...to think this perfume advert sets a terrible example?

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The advert for Miss Dior with Nathalie Portman (I think) really irritates me, and for more than the usual reasons of it being just generally perfume-ad daft. It portrays a young woman in a "passionate" relationship, which appears to involve yelling at each other, shoving, and sobbing hysterically on public transport. At the end, she snarls at the camera "What would YOU do for love?" and I just think "Woah, calm down there- I'm probably just going to make him a brew when he gets in and we'll watch The Chase."

AIBU to think that it's probably not a great message to send about about what love should look like?

I hate the one with Charlize Theron walking on the sand; the music is awful and I don't understand the context they're trying to create. It's just silly.

I saw this advert last night & told it to fuck off its a shite advert.

Numbereighty that ad is absolutely vile
Yuck it reminds me of 'The Accused film

• disgusting

I'm most amused now by the thought of him having told her to take a long jump off a short pier .

They are always beyond belief. Bovine mouth hanging open expressions, women waddling about in tight dresses and hilariously ugly shoes ( thud thud thud) and monotone comments.

Everyone has to make a living. Just don't support it by buying stinks.

Oh come on you lot! When I was 18 I had a different idea about what constituted love. I mean really, do you want Dior to have an ad with a couple of old toppies shuffling into the pharmacy to get their flu jabs?

Even if you don't buy the perfume, it's still just there, isn't it? Drip, drip, drip, contributing to this toxic culture which equates grand romance with great pain. And no, of course nobody is taking relationship advice from a thirty second advert, but the cumulative effect of these messages is pretty depressing, I think.

But fair enough, headinhands

Woah, calm down there- I'm probably just going to make him a brew when he gets in and we'll watch The Chase

PMSL

Agree. Hate all that if you can’t handle me at my worst you don’t deserve me at my best type crap. This behaviour isn’t sexy it’s unhinged.

Wanders in to say I quite like the advert and LOVE the song but reads comments, realising I’m a twat and wanders out again

if you can’t handle me at my worst you don’t deserve me at my best

Yes, that does come across as abusive. It's usually said on FB by women who throw tantrums.

I can't abide the perfume ad (can't remember which one) where the man and woman do the irritating simultaneous voice-over at the end:

"[insert whatever the hell the name of perfume is] - just for the two of us" or something like that.

Rolling my eyes just typing that crap.

"And no, of course nobody is taking relationship advice from a thirty second advert, but the cumulative effect of these messages is pretty depressing, I think."

The "message" was touched on on a thread about "whats wrong with settling?".
The ideal of not settling for anything less than world-shattering passion treads a fine line with justifying possessive/controlling behaviour as "intense" and "he really loves me" and "hes just really passionate"
As you say ita not just the ad. Its the slow drip...

The only good perfume ad is the Kenzo World ad

Basically, I want whatever she is on. It’s such a shame the perfume is absolutely bog standard flower water really.

"For me! For me! For both of us"
#relationshipgoals
Not.

I once dated a guy who wore the same purfume as me (back in the day: ckone). I had to stop wearing it because it was putting me off him and I otherwise fancied him a lot. Theres nothing less sexy than a man who smells like you do!!

I'd buy any perfume that had an ad advocating having a brew and watching The Chase. It's obviously tailor made for me. I'm imagining a slight note of biscuits, woodburner smoke and mini chedders.

I can imagine flu jab trip working as a purfume ad in a kinda john lewis christmas ad format...

But if they DO pinch your OAP flu jab trip is sexy/romantic they would only consider using helen mirran as she is the only older woman in the world that that industry will allow to be "sexy"

Thank fuck for TiVo I say.

Dothedamn we were laughing about that one. Whether they just did one take, or did loads and then just thought "fuck it, they're almost in unison, it'll do".

Still not as weird as last year's "millennials pushing the boundaries by possibly having a threesome in a bath but it's so artsy I can't tell"!

I can’t think of any good perfume ad.
YANBU this one is particularly cringe

Ok crossed post with Cinderella! Never saw that kenzo ad before and I like it a lot!

Cinderallarockerfeller thats the same tired old concept though:

I'm just so BORED of these stuffy A lister events that I dont have to go to It's all so unfulfilling and stuffy and yet I blagged myself a ticket and got all dressed up and came here I just wish I could break free even though I came here voluntarily and show these stuffy A listers who didnt make me come here that Im more than this but also I'll obvz keep coming to these entirely optional events

I'll confess to liking the Jean Paul Gaultier adverts. I like the song, I like her corset, and the man's little wee sailor outfit makes me laugh. Admittedly it's got nothing to do with perfume and I have never bought any of his perfume so they can't be effective - but I do enjoy them.

Natalie Portman used to do a nice perfume ad where she splashed around in a fountain for a bit looking very happy and the song was a fast version of la vie en rose (or something similarly French and beautiful). It seems its all gone a bit wrong for her.