tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post1961983214945054061..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Vintage Advertising Champions: The Two Faces of YPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10705173133320589602016-04-26T09:25:01.110+01:002016-04-26T09:25:01.110+01:00Indeed... :-(
He was the apex of elegance and ima...Indeed... :-( <br />He was the apex of elegance and imaginative creativity in my books. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-55516581245615108572016-04-16T01:01:39.794+01:002016-04-16T01:01:39.794+01:00Oh how utterly divine Mr.YSL was in his approach t...Oh how utterly divine Mr.YSL was in his approach to everything. So so missed...SuzanneSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-47257091372408349182016-04-11T17:40:48.052+01:002016-04-11T17:40:48.052+01:00Ah...IMHO the second is more "open", the...Ah...IMHO the second is more "open", the first one however has its charm in that it supposes a dictum, "a command" and that in itself is suggestive. On the one hand the command of a super-elegant couturier, on the other the daring of the special woman who dares wear YSL by the gallon (a perfume, in that case). It's all food for the imagination. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25023905420191229942016-04-11T17:38:55.142+01:002016-04-11T17:38:55.142+01:00Ha, I didn't quite see it that way but you hav...Ha, I didn't quite see it that way but you have a point!<br />I suppose he's being "French" (i.e. determined and not trying to play nice) for American tastes. <br />But, really, YSL was the Benedict Cumberbatch of his day, impossibly elegant, a fine stem of a man, so any expression he assumes is fine in my books. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-45519921368017752802016-04-10T17:22:55.796+01:002016-04-10T17:22:55.796+01:00thats not a very friendly expression is it? I woul...thats not a very friendly expression is it? I would call it stern. Its as though he's saying Well here's my perfume, but if it's you that's buying I think I might retract it. No, no I don't think its for you at all.mounenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112797512331809894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3058579295330529962016-04-07T11:35:05.020+01:002016-04-07T11:35:05.020+01:00Not sure what to make of a fragrance as 'an in...Not sure what to make of a fragrance as 'an invisible dress' being presented to us by a fully clothed man. I actually prefer the second, much more explicit ad. A woman can enjoy that on her own terms. annemarienoreply@blogger.com