tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post3866872830303169079..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Keira shows some breast instead of chest for Coco MademoisellePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-39601176410970038972009-08-28T14:18:45.217+01:002009-08-28T14:18:45.217+01:00Patty,
welcome! Very true, those arms are like a ...Patty,<br /><br />welcome! Very true, those arms are like a little boy's, no real meat or muscle in there and although I can understand the "delicate" approach, I don't see it fitting a "sexy" imagery: when something is presented as sexy, there needs to be some flesh. They opted to do that all in the breast. And yes, outline it under the blouse too, even if it was Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-35375645157072961452009-08-26T18:20:16.428+01:002009-08-26T18:20:16.428+01:00Girlfriend seriously needs to gain a few pounds, a...Girlfriend seriously needs to gain a few pounds, and exercise with hand weights - that skinny, shapeless arm is pathetic. The breast looks fake. She has a pretty face, why not focus on that? Even in the "covered" version of the ad, they sketched in a fake breast outline under the shirt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-68931363713859046172009-08-24T15:13:26.796+01:002009-08-24T15:13:26.796+01:00Anon,
another Jacques Helleu would be most diffic...Anon,<br /><br />another Jacques Helleu would be most difficult! I bet they're searching though ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-45497642104577905462009-08-24T15:12:58.822+01:002009-08-24T15:12:58.822+01:00Julien,
love your analysis of the Red riding hood...Julien,<br /><br />love your analysis of the Red riding hood Chanel No.5 ad from Besson!! "a golden perfume for a young seductive women. But n°5 remains a strong aldéhyde perfume. Aldéhyde perfumes are dated (even if they're wonderfull), contrary to gold wich you can't give age to, because it's unalterable"> just perfect!<br /><br />How odd that the marketing people and Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28734483218309909552009-08-24T15:09:07.341+01:002009-08-24T15:09:07.341+01:00F,
very good point!! And LOL! (even though mastec...F,<br /><br />very good point!! And LOL! (even though mastectomies are no laughing matter)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-91412106270691184762009-08-24T12:32:54.775+01:002009-08-24T12:32:54.775+01:00haha ! excellent Fernando ! Love your answer.
I wo...haha ! excellent Fernando ! Love your answer.<br />I would say Chanel should find a new Jacques Helleu… Hurry up guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-43423606859176394752009-08-21T17:32:13.486+01:002009-08-21T17:32:13.486+01:00The red riding hood advertising : oh yes !!! I lov...The red riding hood advertising : oh yes !!! I love this one. <br />I must have the video saved somewhere on my computer : all perfect (image, story, music, girl), one that makes you dream.<br /><br />A daring advertising for a perfume that is not, it might be a voluntary strategy, to give a quality that lacks to the product. To imagine yourself daring but actually taking no risk ! <br /><br />JulienFromDijonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-82421506582141776702009-08-21T16:21:17.599+01:002009-08-21T16:21:17.599+01:00When I first saw the image, my reaction was "...When I first saw the image, my reaction was "what happened to her other breast? It looks like she has had a mastectomy!"<br /><br />I appreciate breasts, but they should be on a real woman, not someone who looks like an adolescent boy.Fernandonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-72672634199155906092009-08-21T14:29:19.867+01:002009-08-21T14:29:19.867+01:00Mary,
hello darling! How are you?
Gratuitous is...Mary,<br /><br />hello darling! How are you? <br /><br />Gratuitous is the right word. No need at all. I agree that the images were stunning and I had marvelled at the Venice shoot as well. I guess the couture is destined for another audiences as contrasted to the mass marketed fragrances :-(Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25393110069556425272009-08-21T14:27:52.345+01:002009-08-21T14:27:52.345+01:00Prox,
I thought the same thing. Then again, I am ...Prox,<br /><br />I thought the same thing. Then again, I am not sure people would actually be enticed to buy perfume. She's very flat indeed. (which begs the question why manipulate her into this concept in the first place, but see above for more of my comments on that)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-63437607302207595282009-08-21T14:26:34.477+01:002009-08-21T14:26:34.477+01:00K,
it was a nice one, minus a miniscule detail or...K,<br /><br />it was a nice one, minus a miniscule detail or two and I thought the suspenders were worthy of several second looks. Now, it's only oggling. Sad...Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25909207321840456642009-08-21T14:25:45.704+01:002009-08-21T14:25:45.704+01:00M,
as you say, unimanigative. This is the biggest...M,<br /><br />as you say, unimanigative. This is the biggest crime in my books!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-11215589082434581702009-08-21T14:25:10.735+01:002009-08-21T14:25:10.735+01:00Julien,
