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She can look very naughty

Posted by Robin on 18 August 2009 14 Comments

A "making of" for the commercial for Givenchy Ange ou Démon Le Secret, starring Uma Thurman (I've already posted the finished product here).

Update: the video is no longer available, sorry!

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: celebrity perfumes, givenchy

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  1. Joe says:
    18 August 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Interesting. I wouldn’t have guessed Mira Nair was the director. Love her, though her collaborration with Thurman (and Juliette Lewis) on her HBO film “Hysterical Blindness” a few years back was really awful.

    Is it true the original Ange ou Démon is total crap? I think I’ve read some truly horrific things about it.

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    • SmokeyToes says:
      18 August 2009 at 2:09 pm

      I don’t know if it’s crap, but I kind of like the body creme of the original AoD. The drydown is immediately apparent (rich, gourmand floral). I tried the juice and it was hit or miss every time I tried.

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    • Robin says:
      18 August 2009 at 2:38 pm

      I really disliked it.

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        18 August 2009 at 4:19 pm

        Then it’s total crap. :)

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        • Robin says:
          18 August 2009 at 5:18 pm

          HA…probably the opposite.

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    • Tama says:
      19 August 2009 at 3:40 am

      It’s not total crap but just kind of smells like they mixed some of their other stuff together and watered it down. I have a huge amount of it (gift) and wear it sometimes and it’s fine. I do very well in most Givenchy scents, though, so I am probably not the best person to ask.

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  2. asuperlongusername says:
    18 August 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Am I the only one who thinks this is a lot of hoopla over a flanker?

    I really felt assaulted by the original, so I’m not sure Uma’s going to make me change my mind.

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    • Robin says:
      18 August 2009 at 2:38 pm

      It’s more hoopla than they made over the original, I think. Which I assume means the original did not do well and they’d like to recoup some of their losses?

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  3. Tommasina says:
    18 August 2009 at 2:24 pm

    The only thing I got out of this was gritted teeth from the annoying (to put it mildly) ‘singing’ going on the whole time in the background.

    Jaded T

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    • Robin says:
      18 August 2009 at 2:39 pm

      Sorry. Unclench those teeth :-)

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  4. zaheer says:
    19 August 2009 at 8:47 am

    Uma has always had a certain grace about her, even when she’s holding a sword. This campaign is really cool. Go Uma….

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    • Robin says:
      19 August 2009 at 10:37 am

      :-)

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  5. alltheprettythings says:
    19 August 2009 at 8:49 am

    I have AoD in both EDP and Parfum and keep them in the guest bath. The parfum is definitely more wearable.

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    • Robin says:
      19 August 2009 at 10:36 am

      And I never tried the extrait…

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