{"id":11074,"date":"2012-10-21T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T00:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=11074"},"modified":"2012-10-20T20:01:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T12:01:03","slug":"brad-pitt-and-chanel-no-5-inevitable-or-incredibly-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2012\/10\/brad-pitt-and-chanel-no-5-inevitable-or-incredibly-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt and Chanel No. 5 – Inevitable or Incredibly bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love perfume ads… most of the time. Some are incredibly well executed, filmed as a mini movie. It usually involves a women, a man, romance, luxury, sensuality – everything that makes me want to at least take a sniff at the scent. Might it transport me to exotic places? Attract a stranger on a train – ships passing in the night?<\/p>\n

And sometimes we get duds – obscure, abstract clips that make you wonder “Is that an ad for a perfume?” Have you seen the one by Gucci Flora? A lady violently swinging her arms in a field of flowers, causing them to bend and ripple in the wind? That was, I thought weird.<\/p>\n

And sometimes, we get Brad Pitt for Chanel No. 5.<\/p>\n

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When the news broke about Brad Pitt being the face for the 90+ year old bestselling and iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume, I raised an eyebrow. I wasn’t sure how a man could make me want to buy Chanel No.5, which doesn’t sit very well with me to start with.<\/p>\n

And then the first ad came out, and my other eyebrow went up in incredulity. If you have not yet seen the ads, I have both here for your viewing pleasure \ud83d\ude42 The man was reportedly paid US$7 million for this campaign. Does he make you want to run to your nearest Chanel counter?<\/p>\n

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Oh the picture above is a still from the ad so that’s Brad, in his unshaven, unclipped glory. Not quite what I envisaged from the House of Chanel.<\/p>\n

Ad #1 that broke last week<\/p>\n