Exhibit
23.1


Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm





The Board
of Directors


NexCen
Brands, Inc.:




We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-91369, 333-52220, 333-128062, 333-52222, 333-139078) on Form S-8 and (Nos.
333-137365, 333-142631, 353-149026) on Form S-3 of NexCen Brands, Inc. and
subsidiaries (formerly Aether Holdings, Inc.) of our report dated March 20,
2008, except for Note 2, as to which the date is August 11, 2009, with respect
to the consolidated balance sheets of NexCen Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and our report dated March 20, 2008,
except for the material weakness related to the management structure lacking
sufficient clarity as to the roles and responsibilities of senior management, as
to which the date is August 11, 2009, with respect to the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports
appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K/A of NexCen Brands,
Inc.
  Our
report dated March 20, 2008, except for the material weakness related to the
management structure lacking sufficient clarity as to the roles and
responsibilities of senior management, as to which the date is August 11,
2009,  on the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2007, expresses our opinion that NexCen Brands,
Inc. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2007, because of the effect of material weaknesses on the
achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an
explanatory paragraph that identifies material weaknesses related to the
following: the Company did not maintain a sufficient number of accounting and
financial reporting personnel; the Company’s personnel did not have an
appropriate level of technical expertise in U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (US GAAP); the design and implementation of the Company’s controls
over the completeness and accuracy of accrued liabilities were not effective as
of December 31, 2007; the management structure lacked sufficient clarity as to
the roles and responsibilities of senior management.
 
 The
Company acquired Bill Blass Holding, Co., Inc., MaggieMoo’s International, LLC,
Marble Slab Creamery, Inc., the Waverly, Gramercy, and Village Brands, Pretzel
Time Franchising, LLC and Pretzelmaker Franchising, LLC (“acquired entities”)
during 2007, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007,
the acquired entities’ internal control over financial reporting associated with
total assets of $203.7 million (of which $192.6 million represents goodwill and
intangible assets included within the scope of the assessment) and total
revenues of $26.0 million included in the consolidated financial statements of
NexCen Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31,
2007. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also
excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of the
acquired entities.


As
discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the consolidated
financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007, have been
restated.





As
discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company
faces certain liquidity uncertainties that raise substantial doubt about its
ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these
matters are described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.







/s/ KPMG
LLP




New York,
New York


August
11, 2009