Comments on: Nautica Oceans ~ fragrance review

By: MsHappytoKnowYou

MsHappytoKnowYou — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:55:32 +0000

Who is the wonderful man? Please tell me his name and where he is from. I have been trying to find him forever. Oh my goodness. HELP ME.

By: jenrab

jenrab — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:31:55 +0000

I wish I had some insight as to this phenomenon as well.

At the airport in Honolulu last week there were several young-ish fellas getting on the same plane I was who had their pants belted below their butts. Now THERE’s a practical clothing style.

Thank goodness they had hideous patterned boxer shorts on. I’m glad thong underwear isn’t what goes with that look. ergh.

By: eminere

eminere — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:45:02 +0000

I’ll pass on the fragrance but I’ll have me some of that model! Anyone know who he is?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:03:04 +0000

Rafaelolg: A quandary indeed. First, there are lots of people who could care less who is advertising a scent…the bottle, the brand, the “scene” may influence them more than the model. For those who DO look at the model, there are of course gay men who like a handsome half-naked man in an ad occasionally…and straight men, well, advertisers expect straight men to look at a good looking male model and think: “Hey…I can look like that…his shirt (haircut, tan, navel ring, pecs, boat) looks good and if I dress like him (groom myself like him, work out at the gym like him, get a tan like him, buy a boat like his) girls will go nuts!” And then there are the women who love the model and buy the scent for their beaus. Advertising is complicated!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:18:17 +0000

memechose: you’re welcome; there ISN’T much to say about Oceans when you get past the new technology!

By: LaMaroc

LaMaroc — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:55:19 +0000

I was in line at the register behind two kids at the gas station the other day with those damn low-hanging pants. They are actually *made* now so that the pockets are sewn halfway down the pants. I hated this trend when it came out over a decade ago and am dumbfounded as to why it’s still around??? I don’t have kids so can someone enlighten me on this? It is so unattractive.

By: rafaelolg

rafaelolg — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:39:06 +0000

I don’t know why they use almost naked guys to sell fragrances to other guys.
I wish the fragrances ads could give more insights about the fragrance like this Terre d’Hermès ad:
http://perso.numericable.fr/~mmichelemi97/michelmespubs/ListeH/Hermes39.jpg

Or at least include some naked girl like this (Gucci Envy for men and women: http://perso.numericable.fr/mmichelemi97/michelmespubs/ListeG/ListeP48.jpg

By: memechose

memechose — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:24:26 +0000

thanks for the descrption of the fragrance. I was reading Chandler Burr’s Moment weekly blog column and it didn’t describe the fragrance at all

By: mals86

mals86 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:56:22 +0000

A descendant of the dashing, elegant (if a bit brainless) Errol Flynn? Now I know why I immediately thought of derring-do.

I went to college with another descendant of Errol’s, and he was almost as gorgeous.

By: AlbertCAN

AlbertCAN — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:11:58 +0000

Agreed, but I would imagine Mr. Flynn isn’t doing this for free so the industry tends to manage its risk in this case by pairing the idea with an all-purpose juice. If one looks at this campaign from the finance department’s point of view the decision makes a whole lot of sense, but that also means blog readers like NST will be somewhat bored.