This commercial stuck with me from my childhood because it always seemed that the commercial for the movie magic would come on right after this one. And that commercial scared the crap out of me.
I remember this commercial from my youth...I can not explain why it stuck with so many...i guess a catchy jingle is a catchy jingle...It surprises me that this should inspire so much political debate because I bet you the point of the commercial from the standpoint of the product was "No matter what your role(s) in life, this perfume can work with you." It was not so much advocating for a woman to do it all, it was advocating for the PERUME which can do it all :)
women should have never listened to the jewish-contrived feminist propaganda.The result is that today`s women are lonely,unhappy and childless and the white birth rate is at an all time low.The best advice i can give to women is to turn off your tv with its jew-controlled media and entertainment,throw away your jewish owned magazines,tune out the inane ramblings of the jewish feminists and their anti-male nonsense,and follow your own instincts.If you want to marry and have children,do so
@IwontConform Another jew-hating Nazi right wing nut job. If idiots like you actually knew your history, it was WHITE European women who started suffragism & feminist activism. Mary Wollstonecraft was WHITE & European. Read up on your history, dufus. Second of all, I am a man & have no problem with women asserting themselves, working & having a career. EVERY woman should have an education & career, because if they had to depend on some dufus such as yourself, they'd starve to death!
For all of you who say this is an "unattainable" ideal of the do-it-all woman, I'll tell you that my wonderful wife manages it. She has an M.A. in economics, makes an excellent salary, cooks breakfast and dinner for us every day (and packs our lunches), keeps a very nice home, and does it all while staying in shape and looking beautiful. AND, believe it or not, she is very happy with her life. She is an excellent wife with a thoroughly satisfied husband. She is the ideal... it happens.
@jrw5492 And you LET her do all that, too, don't you. Ever think that inside she might be exhausted and tired of it all? Well, I was her and I can tell you, you may be in for a rude awakening. It's sorta like when the plantation owners believed their slaves were happy. You could help out, you know, and let her get some down time! Because you never know...she might wake up one day, as I did, and realize that I was that slave.... HE was happy, I was miserable. Forewarned is forarmed!
Yes, I do LET her make dinner; she loves cooking. I LET her dress nicely. I LET her do yoga; she loves how it makes her feel. I LET her go to work and make a good salary; she's ambitious. I demand none of these things - indeed, my previous relationships gave me the impression that I never should never expect anything like this from a mate. And I make it clear I expect none of this. Call her a slave if you like. She's one of the most relaxed, stable, and happy people I know. She's not you.
@geniekri BTW, I help out ALL the time. She expresses to me frequently how much she appreciates all I do for her/us. It's so condescending of you to assume that I'm your ex-husband. I'm not him.
ugh...if I had to cook bacon, drop off kids and get to work by "5 o'nine" I'd shoot myself. This woman is singing about it? To top it off, she has to nurture a senstive male ego...she didn't marry very well, did she?
Thanks for posting this video! I watched it growing up and my sister sang it out loud all the time! A great example also of the myth that women can do it all.
what more can a man ask for, especially the ones who don't work and play xbox all day? She goes to work, gets the kids to school, fries bacon, and ready for a roll in the hay at the end of the day.
I guess Palin won't be doing this commercial any time soon!
@nostalgiajunkie70 no. Of course not. He is supposed to admire you but instead he resents you for having more money, and he cheats on you because you are never home, and he complains about the way you cook just to start a fight so he won't feel guilty for being such a dick.
You tube never fails to amaze me! I grew up watching this! She was doing black beauties and crosses to stay up 24 hours! And what up with the stack of cash? No payroll job paid that good then! Something very fishy was going on!!!! LOL !!!!!!!
@bambam691964 around this same time, when Lily Tomlin was a guest on "Saturday Night Live", they did sort of a parody of this, where she appears in a commercial as a housewife, going on about how much she acomplishes: "How did I do all of this? I take speed. The tiny diet pill you don't have to be overweight to need".
