An ad for Givenchy Organza, which launched in 1996 (the title comes from the company’s description of the fragrance). I think the model is Yasmeen Ghauri.
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Mmm, I really like Organza. It somehow feels far too fancy for everyday wear, though. I like the ad, too, although there seems to be a bit of incongruence in the setting and her overall appearance. I feel like her hair should be down and tousled. If she were in a palace setting the whole thing would work perfectly, imo.
From the ad I would assume that organza is a heavy oriental fragrance but my experience with it is that it is more of a white floral, no? I smell a lot of gardenia. On the other hand I guess you could argue that the gardenia is an extremely prized flower in the middle-east.
I would classify it as a soft oriental, mostly because of there is incense present, it will become dominant on my skin, and that’s how Organza plays on me– very sweet, heady flowers with powdery, almost Parfum Sacre-like, incense. Organza is spicier, though, to me. To be honest I’d never seen this ad, and I’m really quite surprised at the marketing vision. Organza is beautiful but I wouldn’t really call it exotic.
Organza plays like a big floral on me too, and at any rate, no, it doesn’t seem to match the ad. I kind of like the ad anyway. I realize these days that any ad that doesn’t actively offend me makes me happy, LOL…
Lol, nowadays the dress would be flung over a bedpost and the model would be languishing on a bed of petals of some sort.
Exactly!
Yes, that’s Yasmeen. Gorgeous woman. She’s known for her “ball-bering swivel of the hips”!
Thanks!