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

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU082hv_AI/AAAAAAAAEow/2m3YqofC4SQ/s1600-h/tomford3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117554771610303490" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU082hv_AI/AAAAAAAAEow/2m3YqofC4SQ/s400/tomford3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>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.</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scent of a Woman: Now available in a bottle.</span><br /><br />Last week, <a href="http://tomford.com/">Tom Ford </a>debuted a new ad campaign which featured his newest Men's Fragrance directly between the legs of a naked, and nicely waxed, woman.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1cmhv_CI/AAAAAAAAEpA/PEJxYOymIwY/s1600-h/Picture+19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117555317071150114" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1cmhv_CI/AAAAAAAAEpA/PEJxYOymIwY/s400/Picture+19.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 77px;" /></a><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Below are the original photographs for Tom Ford's campaign shot by <a href="http://www.terryrichardson.com/">Terry Richardson</a>.<br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0QWhv--I/AAAAAAAAEog/90V87mWG5t0/s1600-h/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117554007106124770" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0QWhv--I/AAAAAAAAEog/90V87mWG5t0/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 789px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0IGhv-9I/AAAAAAAAEoY/PlGXWbfIK1c/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117553865372203986" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0IGhv-9I/AAAAAAAAEoY/PlGXWbfIK1c/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 455px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0A2hv-8I/AAAAAAAAEoQ/bquJJeUM6v8/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117553740818152386" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0A2hv-8I/AAAAAAAAEoQ/bquJJeUM6v8/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 775px;" /></a><br /><br />and below are the actual produced ads that are presently running in the fashion pubs:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0kGhv-_I/AAAAAAAAEoo/pXf-vSKBH1o/s1600-h/tomford1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117554346408541170" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU0kGhv-_I/AAAAAAAAEoo/pXf-vSKBH1o/s400/tomford1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 654px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1Imhv_BI/AAAAAAAAEo4/gA2to5QZw3o/s1600-h/tom_ford_snatch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117554973473766418" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1Imhv_BI/AAAAAAAAEo4/gA2to5QZw3o/s400/tom_ford_snatch.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 745px;" /></a><br /><br />I fear he has started a trend.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1x2hv_DI/AAAAAAAAEpI/1C2Y6-ECBdw/s1600-h/Picture+24.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117555682143370290" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU1x2hv_DI/AAAAAAAAEpI/1C2Y6-ECBdw/s400/Picture+24.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 275px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, a German company <a href="http://www.vivaeros.com/">Vivaeros </a>has a product called Vulva.</span><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU19Whv_EI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/Rwl4iCLJaw4/s1600-h/img_9_big.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117555879711865922" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU19Whv_EI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/Rwl4iCLJaw4/s400/img_9_big.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 700px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU2Zmhv_FI/AAAAAAAAEpY/NGG44nY15aQ/s1600-h/img_6_big.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117556365043170386" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RwU2Zmhv_FI/AAAAAAAAEpY/NGG44nY15aQ/s400/img_6_big.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 700px;" /></a><br /><br />Below is their HILARIOUS tv spot (I still can't believe this isn't a spoof):<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="437" id="BLOGGER-video-af64bbf162528c38-1597" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMMmQQatGjMhmEhJF7QqxYkqv8hadQBGLqfjhHjJ2B5tIiAphfGnZ3zbD0Idz00TizlbY6qsDHJlwzE0Kh1L7ScoYl30KtVG6zTqOjKAzmMIViUSjWJrbjYs5-604of0KbJ04&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="526"></iframe><br /><br />Tagline in their tv spot? Smell me and Cum. Hence the url: <a href="http://smellmeand.com/">smellmeand.com</a><br /><br />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.:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="437" id="BLOGGER-video-27e37ad11f32f1f8-14441" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzl60gjCpzTf5Rc-QlDlOnmGvHPAaIVGmWO0M4HsaU02SaJHLR9Trnnm7CEyo5mYMMxTFVGxWAHFT76Kdzs6uKplpPiHpPJc5S4zaPKcJ9xXEskT62vTsnPWGA4bNi4ojp6roz4&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="526"></iframe><br /><br />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.<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />About Tom Ford's Controversial new ad campaign from WWD:<br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.terryrichardson.com/Start.html">Terry Richardson</a>.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Want some Hi -res vaginas on your desktop?</span><br /><br />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. <a href="http://tomford.com/en/default.aspx?folderId=5cc6561f-fff3-4f4c-b786-bba85cdf3afc">Click here for the downloads of Tom Ford wallpaper here.<br /><br />Or the Vulva Wallpaper downloads</a><a href="http://www.riechmichund.com/index_2.html"> here.</a>

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

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Black Is Back (But Limited).