For the record, YES, there ARE WOMEN who take advantage of the system but there are women who desperately need help & I don't mind my taxes being used for those purposes. My taxes are already going to fund Iraq and I don't agree with it, but what can I do. Conservatives don't mind paying for war and blood, and killing innocent people overseas but helping poor women? Never... god forbid. Not all women on assistance are sinners and promiscuous. Get a job in public service and come back to me.
LOVED this commercial - so glamorous - she really can have it all!! I remember singing this alone in my room back in the day. I do remember that it was a VERY strong scent.
lets not fight ppl. at least the commercial shows that she has a job. its 2009 soon to be 2010. things are changing so chill. some women choose to be housewives. my mom's a housewife and she's happy but she rules our house with an iron fist and my father would never dream of bossing her around. i don't plan on being one when i get older but that's my choice. everyone has their own opinions. if they're not harming anyone let them have them.
@HorsePussy Check the posts. Almost all commercials here on YouTube trigger some sort of political argument. They forgot: It's just a frigging commercial.
@elc1960 "it's not JUST a commercial". advertising has a profound way of effecting public opinion. Ever heard of Edward Bernays. Human psychology and advertising go hand in hand. Ask anyone in advertising, if commercials are JUST meant to sell merchandise. They are meant to influence thought, and they work.
@jahluv3000 I meant in the broader sense. The main reason the person posted that commercial on YouTube is for nostalgia because it was a popular commercial and a lot of people remember it and would like to see it again. I do understand the basics of psychology as they pertain to TV advertising, however, in the broadest sense, it IS just a commercial (and an effective one at that).
@jahluv3000 I completely agree. How is it that after 30yrs, this jingle still rings in my head? Youtube wasn't around back then, so for 25 or so years this commercial was not available to me, yet I never forgot the jingle and lyrics. Lots of commercials which were broadcast for a few times, I still remember years later and hum the tunes, yet haven't seen them since they first aired.
why does everything have to be "about" something? it's just perfume, it's just a song. maria maldour's version was a hit in the 70's. i loved how enjoli smelled and i MISS the 70's.
Nasty depressing thing. I wish I could cauterize the part of my brain where this earworm is stored.
I came looking for the 80's version of this I saw as a child (basically the same song, amped up a little, with a blue-and-gold color scheme). It looks like this wretched thing was out there for even longer than I realized. And from some of the comments here it sounds like they're even still making Enjoli. Even the name is stupid. Ugh.
I remember sitting on my parents bed and this commercial being on. I was probably 2 or 3 years old, for YEARS I have had is stuck in my head (on and off) I have asked my mom about it and she didn't know what I was talking about. Then the other day Good Morning America had a clip of it. FINALLY! I know I wasn't crazy, it really was a commercial and not something a dreamed up!! ;-)
This commercial influenced a generation of women and look at the utter mess we have today with the whole gender identity thing. Its insane! Women dont need to be men and its disgusting that there was this commercial to make women think that they did!
Look, melanie. You want to stay home and cook and clean, that's an honorable thing, and that's your choice. Point is, now women *have* a choice...don't forget that, and never take that for granted. Many households need 2 incomes nowadays owing to things that go far beyond women being in the workplace.
What makes you think that just because a woman works outside the home that she thinks she's a man?
What does it have to do with staying home and cooking and cleaning? I don't see anywhere in my comment that says that; furthermore you have NOT A CLUE as to what I have done with my life or who I am! YOU read into my comment what you wanted to. I'll leave it at that. I'm certainly not going to waste my time with yet another youtube comment section debate with someone that just wants to assume and argue. You need a life, dude.
And furthermore, I never pretended I had a clue as to what you have done with your life, but your attitude about modern women certainly reflects on who you are. And if you don't want to "waste [your] time with yet another youtube debate", stop making insular, inflammatory comments that invite debate. Especially if you can't defend them with anything better than a high-horse "You don't know me! I'll leave it at that".
And telling me that I "[need] a life" is laughable, since you are wasting your time here on youtube just like me. And on that note, I'm off to 'get a life'.
