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[Apisto42]

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[Endless_Night]

Well, to everyone's delight, youtube offers a few other commercials of jean Paul Gautier Le Male .

This one offers 45 seconds of sailors about to ship, with the famous aria "Casta Diva" being sung by a beautiful blonde.

This one is beautifully shot. Skin tones, attire, everything is visually perfect. Stunning, even.

There's even a mermaid! And parkour!

This one, On the Docks because of course I had to scroll through some of the list is possibly even more beautiful. Haunting. It speaks to my heart.

She even has stockings that match her skin tone! How do people do that! I struggle to find makeup light enough.


This one, though? Still porn.

Eta: Does anyone else notice some of the interior ship shots look vaguely steam punkesque?

 

[hotwords229_A]

I have. When younger I tried 2-3 times, but . . . .

Why are the people so unattractive?

You should look at my tumblr page for the best looking porn ever!
But you also shouldn’t because 99% of it is pure porn.

This one, On the Docks because of course I had to scroll through some of the list is possibly even more beautiful. Haunting. It speaks to my heart.

This one is much better, but they don’t actually kiss at the end.
Weird!

This one, though? Still porn.

I don’t get how this is porn. I think it’s making you feel porny.

However, I have to point out how happy I am that you’re even entertaining these links and commercials.
I think we’re making a breakthrough of some sort.

I have no idea what it is, but it feels like there’s been an awakening.

 

[redsnowbunny]

There's even a mermaid! And parkour!

see?! it's a beautiful fantasy!

This one, On the Docks because of course I had to scroll through some of the list is possibly even more beautiful. Haunting. It speaks to my heart.

Yes, it is quite poetic.
The fact that you say it speaks to your heart is a great compliment to the creatives behind the commercial campaign.

I personally love "Casta Diva" , that plays in all versions of the commercials for this perfume, but here the force of the images actually matched the almost "siren-song" quality of the aria.

(I would love to see an Opera adaptation with such a daring visual style ... it would make it very interesting)

She even has stockings that match her skin tone! How do people do that! I struggle to find makeup light enough.

I understand your struggle ... matching a very light complexion and find the right undertone is a challenge.

This one, though? Still porn.

Well.. porn is too much. I'd call it highly suggestive.. AND a very successful commercial: you felt exactly what they wanted you to feel. The sexual innuendo is strong enough to make us feel things.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

I understand your struggle ... matching a very light complexion and find the right undertone is a challenge.

The struggle is real.

- Casper

 

[hotwords229_A]

see?! it's a beautiful fantasy!

In the one where the boat crashes into the building, why don’t their lips meet when they “kiss”?
Does that bother anyone else? Is it supposed to prolong the wait?

Also, do women really like a guy to smell of after shave? I understand smelling clean, but that fake smell, does that really do it for you?

Doesn’t it cross contaminate your smell?

I’ve been in plenty of elevators with guys (and women) who do not understand the concept of how much is too much smell and It's pretty sickening.

Obviously, I’m not a perfume guy. I like the soap and shampoo smell on women and myself.

Just curious.

 

[Apisto42]

In the one where the boat crashes into the building, why don’t their lips meet when they “kiss”?
Does that bother anyone else?

Yes! Just kiss already and provide a … climax to the story, I was invested in this journey god dammit!

Is it supposed to prolong the wait?

The director is obviously a teasing sadist.

Doesn’t it cross contaminate your smell?

Cologne and perfume are (at this point in time) supposed to compliment your natural scent, not overlay it completely.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Yes! Just kiss already and provide a … climax to the story, I was invested in this journey god dammit!

The director is obviously a teasing sadist.

Cologne and perfume are (at this point in time) supposed to compliment your natural scent, not overlay it completely.

Maybe he was so focused on the cologne he forgot the mouthwash?

 

[Endless_Night]

(I would love to see an Opera adaptation with such a daring visual style ... it would make it very interesting)

I have not been to the opera. I do theatre, and ballet, both of which I love, but not being particularly musically inclined the opera has never been a priority.

However, a girlfriend and I have been talking of adding that to our roster.

If the commercials are even vaguely representative, it should be well worth my while!

Well.. porn is too much. I'd call it highly suggestive.. AND a very successful commercial: you felt exactly what they wanted you to feel. The sexual innuendo is strong enough to make us feel things.

I think it's the strong homoerotic undertones. And that he wipes himself down with the towel.

The others are more romantic in nature.

That one is . . . not.

 

[Endless_Night]

In the one where the boat crashes into the building, why don’t their lips meet when they “kiss”? Does that bother anyone else? Is it supposed to prolong the wait?

Yes! Just kiss already and provide a … climax to the story, I was invested in this journey god dammit!

A kiss would be a culmination. A hard end. Maybe the director wanted to keep the dreamlike quality flowing?

I like the way it ended.

 

[Endless_Night]

Also, do women really like a guy to smell of after shave? I understand smelling clean, but that fake smell, does that really do it for you?

The way most men wear it? No, it does nothing for meI’ve been in plenty of elevators with guys (and women) who do not understand the concept of how much is too much smell and It's pretty sickening.

I’ve been in plenty of elevators with guys (and women) who do not understand the concept of how much is too much smell and It's pretty sickening.

It feels like many do not wear scent correctly. They over apply themselves, which, particularly when talking cheaper scent, can be pretty repellent.

