Follies of the Madmen #434

I think there should be a line of fine-art perfumes. Imagine the allure of "Smell like Salvador Dali!"

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 13, 2019
Category: Business | Advertising | Perfume and Other Scents | 1950s

Comments

Wasn't Sali a scatologist? Did you just reduce this to a BDSM fetish?

Posted by mjbird on 07/13/19 at 06:26 AM

Instructions in the ad for Van Gogh perfume - "Apply one dab below your remaining ear".

Posted by Fritz on 07/13/19 at 07:07 AM

Apparently no one in management at Rubensyein had a problem with associating their product with a syphilitic paedophile.

Posted by KDP on 07/13/19 at 09:58 AM

How about van Gogh's Potato Eaters? Rodin's Gate of Hell? Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?

Posted by Phred22 on 07/13/19 at 08:13 PM

Did the ad creator run into too much transvestites or does ha has a follow-up ad? "If she's shemale as well as feminine, give her Woa Woa. Inspired by Guilda."

Posted by Yudith on 07/14/19 at 09:17 AM

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