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Perfume spot banned for glorifying drug use

Following 13 complaints, the ad below for Yves Saint-Laurent's Belle d'Opium perfume has been banned by Britain's Ad Standards Authority because the dancer briefly appears to point at her arm—a…

February 3, 2011, 10:51 AM EST

Guy Ritchie, Jude Law make inane Dior film

Guy Ritchie directed Jude Law (and Slovak model Michaela Kocianová) in this new short film for Dior Homme, which gets high marks for perfecting some of the high-end fragrance…

September 8, 2010, 12:10 PM EDT

Dolce gets airbrush mad with McConaughey

After all the pointless airbrushing of already-attractive women in magazine ads, it's about time the men got a taste of it. And once again, the model doesn't need it.…

September 8, 2010, 9:26 AM EDT

Frank Miller crafts Frank Miller-y Gucci film

Frank Miller's first directing gig since The Spirit is an upcoming short film for Gucci's "Guilty" fragrance, for which the trailer is below. The mini-movie, which gives Miller another…

August 20, 2010, 9:26 AM EDT

Wife testing colognes on Barbarian CEO

Barbarian Group CEO Benjamin Palmer has been personally subjected to rigorous product testing in the cologne category of late—by his wife, Elizabeth Valleau. She writes on Esquire's Style Blog:…

June 11, 2010, 10:18 AM EDT

Brazil's scented banners smell a little funny

Everyone loves a cool ad execution, but some are clearly advertising for advertising people. This is particularly true during award-show season. The video below, getting some passalong among the…

May 28, 2010, 11:18 AM EDT

German ad promotes true scent of a woman

In the U.S., you can't even say the word vagina on TV. In Germany, things are more lax. You can create a (possibly gag-gift) scent called Vulva Original,…

March 19, 2010, 10:04 AM EDT

Audrey Tautou choo-choos for Chanel No. 5

PopWatch thinks the extended version (above) of the new train-themed Chanel No. 5 spot, featuring Amélie's Audrey Tautou (and directed by Amélie's Jean-Pierre Jeunet), goes on a bit too long.…

May 6, 2009, 9:27 AM EDT

Enjoy a nice Diesel fragrance ad to the face

Fred & Farid's ads for Diesel's Only the Brave fragrance are disturbing. What's with the fist-shaped bottle? It seems awfully clenched and angry. Adweek's Eleftheria Parpis explains: "The new…

May 5, 2009, 8:22 AM EDT

Those fragrance ads, they're just so stupid!

This commercial for Greed perfume, starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams and directed by the Kip Winger of film, Roman Polanski, is apparently a parody produced by an Italian…

February 9, 2009, 12:37 PM EST

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