parfum de celebrity TRASH. WHY, FFS?

Also, the Jade Goody fragrance...

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I got given a free sample of some Paris Hilton perfume and it smells absolutely manky, so at least representative of its endorser.

there doesn't seem to be an equivalent poster for the male fragrance. hopefully it is diddles posing the same way but with a man, or biggie's ghost.

I wd guess that most perfume is bought by women. And those adverts don't get placed in Nuts.

Also, srsly, Capitalism is long past WTF.

Maybe people buy stuff like perfume at times when they wish their lives weren't quite so fucking dull.

Capitalism, sure. (xpost)

But why would people want to take such folk as their mentor/idol/rolemod, etc?

I mean, if I found out that "hey, Paul Weller of the Jam wears Blutak, the fragrance that's more mod than Mod", I would not have bought it then or now.

where did it all start for pop stars and fragrances? can't remember who did it first

"advertising is sexually charged" shocker

Its the D the I the D the D the Y
The D the I the D
It's Diddy, (Hold Up) It's Diddy (That's crazy)
It's the D the I the D the D the Y
The D the I the D
Its Diddy, (Hold Up), It's Diddy (Say What?!)

I wd guess that most perfume is bought by women. And those adverts don't get placed in Nuts.

-- Noodle Vague, Friday, October 12, 2007 11:58 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i bet they do. certainly in gq, which is basically nuts for yuppies. and men buy shitloads of perfume, what with it being the run-up to xmas.

good posting, max.

There was a really funny roundup of all the sleb fragrances in one of the sub-Heat publications a while back. They took it full-scale seriously with all smelling notes or whatever perfume people call them

Well that would be the target market. They want to feel that they're not just buying shite but a carefully thought out product involving the celeb's input. This is, of course, complete idiocy.

BAN HUMANITY

See, there are so many celebrities that the only way of establishing how celeb you are is the offer of a fragrance in your name. Jayne Middlemiss won't be getting one. Davina McColl might. and so on.

men buy shitloads of perfume

SHITloads?

Loads of shit perfume, perhaps?

max r. is NOT max, that one guy that hit it!

I thought about the Xmas market but I figure most men buying perfume probly still just shut their eyes, run into the shop and buy what the nice woman behind the counter recommends.

According to the flyers scattered on the floor round town this morning, Ziggy ov Big Bruv was doing a PA at some nightclub here last night. And for a second I did the obligatory sneer, but then I thought "y'know what? My heroes and your heroes suck too, and fuck my misplaced superiority."

I don't have any heroes. They're all useless.

Come come, if Klaus Schulze brought out a shower gel I'm sure you'd buy it

It's kind of amazing there's never been a Han Solo fragrance line, isn't it? Or Indiana Jones.

Really though most of my heroes I would imagine just smell like dirt, alcohol and/or tobacco smoke, none of which require paying extra for

princess leia fragrance probably would actually sell to a certain demographic.

When all's said and done, I don't think I really want to smell like Rainer Werner Fassbinder

To hide up the smell of Doritos, dried semen, World of Warcraft and intense loneliness?

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Flux-grance

To hide up the smell of Doritos, dried semen, World of Warcraft and intense loneliness?

Yes! Haha.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_iTVTc3E7API/Rt787U_wf6I/AAAAAAAAAcw/A5OruZnPZQw/s1600-h/n509795489_452886_3928.jpg

^ i want to smell like tombot

I can't see the pic I tried to post, which is probably just as well, but it's a heinous Tom Ford for Men ad and it is here.

I figure most men buying perfume probly still just shut their eyes, run into the shop and buy what the nice woman behind the counter recommends.

is it gay to know what they like?

Also, this one. Probs NSFW.

They're actually real adverts?

is it gay to know what they like?

I'm just speculating here. Obv my sensitivity makes Tuomas look like Michael Winner.

Having a girlfriend, how gay is that?

It's kind of amazing there's never been a Han Solo fragrance line, isn't it? Or Indiana Jones.

-- El Tomboto, Friday, 12 October 2007 11:44 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I read that as Sal Solo. Restore hair on THAT head!

They're actually real adverts?

Yes! Aren't they awful?

this thread demands as many photoshops as possible

obv any photos of pash and his synth collection would be ideal candidates to start with

Having a girlfriend, how gay is that?

Wasn't there some GQ writer who wrote pretty much that in an article "getting married is gay", then has some kinf of crisis of the soul about it, so he wrote a useless "think"-piece about said mental crisis, which got printed in the guardian, this illustrating the clever times we live in. Or did I completely imagine that?

Usless think-piece, Guardian... sounds plausible

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/a76990/x-factor-perfume-goes-on-sale.html

I can't see the pic I tried to post, which is probably just as well, but it's a heinous Tom Ford for Men ad and it is here.

Overcompensating much, Mr. Ford?

Years ago in a French class we did a project in which we took ads and analyzed their subtext. Needless to say we found a shedload of phallic and other overwhelmingly sexual symbolism, especially in the perfume ads.

Having a girlfriend, how gay is that?

Wasn't there some GQ writer who wrote pretty much that in an article "getting married is gay", then has some kinf of crisis of the soul about it, so he wrote a useless "think"-piece about said mental crisis, which got printed in the guardian, this illustrating the clever times we live in. Or did I completely imagine that?

-- Pashmina, Friday, 12 October 2007 13:04

oh yeah, it was richard geefe.

http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scentedsalamander/images/Unforgivable_Woman.jpg

I think I can see a cock here amirite guyz lol

Oh come on, that Ford ad is awesome. It's of course a bit past its sell date (both style and Mr Ford) but I think the ad would have been great if it was released in his Gucci period. I think it's a bit less exciting now cause it's not the time anymore - just like Versace has gone past its sell date - and Tom Ford has been a bit of a let down. That said, he himself looks ab-so-lu-te-ly yummilicious. Everything Victoria Beckham wants in her David. It's dripping with sexy decadence.

I don't he's overcompensating to be honest, he's actually flaunting what he has to offer. And it can be construed as overcompensation for us dreary lot. ;-) (Half-jokingly said.)

Really though most of my heroes I would imagine just smell like dirt, alcohol and/or tobacco smoke, none of which require paying extra for

IF you add up all those packets of cigs, I think you'd be better off buying one bottle of perfume. ;-)))

can't this thread just be

celebrity TRASH. WHY, FFS?

Ken, it can be whatever you want it to be!

Perfume is sadly some affordable rip-off for us saddos who want to be part of the rich 'n' famous. A bit like a Hermes scarf. I don't really buy nor do I want perfume anymore. Not because the mark-up is so horrendously high but I really don't care if you can smell my armpits. Just kidding, if I buy/receive some perfume then it's Anais Anais, fankyooferrymucho.

That was a hint, guys, if you want to send me some gift in a few days, when I delivered my baby. But a Vicky Beckham pair of jeans in a size 0 would be really GREBT as well! Just to look at, mind you. ;-)

i like fahrenheit, just a little dab tho.

is dom's scarf hermes?

anus anus doesn't sound like a good perfume

is dom's scarf hermes?

kudos.

that's hott.

the only perfume i can stand is shalimar which, i think, is the only perfume not made with flowers. the problem is my mom wears it all the time and its too creepy to walk around smelling like your moms.

I could not agree less that the TF ads are "awesome". Fashion is largely artifice, it's true, and I'm okay with playing with that to a large degree, but those perfume ads go beyond woman-as-model, never mind woman-as-HUMAN, or even woman-as-human-who-is-sexy. Gaaaaah I don't know how to be any clearer.