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It wasn’t like him to be so mysterious

Posted by Robin on 10 October 2009 25 Comments

The video promo for La Prairie's Life Threads Silver fragrance. You can watch the video for Platinum here, and Gold here.

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  1. Nina says:
    10 October 2009 at 10:43 am

    Maybe it’s just me, but I found these toe-curling. They’ve completely put me off the perfumes!

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 12:34 pm

      Agree — they were actually hard for me to watch. All 3 of them, although the Platinum was the worst.

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      • Sunnyfunny says:
        10 October 2009 at 2:38 pm

        Yes, smarmy comes to mind..

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        • bergere says:
          12 October 2009 at 12:14 pm

          Platinum–the fragrance for the disappointed divorcee cougar in everywoman.

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          • Robin says:
            12 October 2009 at 1:10 pm

            Exactly!

  2. crowflower says:
    10 October 2009 at 11:32 am

    They should have left out the voiceover and just had music.

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 12:35 pm

      That would’ve helped.

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  3. Dolly says:
    10 October 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Silver- At any given moment, I expected a vampire to pop out.
    Platinum- More like a film noir.
    Gold- Looks like a Nautica ad.
    What happened to Bronze?

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 4:16 pm

      No bronze! Just the trio.

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    • quinncreative says:
      3 November 2009 at 7:55 pm

      Or copper or zinc? Or molybdinum? There’s a rule about writing, “Show, don’t tell.” Yep, they should have told a LOT less.

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  4. Dolly says:
    10 October 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Wonder what the juices smell like.

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  5. Quarry says:
    10 October 2009 at 3:56 pm

    The Silver vid reminds me of the first 60 seconds of every episode of CSI New York I’ve ever seen. Had me anticipating the victim’s autopsy. All that aside, I still looking forward to sampling Gold.

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    • vickyjane says:
      10 October 2009 at 4:00 pm

      I had the same feeling – kept waiting for the stalker to jump out from behind the bushes…

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      • vickyjane says:
        10 October 2009 at 4:02 pm

        …or should that be for “Private Love” to jump out from behind the “secret clumps”… ?

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        • Daisy says:
          10 October 2009 at 7:17 pm

          that’s a whole different section of the video store…. ;-)

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 4:15 pm

      LOL! Yes, I was wondering why he thought it was safe for her to be wandering around the deserted part of town alone at midnight.

      But I want to smell them all too.

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  6. asuperlongusername says:
    10 October 2009 at 4:39 pm

    I would’ve laughed if they were meant as jokes. But these are serious. And it just makes my stomach lurch a little.

    Okay, I did laugh once: “How on Earth did he know about this fantasy?” xD

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 9:01 pm

      That line was particularly bad.

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        11 October 2009 at 3:48 pm

        Yeah, not romantic–creepy.

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  7. Daisy says:
    10 October 2009 at 7:27 pm

    Ok, I get that they are trying to tell a story thru each one….but holy cow, none of them make any one of the fragrances sound “appealing” they were just weird. And the one for silver? somewhat ill advised.
    I’ll tell you what, the group in this room could do a re-write and make them a ton better.

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    • Robin says:
      10 October 2009 at 9:01 pm

      I thought Silver was the best of the 3, but yes, ill advised.

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  8. Tama says:
    10 October 2009 at 10:46 pm

    What creeped me out a little is that I think the voiceover for Silver is the woman who does the voiceovers for the HBO “Autopsy” documentaries. Maybe that’s why CSI came to mind.

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    • Robin says:
      11 October 2009 at 9:35 am

      Ugh.

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  9. Lammy says:
    12 October 2009 at 4:58 pm

    That would have just been a lot better on mute.
    Maybe then would it have more impact.

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    • Robin says:
      12 October 2009 at 8:27 pm

      Just tried them that way. It helped, but this one in particular was still creepy: was still waiting for the slasher to jump out at her, LOL….

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