Brut Cologne commercials

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 2:36pm

so...I am watching the Oregon State-U of Pittsburgh Sun Bowl football game.

There have been two Brut commercials, both of which I find very homophobic. The first has this overly masculine man knocking boy bands and basically trying to make one believe he is a "real" musician.
In the second commercial one he goes off on metrosexuals.

I am really offended by the tone of the ads. I am not into boybands, but he does everything but call them "faggots."

I intend on emailing and calling whoever makes Brut and telling them what I think.

What I find humorous is that I don't know a single man who would ever even think of wearing Brut as it stinks so bad.

Try to see these commercials...I'd like other opinions

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:23pm

"What I find humorous is that I don't know a single man who would ever even think of wearing Brut as it stinks so bad."

Well, exactly. The ad wasn't intended for you, and I'm sure they're sorry they offended you and all but they're just not that into you. Now, if you'll get out of the way, they have real men they need to reach.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:29pm

I don't necessarily know if I'm a real man or not, but I do have a bottle of Brut in my medicine cabinet that I splash on once in a blue moon. It's actually the only fragrance I have.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:33pm

Fag!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:37pm

Hate crime!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:40pm

PRS...

If you BRUTE on ONE MORE TIME, I'll poersonally come out and slap you.



And you call yourself gay...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:42pm

Whatever, I like the scent. I'm not a big cologne guy.

And I think my avatar settles the question of whether or not I'm gay.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 3:47pm

I didn't even know the damn stuff was still around.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 4:28pm

All your av does is let us know how devout you are Phyllis.

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:11pm

I used to love that stuff in high school...before I knew any better.

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:39pm

I've never found a cologne I like more than Royal Copenhagen. Not that this old "married" man has that many opportunities to wear cologne. Where can you wear cologne these days anyway, aside form a club, that it wouldn't be intrusive on other people? Cologne seems so 70s/80s to me.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 5:40pm

Well, you know they say different fragrances smell different on different people. I'm sure the Brut smells lovely on you Phyllis.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:05pm

I think I overdosed on cologne in 1983...Christian Dior's Eau Sauvage...I haven't been able to touch the stuff since.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:25pm

Brut is so ancient. It's like Agree conditioner or High Karate or Love's Baby Soft.

Jesus.

So, let them try to pull the B.C. cavemen out of their caves to buy it.

Who cares?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:43pm

I prefer Old Spice, myself. Or just plain old man smell.Mmmmmm.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:52pm

it was Hai Karate, and I forgot about that one....even worse...as was, ugh, British Sterling.

I stopped using cologne years ago.....I'm just not used on cologne advertisements, especially bad cologne, trying to make cologne into something "manly".....

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:54pm

Old Spice was the one I remember all the guys wearing when I was in high school, I think.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 9:00pm

How about THIS one, Elph?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 11:05pm

oh my.....the Hell with anything else...I want that man!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:39am

When I was in high school I LOVED Cool Water. For years, even after I stopped wearing it, my father gave me a bottle of it until I finally had to gently tell him to stop.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 10:56am

I became reacquainted with "4711" on my last visit to Germany. Now it's the only cologne I use. It has a clean, elegant aroma and I strive for "Elegance".

[tommyboy]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 11:09am

OMG Dolly -- I was just about to make the same comment re: 4711 aka Kolnisch Wasser (add " over the o)

That is why everything is called COLOGNE today.

And yes, it is a very refreshing scent.

And NOT expensive.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 11:14am

"it was Hai Karate"

What did I know? I was too young to buy any of it back then. I think High Karate must have been the era. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71JIs6fxOSE

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 11:16am

But for little gay boys growing up, when the bottle ran dry you could take the top off and have great "training wheels".

[tommyboy]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 11:22am

Oh Sue -- did you do that too?