Chanel Launches Men's Fragrance With Martin Scorsese Film Starring Gaspard Ulliel.

above: Director Martin Scorsese directs the hunky French actor Gaspard Ulliel in a new 1 minute ad / short film to launch Bleu de Chanel, a new men's fragrance.



Bleu de Chanel was concocted by the label's long-time perfumer Jacques Poige and the new fragrance is a cocktail of pink peppers, citrus, sandalwood, ginger, and labdanum aroma.

The star of the film, the gorgeous Gaspard Ulliel:

Designing the bottle:

The Four "Making Of" Videos





Purchase the fragrance and/ or after shave lotion here.

all images, videos and info courtesy of Chanel.

Classic Lalique To The New Starck - All The L'Air Du Temps Bottles Since 1948.

It was announced a few days ago that the classic Nina Ricci perfume bottle for the L'Air du Temps fragrance spray has been redesigned by omnipresent designer Philippe Starck as a special limited edition.

This is not the first time the L'Air du Temps flacon has been redesigned. The original bottle design introduced in 1948, was made to emulate a sunburst and had a frosted glass insert in the top. Only 3 years later Robert Ricci had Rene Lalique of Lalique crystal design a bottle that has since become a classic. Numerous iterations of dove-topped bottles have appeared since then, culminating in the newest modern version by Philippe Starck.



Below are all the bottles produced for the fragrance, in chronological order.

The first L'air du Temps bottle, 1948:

In 1951 Lalique crystal created the now iconic bottle with the two frosted doves atop the swirled clear crystal flacon.

1951, Lalique bottle with 2 doves:

From 1951 to present, Lalique Crystal made numerous limited and special editions of the classic bottle which included variations on the number of doves, the color of the doves and the color of the bottle. The one anomaly? In 1996, Lalique made a winged version of the bottle that did not have the doves.

1955, single dove:

1991-1993, colored doves:

1996, winged bottle:

1998, globe bottle:

2004, gold bottle:

2005, amber bottle and doves:

2006, pearlized bottle:

2007, prestige bottles:

60th Anniversary bottle:

And most recently designer Philippe Starck has taken the symbolic two doves and abstracted them for the newest limited edition of the perfume and topped one of the wings with a silver cap.


The newest bottle called L'Air du Temps by Starck will be available as a 45ml spray launching in October 2010. This limited edition is reported to cost 69 EUR ($89).

Click the below image to enlarge:


About the perfume (from the Nina Ricci site):
L’air du temps - Nina Ricci Perfume


The icon fragrance from the Nina Ricci house was born in a creative and joyful spirit in 1948. The perfect harmony of an enchanting elixir, the symbol of femininity and eternal youth. the emblematic values of L'Air du Temps remain universal: Peace, Purity, Freedom and Love. L'Air du Temps is also the air that we breathe, the mood of the moment, the reflection of each era. L'Air du Temps… An unequalled moment of emotion.

Fragrance : Spicy Floral
This fresh and timeless fragrance is a unique combination of contrasts. The legendary accord of spicy carnation and gardenia is subtly tinged with rose and jasmine from Grasse and caressed with sandalwood and iris for even more sensuality. A fragrance of emotion, L’Air du Temps exudes a mysterious power of seduction. Its fragrance blends into the personality of each woman to bring out her sensual charm and refinement.

Buy L'Air du Temps products here

Nina Ricci
Philippe Starck
Lalique Crystal

'Gina Ads Are All The Rage. Or: How Coochies Sell Cosmetics

Please be aware that the following post is NSFW and sexually suggestive. Therefore it should not be viewed by those under the age of 18.

Scent of a Woman: Now available in a bottle.

Last week, Tom Ford debuted a new ad campaign which featured his newest Men's Fragrance directly between the legs of a naked, and nicely waxed, woman.



The campaign has been controversial for obvious reasons and as you can see below, what has run in the US publications is a tamer, less titillating version of the actual photographs.

Below are the original photographs for Tom Ford's campaign shot by Terry Richardson.
These are the uncropped photos and are not marred with giant logos. The ads ran cropped and with the logos, of course. As you will see below.





and below are the actual produced ads that are presently running in the fashion pubs:




I fear he has started a trend.



Now, a German company Vivaeros has a product called Vulva.
And although the site, shots, and ads seem like a 'spoof' on the Tom Ford work, the company insists the product is for real. They describe it as a "beguiling vaginal scent" and is selling it both as a fragrance for men to wear seemingly to bring them pleasure in the absence of the real thing and for women to wear during intercourse to stimulate their own pleasure.




Below is their HILARIOUS tv spot (I still can't believe this isn't a spoof):



Tagline in their tv spot? Smell me and Cum. Hence the url: smellmeand.com

Below is a clip from Jonathan Ross of the BBC as he talks about "Vulva". Please be patient for the download, the file is 11 megs.:



If you're going to the site, it's full of nudity, so please view at your own discretion and only if you are 18+ years of age.
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About Tom Ford's Controversial new ad campaign from WWD:

Though the designer took a more demure approach in his original ad campaign for his new fragrance, he's decided to shock the masses once again, switching images shot by Marilyn Minter in April for racier photographs of a dewy woman's body taken by Terry Richardson.

The photos range from tame to titillating — the most shocking being the Tom Ford for Men bottle wedged between a woman's glistening thighs, with the bottle barely covering her bare genitalia. "We loved the original Marilyn Minter images, but while on a shoot with [Richardson] in Milan, we decided that a sharper, more graphic approach clearly communicated the bold and provocative mood of the fragrance," said a spokeswoman for Tom Ford Beauty, a division of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.

Want some Hi -res vaginas on your desktop?

You can download the Tom Ford ads as wallpaper for those of you who want to see a large brazilian wax staring back at you from your computer. Click here for the downloads of Tom Ford wallpaper here.

Or the Vulva Wallpaper downloads here.