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Helps me co-exist with the chill….

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2007 25 Comments

Eva Green for Christian Dior Midnight Poison. Suits the fragrance, no? Courtesy of YouTube and found via Les Tuileries. You can find the song lyrics here.

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Tagged With: celebrity perfumes, dior, eva green, video

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  1. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 3:46 pm

    Thanks for posting the links!

    As you might have read in my blog, I do enjoy the commercial. I still think Wong's other works (especially “The Hand”) touch me more with emotional range. Still, the idea of the lavish Dior fantasy is quite nice.

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  2. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 4:01 pm

    I'm sorry to say that I'm not familiar with Wong at all…will have to do more research.

    And will delete the dups as soon as I can — everything is wonky here this week, and the comment system really isn't working well, sorry!

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  3. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 4:37 pm

    Fluffy dresses and a huge clock… hmm, where have I seen that before.

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  4. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 5:12 pm

    It's supposed to be a Cinderella story — but you're obviously thinking of something I'm not?

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  5. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 5:58 pm

    I thought of Chanel No 5 ad. ;)

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  6. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 8:40 pm

    Wong Kar-Wai also directed the commercial for Lancôme Hypnôse Homme, a Dior skincare commercial with Sharon Stone.

    Cinematically, Wong is known for his decadent, lush and stylish version…his vision has inspired Prada (F/W 2006 collection) and Nicholas Ghesquiere has cited Wong as an influence for the Balenciaga collections over the years.

    Interestingly enough, Wong is, after all these years, still considered a somewhat avant-garde director. Of course, he recently directed “My Blueberry Night” (starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman…) and he is set to director Orsen Well's classic “The Lady From Shanghai” with Nicole Kidman as the femme fatale.

    I've only managed to see four Wong Kar-Wai films: “The Hand” (the first part of “Eros”) just breaks my heart amid the racy subject matter; “2046” is a bit uneven due to its ambitious nature; “Chungking Express” is very experimental (think Jean-Luc Godard making a film in Hong Kong during the 90's); “In The Mood For Love”, Wong at his very peak, later inspired Sophia Coppola to write “Lost In Translation”. (Coppola actaully thank him during her Oscar acceptance speech.)

    Wong's style is really a blend of French New Wave (Godard is his hero) with the Hollywood glamour of the 50's. He always work with megastars and coax them with interesting camera works and cinematography. Wong has also credited Antonini as his mentor and I must say Wong's notorious slow placing is “inherited” from Antonini. I also suspect some influence from Kieslowski, another late maestro: Wong's extensive use of mirrors is very similar to Kieslowski's magnum opus Three Color trilogies (Blue/White/Red, actually 3 movies).

    Hope this helps.

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  7. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 8:41 pm

    I love her.
    I must finally smell MP!

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  8. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Ah, I've actually seen In The Mood For Love, and have just added a bunch of others to my Netflix queue. Many thanks!

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  9. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 9:00 pm

    Off to YouTube for more research!

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  10. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 9:07 pm

    Do you? I don't know a darned thing about her except from the Bond movie. But you must smell MP!

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  11. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 9:33 pm

    Then again, the No. 5 ad with N Kidman was just a minute-long rip-off of the film “Roman Holiday” starring Audrey Hepburn. I vastly prefer this Midnight Poison ad!

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  12. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 9:43 pm

    HA — the comment multiplier got you! I will delete later, when I can get the dratted comment de-multiplier to work.

    Meanwhile, I obviously need to spend some serious time at YouTube watching perfume commercials…

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  13. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 10:37 pm

    My goodness—such moonlight fabulousness crammed into a handful of seconds…the music definitely has an edgy beat to it and the gothic/baroque appeal is lovely (hints at a midnight fragrance intended for excursions out during the witching hours, as opposed to quietly locked behind bedroom doors).

    I have to say, however, that Eva Green's look and gown combo is a knock-off of Dita Von Teese's wedding look when she exchanged vows with Marilyn Manson. Mind you, I'm not any kind of follower of the two (I think Manson's music is absurd, although Dita is a glamorous dame) but, yes, I saw their fashion spread in a certain well-known magazine.

    So, how does “Midnight…” compare to the original? I actually wore “Poison” for about 6 months in 2003…

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  14. Anonymous says:
    6 September 2007 at 10:40 pm

    Oh no–I had a frozen comp moment and sent my response three times! Please delete the two imposters of my orignal posting :).

    Also, here is a link to the gown I was talking about, for those of you who missed it:

    http://www.nachtkabarett.com/Vogue02

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  15. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 6:25 am

    Love the ad. Love her. Hate the fragrance – what a shame.

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  16. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 8:25 am

    Only commenting because I finally smelled the original Poison the other day. Got in some minis I won on Ebay and there was one – in pristine condition. Popped open the top and lo and behold: prune juice. That quickly faded into ubiquitous 80's base, but I liked the fleeting prune juice/stewed prunes.
    So when I view the video, I just thought: she's running for the loo. Yes, I know.

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  17. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 8:33 am

    LOL — running for the loo! But don't think you'll find Midnight Poison quite so prune juice-ish.

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  18. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 8:35 am

    Nah, now you get to enjoy the ad and save money at the same time :-)

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  19. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 8:42 am

    Aromatization, I deleted 2 of your comments because my blog can't/won't wrap long links, and they stretched the page outside of the browser. Can you repost them using the tinyurl service? Or post them as first-level comments (e.g., post new comment instead of replying to a comment) so they won't be nested so deeply.

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  20. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 8:45 am

    Midnight is very different from the original — drier, woodier, etc. I reviewed it here:

    http://tinyurl.com/2nopy3

    And cool pic, thanks for the link!

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  21. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 10:28 am

    Just so you know, Kate Winslet's commerical for Lancome is available on YouTube now! Alternatively, I've posted the video on my blog and you may see it from the link below:

    http://tuileries.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-here-kate-winslet-for-trsor-de_06.html

    Alternatively, here a really cool remix of the video by the YouTube user:

    http://tuileries.blogspot.com/2007/09/remix-kate-winslet-for-trsor_06.html

    Hope this helps.

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  22. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 10:35 am

    Thanks for re-posting, and will check those out!

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  23. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 1:24 pm

    Thank you for linking me to your review! I'm glad you mentioned MP's intense dryness because I wouldn't have anticipated that–after wearing the original for a short time some years ago, I found it increasingly more syrupy.

    (I agree with you on “Pure Poison”. I also find the idea of the theme hilarious; It makes me think of a very sensitive killer, one who wants to ensure the quality of her poison is pure, to avoid any side effects.)

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  24. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 1:33 pm

    The ad is sweet and Kate is gorgeous as usual, but I have a hard time thinking of her as just a “face”. She has too much character and personality as an actress to be in ads (if that makes any sense). I understand how ideal the opportunity must have been, though.

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  25. Anonymous says:
    7 September 2007 at 7:40 pm

    I didn't expect it at all (the dryness) either — I would say it is unusual for a Poison.

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