Eau De Sanctification

1. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Gucci Envy
2. Frank Miller Gucci Guilty Pour Homme, 2010
3. Daniel Jackson Calvin Klein Dark Obsession, 2013
4. Unknown Gucci Envy for Men, 1998
5. Bruce Weber Calvin Klein Eternity, 1991

Besides established themes like romance, it is interesting to observe a dominance of religious motifs within the realms of perfume ads. Ingredients such as patchouli and incense position the olfactory creation as 'holy water', a spritz of sin.
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Encounter

ENCOUNTER Calvin Klein 2012

Steven Klein for Calvin Klein. Trapped in apocalyptic concrete, surrounded by the salty air of a forbidding coastline. A cold-hearted play of repulse and distance, only endangered by the smell of cardamom and pepper and the warmth of patchouli, cognac and cedarwood.
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