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br />After years of silver, titanium and aluminum, black is back...and in several limited editions.<br /><br />Here are a few of the hippest black limited editions of some fun items.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys0ueuyfuqML8BANk6330aloNXj-jmAYTPS2gjNwBhfUgQFCGAxPphqefdxxgHfsnn0v-_TveHDCiyXsikHKYYhW7WtDGPYoCMkcpIOyuDKdzoLNUhoorOWXVE-uGtx1F0zZwSJUglKcp/s1600-h/MissKflos_9785.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089764205600340674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys0ueuyfuqML8BANk6330aloNXj-jmAYTPS2gjNwBhfUgQFCGAxPphqefdxxgHfsnn0v-_TveHDCiyXsikHKYYhW7WtDGPYoCMkcpIOyuDKdzoLNUhoorOWXVE-uGtx1F0zZwSJUglKcp/s400/MissKflos_9785.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 530px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: Flos' Miss K lamp in black</i><br /><a href="http://www.objectsby.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=318&code_lg=lg_us&num=17">available here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zt0SM5w4qKRhiixKoDKTNHo4ZOJPWQHnsGJXB8owbW0w6Lmhw5kRXIllVVIoKt2sQFi9sSLSQEaWHgPXmsSMIiP-DMn7r_xv5ZxXDwdN4Vgcx0BZOCHuoM1WdC0oa9alUUiHowB69Xmk/s1600-h/strack+limitedkartell_9782.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089764428938640082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zt0SM5w4qKRhiixKoDKTNHo4ZOJPWQHnsGJXB8owbW0w6Lmhw5kRXIllVVIoKt2sQFi9sSLSQEaWHgPXmsSMIiP-DMn7r_xv5ZxXDwdN4Vgcx0BZOCHuoM1WdC0oa9alUUiHowB69Xmk/s400/strack+limitedkartell_9782.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 529px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: Philippe Starck's Gnome Stool in black</i><br /><a href="http://www.retromodern.com/">available here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-txlGEfrGb-X1AFJ_1NXBnVOJoydvS7b95ajVNNEN0jjGlEFvgl3YtBrOTA7vCyzsU_37dVjsgN0UShvJqFJcS-ofRqhX0nbZlWx6AADnnDa_NjaDxdjM7yu8ksdHTyVRdCHDAkyU9FWf/s1600-h/12007chevrolethhrfalllimitededitionre7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089764768241056498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-txlGEfrGb-X1AFJ_1NXBnVOJoydvS7b95ajVNNEN0jjGlEFvgl3YtBrOTA7vCyzsU_37dVjsgN0UShvJqFJcS-ofRqhX0nbZlWx6AADnnDa_NjaDxdjM7yu8ksdHTyVRdCHDAkyU9FWf/s400/12007chevrolethhrfalllimitededitionre7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 547px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: Chevy's Limited Edition Black HHR due out this fall</i><br /><a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=116876">read about it here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNzkHK1KWpWKOaESnLB56fJSeU71lXDpZ-v1ERQh5um6wfJ9IAceOjUgPaumSr2ATsvLddT7cZ-tNuSIfpdR3QKJSeaXmAtjIGqFS0QUBgCizabbQhE8CHNw065VNBOFzw51CKvb7t7vx/s1600-h/chanelblacksatin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089765154788113170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNzkHK1KWpWKOaESnLB56fJSeU71lXDpZ-v1ERQh5um6wfJ9IAceOjUgPaumSr2ATsvLddT7cZ-tNuSIfpdR3QKJSeaXmAtjIGqFS0QUBgCizabbQhE8CHNw065VNBOFzw51CKvb7t7vx/s400/chanelblacksatin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: Chanel's Limited Edition Black Satin nail polish</i><br /><a href="http://uma.chanel.com/product.php?chnprd=MANPR010">Get it here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSIVmQy7j_NUR5_BvAmcJqiMgsqUqtHgXnzERK7gbdaimNvNxmTwhv7TbgOgQBe4kgfakwXh2VALUsEMf0WHC9dX4_RrkUqDpVmoUDkq77uCLFX6POVjl3tKd46-z409gb0QlJhd_8INN/s1600-h/xbox-360-black_tn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089765695953992482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSIVmQy7j_NUR5_BvAmcJqiMgsqUqtHgXnzERK7gbdaimNvNxmTwhv7TbgOgQBe4kgfakwXh2VALUsEMf0WHC9dX4_RrkUqDpVmoUDkq77uCLFX6POVjl3tKd46-z409gb0QlJhd_8INN/s400/xbox-360-black_tn.