I think your analysis is the best one cor...Julien,<br /><br />I think your analysis is the best one correlating the art concept with the juice: as you succinctly put it, Coco Mademoiselle is so safe and the garçonne image (so Chanel-esque) is much more daring and provocative, so why put those two together? It would work better for something more daring. <br /><br />Also I agree with your position regarding body aesthetics: a small breast Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-89698721417380483182009-08-21T14:20:30.350+01:002009-08-21T14:20:30.350+01:00E,
indeed. Why choose bony Keira if you want to s...E,<br /><br />indeed. Why choose bony Keira if you want to show breast? I mean, why??? She's more sophisticated than that and I like the fact that she's not ashamed of her flatness (it'd be so easy to do implants, but she doesn't). <br />Hope the next one will be better!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23978909605269174892009-08-21T14:19:10.207+01:002009-08-21T14:19:10.207+01:00M,
I think they can do better as well. Their Bess...M,<br /><br />I think they can do better as well. Their Besson ad with the red riding hood was sooooo resourceful, so sexy, so naughty! It didn't show an inch of skin and it was wonderful. Sadly, I think that era has passed....hope I am proven wrong.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-20562433929295869042009-08-21T14:17:46.199+01:002009-08-21T14:17:46.199+01:00D,
I knew we would see eye to eye on that one. I ...D,<br /><br />I knew we would see eye to eye on that one. I believe we share a similar aesthetic in many things and also a similar approach in matters of nakedness.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-45479611635417398012009-08-21T14:17:03.254+01:002009-08-21T14:17:03.254+01:00K,
it does seem like it's redundant and it al...K,<br /><br />it does seem like it's redundant and it alludes to a cheapskate vibe for which Chanel hasn't been known so far. I don't know, after the Tom Ford visuals, anything else seems tame by comparison, but it's not what I was expecting. Nor were you, I see.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-75923754001362693382009-08-21T14:15:50.793+01:002009-08-21T14:15:50.793+01:00L,
perfectly said and by all means, I welcome lon...L,<br /><br />perfectly said and by all means, I welcome longer explanations as you're so eloquent with them, if you're inclined. <br /><br />The current ideal of thin with big boobs is somehow a skewed view of femininity and plastic surgery on top: no mature woman of child-bearing ability has a pelvis the size of a very slim teenager boy with boobs that burst forth in DD cups above. I Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-59131501599462271382009-08-21T14:07:12.433+01:002009-08-21T14:07:12.433+01:00A,
"like they all went to the same school&qu...A,<br /><br />"like they all went to the same school": you got that right!! It seems so. <br />I don't like the "easy" approach either. It's all too easy to show some breast. Give us something more challenging!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-40890285330114275952009-08-21T12:46:22.855+01:002009-08-21T12:46:22.855+01:00I think it's pretty gratuitous. Chanel doesn&...I think it's pretty gratuitous. Chanel doesn't need to go there. BTW, print ads for Chanel couture this Fall are quite gorgeous (black and white, models in Lagerfeld).Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577766593643216036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-22073880559015426802009-08-21T12:15:29.890+01:002009-08-21T12:15:29.890+01:00I'd much rather see it sans photoshop.I'd much rather see it sans photoshop.Proximityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673050454435116732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-37720517410434749812009-08-20T23:34:02.368+01:002009-08-20T23:34:02.368+01:00I prefer the non naked one. I actually thought ooh...I prefer the non naked one. I actually thought ooh that's quite interesting when I first saw it- so of course they go and change it.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52618060851968371082009-08-20T23:24:43.742+01:002009-08-20T23:24:43.742+01:00Pathetic pandering!
Keira doesn't need to do t...Pathetic pandering!<br />Keira doesn't need to do this, nor should she. Unflattering, silly, and to what end? Very bad judgment on the part of the advertising folks at Chanel - no class, no intrigue, no nothing. Cheap and unattractive.<br />Come on, people! You need to do better! This is CHANEL!!!Margotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-5793443192534436532009-08-20T23:19:28.220+01:002009-08-20T23:19:28.220+01:00I find the photo itself quite good, in the "g...I find the photo itself quite good, in the "garçonne" way. I mean that because of the suspenders, and the black and white aesthetic(maybe the pearl necklace and the long hair lead to misunderstanding).<br /><br />But a daring "garçonne" (french for something between the tom boy and the flapper) or even a provocative breast picture has nothing to do with "Coco mademoiselleJulienFromDijonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-29666865576152003522009-08-20T22:02:26.022+01:002009-08-20T22:02:26.022+01:00I think it is cheap-looking and unattractive. I...I think it is cheap-looking and unattractive. I'm surprised at Chanel. There are ways to make nakedness sexy (see YSL) but this is just cheesy. And Keira is sexy enough without needing to expose a breast (which must be photoshopped, since she's pretty flat).Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com