I was drinking a few pints and chowing down on pretzels on Monday night, watching the Bears beat the living crap out of Matt Stafford and the Detroit Lions. Then suddenly I saw it for the first time, that Brad Pitt Chanel N’ 5 commercial. Let me preface this by stating that I am a fan of Pitt as an actor. Pitt has starred in some great films Seven, Fight Club, hell I even liked Legends of the Fall. However, this commercial is a trip to bizarre town.
First off this is a woman’s fragrance being hawked by a man during a timeout of a football game. I suppose the idea is that all these men are going to decide to get the misses some Chanel numero 5 for Christmas. I am not sure how well this marketing plan is going to work out. I am certain of one thing the alleged seven million Pitt is pocketing as spokesman for Chanel will make sure there are plenty of presents for all his kids this year.
I am no perfume expert by any stretch of the imagination so I did a bit of a Wiki search on Chanel N’5. Was a bit shocked that it had been around since the 1920′s and that it was originally inspired to be ”A scent that would epitomize the boyish modern flapper”. If you want to read more Chanel N’5 or Coco Chanel’s belief in numerology you can click right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5
Of course the fine folks at SNL Conan quickly made a parody videos which actually made about as much sense as the original advertisement.
So what’s your take on Pitt’s ad campaign? Inquiring minds want to know, do you find it super strange, are you ambivalent about the whole thing, does it make you more likely to purchase some Chanel number 5, would you watch Brad Pitt read the phone book? Lastly and most importantly, can anyone tell me where that little circle symbol in Chanel # 5 is located on my keyboard?
Well that’s it for hump day this week, I am off to grab some Doritos Locos Tacos at Taco Bell and then I am off to the mall to buy my wife some Chanel N’5 for Christmas before the sell out at Macy’s.
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I saw this for the first time the other night and at first, I thought it was some sort of PSA because you know….it’s Brad and he’s all up in stuff like that. No. It’s a FRAKKING PERFUME AD. Whatevs Brad.
Then last night it was on…..several times and it got no more than an exaggerated eye roll. Those crazy obscure fragrance ads….I’d rather see the THERE’S NO RULES! Put your shirt on! THERE’S ONE RULE!!! commercial. Or the one where the guy put wigs on eagles. Now that shit’s funny.
Tracy it is pretty rare when I watch live tv so this ad really caught me off guard. Agreed I expected to see him with some malnourished children or stray cats or something.
I am a little disappointed with this choice of ad work by Mr Pitt. I am a Pitt fan boy and this made me feel like I did when Tom Brady did the man Uggs or Stetson ads. The person who wrote this commercial or came up with the idea is either a genius or just plain idiotic, lets see how the sales go, then we can decide which is which.
Scott I have to agree about the Stetson, that is like doing an add for payless shoes. As the greatest QB ever Tom Brady should be doing high end clogone ads. On the other hand Uggs are comfy and warm when the weather gets down in the 50′s here.
Ive been catching up with Conan’s new episodes and it cracked me up whenever he made fun of that ridiculous commercial. I adore Pitt but this is one of the oddest and most hilarious ads I’ve seen.
Does that mean you are asking Santa for some Chanel numero cinco?
Havent seen it, til now. That is some serious WTF material there, isnt it? LOL
What boggles me is why these famous, gazillionaire actors do these things anyways… He cant need the money…
Maybe Angelina talked him into doing it in order to afford another kid or something.
Fogs these are the kind of commercials that stars usually make for overseas markets.
You know, there are those head-scratching moments in life….this is one of them!
7 million would get me to make a lot of stupid commercials.