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 595px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: the Xbox 360 in black</i><br /><a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xbox360elite/default.htm">read about it here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX9v4G9hz8LBDdfVxm6sMK8Gs-RWlfM84697CeIDqZ9gRcj8BD4OiV9qCL2oubys80yRuRwoqK_sJeeptQaU2NXf0msd1-3-PQj5g6T7IcITDWog3OtM9Zsh3_JRoNOFAOccWLGJCKxXz/s1600-h/471651.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089766546357517106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX9v4G9hz8LBDdfVxm6sMK8Gs-RWlfM84697CeIDqZ9gRcj8BD4OiV9qCL2oubys80yRuRwoqK_sJeeptQaU2NXf0msd1-3-PQj5g6T7IcITDWog3OtM9Zsh3_JRoNOFAOccWLGJCKxXz/s400/471651.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 206px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: The Takamine 2007 Limited Edition The Storm Acoustic-Electric Cutaway</i><br /><a href="http://www.americanmusical.com/item.aspx?i=TAK%20LTD2007&src=D0301DT0HAMS0000&utm_source=Feed&utm_medium=Shopping.com">get it here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnAS5AOw4t_2-0vx1BihabPKY0lyVptAMal-7mKnwcUi_JUAyFxIybLQMr4_UBzXfLJFejRRHBSjdaNdtXbBTWU7RxOCZ-0Rfv6UmlBsX4pxpYodHU0cj3yg42-uxv7AFSWttTclFCryv/s1600-h/47605571.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089768212804827970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnAS5AOw4t_2-0vx1BihabPKY0lyVptAMal-7mKnwcUi_JUAyFxIybLQMr4_UBzXfLJFejRRHBSjdaNdtXbBTWU7RxOCZ-0Rfv6UmlBsX4pxpYodHU0cj3yg42-uxv7AFSWttTclFCryv/s400/47605571.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 525px;" /></a><br /><i> Above: David Horvath's ultra hip Ugly Dolls, now in black</i><br /><a href="http://super7store.com/store/detail.php?item_id=7219">available here.</a><br /><br />even black toilet paper.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzqyZ7jZcS85qZ7sNupQWeqjZvHhjJXZDj0t70sprywkS1RFbkeSsq3pFKTj-HK7NBaWminNoPn41AtVGvhgJtqWBBmvOyzt-h9vNNOTfiK4xEwu98cLTlHs4ilSc6cwZN1dcU6RAidaM/s1600-h/Renova-Black-Toilet-Paper_7EFA53DC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089769033143581522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzqyZ7jZcS85qZ7sNupQWeqjZvHhjJXZDj0t70sprywkS1RFbkeSsq3pFKTj-HK7NBaWminNoPn41AtVGvhgJtqWBBmvOyzt-h9vNNOTfiK4xEwu98cLTlHs4ilSc6cwZN1dcU6RAidaM/s400/Renova-Black-Toilet-Paper_7EFA53DC.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.wishingfish.com/"><br />Now available at wishingfish.com</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-zs60NK3MT2OJGzWQf8tr5ObpRZt0PPSvdf9HjMcu_bcklsy6ULHlW9LIwgv2s3K6J4yda9IjUTWHPCsdzF2G8h_hSf4odaQtlKq7Ucy3lAvYdT7F55Grm6gYSInW2QD8zLt41xl5v34/s1600-h/Picture+3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089773864981789602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-zs60NK3MT2OJGzWQf8tr5ObpRZt0PPSvdf9HjMcu_bcklsy6ULHlW9LIwgv2s3K6J4yda9IjUTWHPCsdzF2G8h_hSf4odaQtlKq7Ucy3lAvYdT7F55Grm6gYSInW2QD8zLt41xl5v34/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 516px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: Tom Ford's Limited Edition "Black Orchid" perfume</i><br /><a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod36080006">Only available here.</a>

Black Is Back (But Limited).

After years of silver, titanium and aluminum, black is back...and in several limited editions. Here are a few of the hippest black limited e...

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