Perfume adverts

Am I the only one who is getting increasingly P'd off with the proliferation of advertisements for perfume on commercial channels? Whilst I recognise that perfume is a hard thing to advertise, I do get irritated by those stupid adverts. Take, for example, the advert for the perfume Deep Water .

Basically, it shows some cretin running his finger through his hair which he obviously hasn't combed in months directed smugly towards some small, big-bosomed brunette who has equally messy hair. Then we cut to an image of this man on some rocks stripping off his shirt (revealing a torso that would seem to indicate he has already died of skin cancer five times) and diving into the water (above some rocks, and still dressed in his trousers, underpants, shoes and socks.)

Not once during the advert have I been convinced to buy the perfume, and this is something else that annoys me - if it's a perfume, say it's a perfume. It's not a 'scent' or a 'fragrance', as that is the smell that emanates from the perfume. And one way, I've found, to really annoy a woman is to say 'excuse me, what's that scent/fragrance you've got on?'

I highly suspect that a feature on this year's Screenwipe Review of the Year will be THE TEN BIGGEST SCENTED COCKS AND SHE-COCKS IN PERFUMERY ADVERTISING .

no it those DAM LOANS

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the Poison ad where the girl turns into a Panther?

I like that ad.

It's not the ads themselves that are annoying it's the new bizarre trend of celebs sticking their names on a perfume bottle. It's a new low for celebs wanting to sell themselves out.

There's one woman with dark hair who appears in nearly all adverts - Harveys, Finish Dishwashing tabs and recently Boots Skin epilator (or something).

As for perfume ads...as I type this '212 SEXY for men' has aired.. personally I rather try.. '666 Deathly for tramps'.

Yep - the 212 name only really works in the US (It is one of the New York area codes...) - as if 212 SEXY was a phone number to dial...

"0898 WILLY" would probably work this side of the pond.

And there, my friend, you have hit upon the essential nub of advertising - namely, you've remembered the advert, and the product it advertises. Hence why the most popular adverts (or most memorable) are invariably the most annoying.

The reason for the increase in perfume adverts right now is of course Christmas. They'll not be so prolific after.

But surely I don't intend on buying the product, therefore the ad is ineffective?

You have just promoted it to the whole forum though.

I find all adverts annoying.