Friday, October 26, 2012

The Definitive Face of the Late ’70s / Early ’80s

According to www.salon.com, Shelley Hack's Charlie perfume commercial from 1976 is one of the “10 best perfume commercials ever.” Ranked alongside Sir Ridley Scott's 1982 Chanel No. 5 masterpiece and Jean Paul Goode's witty Egoiste commercial from 1992, Shelley's Charlie commercial is dubbed as one “of the biggest, best and most indelible fragrance commercials.“ The site also says that “There may be no face more definitive of late ’70s/early ’80s beauty than that of Shelley Hack.” Nuff said...


Check it out at:
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/13/how_to_sell_a_smell_a_short_history/

The commercials on the list are (as ranked):
   1. Chanel No. 5 (1982) - directed by Sir Ridley Scott.
   2. Egoiste by Chanel (1992) - created by Jean Paul Goode
   3.  White Diamonds by Liz Taylor (1991) – with Liz of course
   4.  Charlie (1976) – Shelley with Bobby Short
   5.  Calvin Klein’s Obsession (1985)
   6.  L’Air du Temps (1982)
   7.  Enjoli (1980)
   8.  Coty Wild Musk (1983) – with Shelley's The Stepfather co-star Jill Schoelen
   9.  CK One (1995) – with Kate Moss
   10. Canoe (1981)