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To think that perfume ads are wanky?

64 replies

Valsoldknickers · 06/12/2014 22:43

"We didn't need anything. "

"We needed everything"

"I'm not going to be the person you expect me to be"

As Catherine Tate's nan would say, "What a load of old shit!"

AIBU to feel all the meaningless plop spouted out by models / actors in perfume ads is beyond irritating?

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LittleprincessinGOLDrocks · 06/12/2014 23:50

The Chanel No 5 advert annoys me with the "you better shape up!" said in that way. Erm no mate you better stop stalking that woman who is surfing in too few clothes for this time of year.
I change the channel when that comes on.

Sums perfume adverts up pretty well, from 1 min 30.
Sparklingbrook · 06/12/2014 23:52

Oh is it Chanel with the Grease tune?

Cloudofdeath · 06/12/2014 23:54

The most annoying has to be the one with Scarlett johannson where she talks a load of wank in a breathy girly voice. Oh do piss off love.

AWholeLottaNosy · 07/12/2014 00:01

I really don't understand that Scarlett Johanssen one. Toooo enigmatic for me. But guess they are aspirational and selling an image aren't they? It's all bollocks.

SinisterBuggyMonth · 07/12/2014 00:04

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WorraLiberty · 07/12/2014 00:07

Bring back the old spice windsurfer, those were the days

And "The great smell of Brut" NoArmaniNoPunani Grin

Bambambini · 07/12/2014 00:29

I've seen quite a few that I honestly thought were spoofs, they were that ridiculous. The new Old Spice adds from a few years ago with the black macho guy were hilarious.

Sn00p4d · 07/12/2014 00:33

The one with Julia Roberts makes me giggle. Purely because of the way she says "dictats" and What i thought she meant :)

MmeMorrible · 07/12/2014 01:02

At least they have stopped showing the godawful Chanel one with Nicole Kidman simpering 'I'm a dancer!'.

Truly dreadful toe curling, cringe fest. Haven't been able to bear her since I first saw it.

happybunny2014 · 07/12/2014 01:53

Completely agree perfume ads are wanky.
Lee Mack sums this up.

happybunny2014 · 07/12/2014 01:54

Clearly didnt read all the posts! Littleprincess beat me to it!

palmerpigweed · 07/12/2014 02:22

Yes.
"Chloe pick up the phone!" Wtf
Also as op mentioned "im not going to be the person im expected to be"
What does that even mean!?

Eastpoint · 07/12/2014 06:46

I saw one with Robert Pattinson yesterday, sorry I don't know which perfume it was for but he looked rather lovely. I think it was RP - I'm not very good on actors.

Purplepoodle · 07/12/2014 07:20

Hate perfume adverts. Hate when they stick them in every bloody advert for the tv programmes, walking dead -cool water ect

CerealMom · 07/12/2014 08:11

Are they secretly p1ss takes? The pantos of adverts?

Ooh, how about Karl Largerfeld as the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Child Snatcher. Tooting his flute and tempting us into the streets with his 'flute aroma'...

arlagirl · 07/12/2014 08:12

Love Jean Paul Gautier ones.

itispronouncedpenguin · 07/12/2014 08:16

The Dior one with whatsherface climbing up a silk scarf ladder in a full evening gown and ripping her necklace off as she goes is the height of wank.

wtffgs · 07/12/2014 08:18

Oh yes! Biggest pile of wanky shite ever Grin

NoRoomAtTheGin · 07/12/2014 08:24

The way these girls are all swooning, it should be called Rohypnol

Dawnywoo · 07/12/2014 08:28

YADNBU

They get on my tits!

TurquoiseDress · 07/12/2014 08:32

Absolutely, total cringe worthy shite!

Am I really going to be tempted to buy a perfume because a certain actress got paid £££ to star in the advert & spout a few lines?!!
NO

In fact, the actresses I find annoying or simply dislike, it makes me not want to buy the perfume.

I like going into a department store and trying them out for myself.

TurquoiseDress · 07/12/2014 08:36

Yes absolutely- the Scarlett Johanssson one is total cringe, she is all breathy & enigmatic.

Wasn't Nicole Kidman paid a few millions for an advert a few years back?
There must be a good effect on the sales figures or else the perfume houses just wouldn't bother.

Chandon · 07/12/2014 08:37

I am not going to be the person I am expected to be

That one always makes us laugh out loud. We live the idiocy of the non-punchy punch line Grin love that one

The acting is always so bad. The Nicole Kidman I love to dance one last year was hilarious too

Or Keira on the motorbike sticking her arse out to try and be Kardashianesque

Lol

These are all so funny

Tykeisagirl · 07/12/2014 08:42

I've said this before on MN but I was working with Keira Knightly a few years back and she had a couple of days off to film the Chanel as where she's in a skin tight, flesh times catsuit riding a motorbike around Paris. She came back saying she had absolutely no idea what the ad was about, and the catsuit was v uncomfortable.

I think perfume ads are wanky because the same ad is shown worldwide and the makers assume that blandly pretentious with an A lister prattling about will offend no one anywhere.

Poolomoomon · 07/12/2014 09:05

They have absolutely nothing to do with the perfume. Ever. It's just people having sex or some kind of sexual tension. DH and I were saying exactly the same thing about the extremely irritating Scarlett Johannsen one with her breathy voice "we needed everything". Go away.

The only one I kind of liked was the Chanel no 5 Marilyn one last year, only one with a proper endorsement.