http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28816 Anonymous Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:28:41 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28816 I haven't smelled it yet, seriously, is it not a sexy scent at all? I haven't smelled it yet, seriously, is it not a sexy scent at all?

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28815 Anonymous Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:43:30 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28815 I've been wearing my Tom Ford For Men for a week now. I'm also in advertising, and I find the whole shock-for-shock-value's-sake a bit tired. We've seen this exploitive type of advertising a million times before. Having said that, I can find no consistency between this fragrance and the choice of advertising. To me it's not racy, thrilling or particularly over-sexy. Then again, maybe exploitation of female anatomy ain't either. I've been wearing my Tom Ford For Men for a week now. I'm also in advertising, and I find the whole shock-for-shock-value's-sake a bit tired. We've seen this exploitive type of advertising a million times before. Having said that, I can find no consistency between this fragrance and the choice of advertising. To me it's not racy, thrilling or particularly over-sexy.
Then again, maybe exploitation of female anatomy ain't either.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28814 Anonymous Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:34:04 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28814 LOL -- maybe we don't want to know ;-) LOL — maybe we don't want to know

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28813 Anonymous Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:19:26 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28813 Yes, that is exactly what the whole point of this discussion is about. I love tasteful - OPERATIVE WORD - nudity. And I guess you're right in saying that he really got the attention he was after, but as you say, how much further can this go... REALLY?? Take care, xoxo. Yes, that is exactly what the whole point of this discussion is about. I love tasteful – OPERATIVE WORD – nudity. And I guess you're right in saying that he really got the attention he was after, but as you say, how much further can this go… REALLY?? Take care, xoxo.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28812 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:32:15 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28812 I liked the Opium & M7 ads too. I think that is my point -- if what you're after is attention, you have to keep pushing the bar. Eventually you end up with a woman with a perfume bottle covering her crotch. I liked the Opium & M7 ads too. I think that is my point — if what you're after is attention, you have to keep pushing the bar. Eventually you end up with a woman with a perfume bottle covering her crotch.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28811 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:58:41 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28811 But the Opium ad was honestly quite beautiful, and the M7 I read only as an homage to the 70's Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme campaign... this is frankly disgusting. Haven't seen that Gucci ad, but that one sounds revolting, too. But the Opium ad was honestly quite beautiful, and the M7 I read only as an homage to the 70's Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme campaign… this is frankly disgusting. Haven't seen that Gucci ad, but that one sounds revolting, too.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28810 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:35:18 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28810 Yep. And the even more nekkid ad for M7, and the bikini area shaved into the G for something for Gucci. Tom Ford likes nekkid. Yep. And the even more nekkid ad for M7, and the bikini area shaved into the G for something for Gucci. Tom Ford likes nekkid.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28809 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:17:08 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28809 Was it Tom Ford who approved the Opium ad with nekkid Sophie Dahl? I can't remember. Was it Tom Ford who approved the Opium ad with nekkid Sophie Dahl? I can't remember.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28808 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:05:47 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28808 No, it leaves very little to the imagination, unless you're wondering what the model's face looks like. Don't know that I can say he misses the point -- I really do think what he's after is press coverage, and he got it. This campaign is everywhere, with very little effort on TF's part. You could argue that Sean John did him one better, in so far as the news of his commercial is everywhere without anyone's even having seen it so far -- in fact, for all I know, it doesn't even exist. No, it leaves very little to the imagination, unless you're wondering what the model's face looks like. Don't know that I can say he misses the point — I really do think what he's after is press coverage, and he got it. This campaign is everywhere, with very little effort on TF's part. You could argue that Sean John did him one better, in so far as the news of his commercial is everywhere without anyone's even having seen it so far — in fact, for all I know, it doesn't even exist.

]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28807 Anonymous Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:18:56 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/14/courting-controversy-part-2/#comment-28807 I find this campaign is ridiculous, because 1) can you even imagine a company selling grooming products, like Gillette for instance, setting up a shaving can in this fashion for a poster? (they at least would have a valid reason to do so, in my opinion) - and 2) fragrance is something to wear for seducing someone with subtlety. So this campaign misses the point by being much too blunt, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. Now that, to me, is shameful... I find this campaign is ridiculous, because 1) can you even imagine a company selling grooming products, like Gillette for instance, setting up a shaving can in this fashion for a poster? (they at least would have a valid reason to do so, in my opinion) – and 2) fragrance is something to wear for seducing someone with subtlety. So this campaign misses the point by being much too blunt, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. Now that, to me, is shameful…

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