I like skin scent. In fact, that's one the things that can attract me to a person real time.

However, there have been a few times where the right scent, on the right guy, can just melt me into a puddle.

 

[Endless_Night]

Maybe he was so focused on the cologne he forgot the mouthwash?

Well, I certainly hope not!

 

[hotwords229_A]

Well, I certainly hope not!

Or she was taken aback by his breath smelling so strongly of penis.

Sorry to ruin it for you, I tried not to say that, but I couldn’t help it.

Then again, maybe that didn’t ruin it for you.

 

[Endless_Night]

*puts @hotwords229_A on ignore*

 

[Endless_Night]

However, I have to point out how happy I am that you’re even entertaining these links and commercials.
I think we’re making a breakthrough of some sort.

Hey, now.

Let's not get carried away.

I have no idea what it is, but it feels like there’s been an awakening.

Nope. I am asleep. In perpetuity.

 

[hotwords229_A]

*puts @hotwords229_A on ignore*

I realize we’re getting into more Female Gaze-type stuff here, but I wonder why women find this kind of thing arousing. I get the fantasy, the beauty, the floweriness, of it all, but don’t you kind of wish it was more of a Henry Cavill-type, hyper masculine guy in these commercials? As opposed to something designed more for the gay male gaze?

This is something that has perplexed me for awhile. I think ever since those Twilight movies.

 

[Endless_Night]

I realize we’re getting into more Female Gaze-type stuff here, but I wonder why women find this kind of thing arousing. I get the fantasy, the beauty, the floweriness, of it all, but don’t you kind of wish it was more of a Henry Cavill-type, hyper masculine guy in these commercials? As opposed to something designed more for the gay male gaze?

This is something that has perplexed me for awhile. I think ever since those Twilight movies.

I haven't seen Twilight so I can't comment, but -

I don't thing these men are necessarily unmasculine. I generally prefer a somewhat more - as you put it - hyper masculine type, but these guys are definitely men. That take care of their bodies.

Hairless and well groomed have an almost stereotypical connotation of homosexuality, but that's not always the case.

For me, it can be very guy dependent.

 

[hotwords229_A]

I haven't seen Twilight so I can't comment, but -

I don't thing these men are necessarily unmasculine. I generally prefer a somewhat more - as you put it - hyper masculine type, but these guys are definitely men. That take care of their bodies.

Hairless and well groomed have an almost stereotypical connotation of homosexuality, but that's not always the case.

For me, it can be very guy dependent.

I haven’t seen Twilight either. The whole thing offends my love of horror!
Although I did enjoy Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but that was hot girls killing monsters, who doesn’t love that?

 

[hotwords229_A]

Wait!

I think I just figured out what I”m talking about, for once.

Do you find it odd that men, when sexualized, are sexualized the way women are instead of in a way more suited to male stereotypes?

In other words, we all enjoy a hot bikini girl bent over an old ‘70s muscle car, but, no matter how studly (or hyper masculine) a man can be, if you put him in a G-string and bend him over a ‘70s muscle car, it just seems kinda gay. That may work fine for gay guys, and God bless them, but how does that work for women? Are you just going with it because that’s mostly what’s available?

Shouldn’t sexualized guys be fit, shirtless and cleaning out a gutter, or fixing some plumbing, jackhammering () some concrete, or something more traditionally male?

Would you like that better or do you like your boys pretty?

 

[Apisto42]

…no matter how studly (or hyper masculine) a man can be, if you put him in a G-string and bend him over a ‘70s muscle car, it just seems kinda gay.

 

[hotwords229_A]

You get what I’m saying.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

Does that bother anyone else? Is it supposed to prolong the wait?

Yes! Just kiss already and provide a … climax to the story, I was invested in this journey god dammit!

Have neither of you enjoyed the anticipation of knowing it’s coming, but just out of reach? The edging of it all?

Obviously, I’m not a perfume guy. I like the soap and shampoo smell on women and myself.

Just curious.

L’Occitane Amande shower oil in case you are wondering how I smell. It’s subtle so you have to be close and breathing me in to catch it.

don’t you kind of wish it was more of a Henry Cavill-type, hyper masculine guy in these commercials? As opposed to something designed more for the gay male gaze?

Not particularly. I appreciate all different male forms. There are a number of less stereotypically masculine gay actors that I find sexy a hell.

I have not been to the opera.

Me either! I wanted to go by myself when I was in Paris for work earlier this summer, but they didn’t have anything playing at either Opera house on the nights I was free.

 

[Wand3rlust]

There are aftershaves and perfumes that if I spray into the air, or on those little cardboard sticks, I love the smell of. However on the wrong person it can smell.of cat's piss. You cant just choose a scent. It has to work with your own body.

As has been stated already. The right scent on the right person? Instant puddle.

 

[Endless_Night]

Have neither of you enjoyed the anticipation of knowing it’s coming, but just out of reach? The edging of it all?

Me either! I wanted to go by myself when I was in Paris for work earlier this summer, but they didn’t have anything playing at either Opera house on the nights I was free.

We need to do this!!!

 

[Endless_Night]

Would you like that better or do you like your boys pretty?

I'm trying to think if this would make a difference for me. I think it might.

It's a bit of a conundrum. I do like pretty boys.

I'm probably less enamored of men in thongs bending over cars.