeanne du Barry, opened the Cannes Film and received a seven-minute standing ovation. His face is plastered all over Paris billboards advertising the film. And, to top things off, he's just signed a record three-year, $20m deal to remain the face of the Dior men's fragrance Sauvage. To put this deal into context, Robert Pattinson got $12m to serve as a spokesperson for Dior Homme, according to Variety - and most A-listers with fragrance deals reportedly earn about $2m-$4m a year. So Depp is very much the king of cologne.