Oh- and I'm not a 'dude'. I'm a woooooo-man! No gender identity confusion with me. ;)
naah - I like bras--especially sexy ones--and I'm quite feminine, thankyouverymuch. I just don't pretend to be stupid, and I appreciate that women have a choice nowadays. Your diction makes me think you are a foreigner (burkaland, maybe?), and your choice of favorited videos is rather disturbing. But let's not get into that...you're entitled to your views, and I doubt any amout of reasoning will change them. Have a nice day/life! :)
Wowee...descending into gutter language for lack of a decent response? Why am I a c*nt, because I defended myself against your snotty little unprovoked comment? I'm not a radical, nor am I a man-hater. I just dislike ignorance, whatever the source. I somehow doubt we'd be dating in this or any other superb lifetime of yours, and that's fine by me. We can agree to disagree.
But surely you've learned somewhere along the line that if you can't take it, don't dish it out.
you really sound like a man. one can only surmise that you either look like one, or you are trying to make your outside appearance overly "feminine" looking to compensate for your manly demeanor.
Holyhottie, how is your conclusion logical? It's based on your own stereotypes about women. Yes, I tend to be more logical and maybe more outspoken than most women, and I don't define myself based on the way I look. I am not here judging you, even after I looked at your profile...but here you are on this board throwing (inaccurate) stereotypes at me. But whatevs. Trying to defend myself in this hotbed of archaic thinking is like farting against thunder. And I'm a lover, not a fighter ;)
One final thought: I do think that male-female relations got screwed up as a result of the sexual revolution. But it's not because she can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. It's because he can bring her home and fry her up in his bed the first night he meets her. As they say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
*sigh*
But I've always loved the feminine sass of this commercial...hee!
For someone that doesn't like to fight and has a life, you sure write numerous comment that are argumentative and abusive. I agree that you seem masculine.
This is a bit of a double-edged sword. Yes, women (and men) kick ass, but it's implying that if you don't live up to the ideal of a "true" woman - works outside the home, runs a perfect household, and still has time to take care of her man - then you FAILFAILFAIL at life. Or womanhood.
Women and men should be equal. Men can be good parents, you know, but the stereotype is that they're incompetent in the house. We don't want those stereotypes. We want the truth.
So how does that not make them equal because they are different? Apples and oranges are pretty much equal. Who is the apple and who is the orange here? Are men suppose to be the apples? They are always angry about something.
you wrote "stfu homo" and got more than six thumbs down but I wasn't replying to you anyhow. I was calling bullshit on the fallacious idea that men and women are 'equal'. They are not. Women are better. They are weaker less emotionally stable have many other drawbacks but posses one attribute that makes them far more valuable than men.
They get pregnant. As real men we must protect them with our strength, protect them with our emotional strength, provide for them in every way and honor them as our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. Feminism seeks to undermine all of that.
Feminism dishonors women, I am a proud husband and father and I consider myself
a chivalrous chauvinist, of course Im not a metro sexual pansy either.
fergit bout Murphy Brown, if a woman wants to be a single super Mom more power to her but without a good man willing to work and if need be die for her and their family shes given herself a tough row to hoe!
I have been a single mom and a married mom. I wouldn't say I was a supermom. That sounds so superior to and braggy. Your a mom but, I am a supermom. I just did what I had to do to take care of my children. It wasn't my choice. Being a single parent is far easier then being a married parent. The stress of being a single parent is much lower then the stress of being married. Ya'll are so emotionally weak compared to woman You need so much emotional support. It is exhausting.
We can't get pregnant without men so I wouldn't consider that making us valuable. I am gathering you think men are better, but, women are more valuable? Would I be correct in that? Women and men are different and neither has more value or superiorty to the other. Being weaker physically as that is pretty much the only thing I agree with you on does not make us not as good as men.
Weaker, yes, I would say so if you mean physically, Less emotionally stable, how do you come up with that? Are you paying attention? The jails are full of men that commit violent crimes out of anger. There are not nearly as many female offenders. Men are much weaker then women emotionally. "have many other drawbacks" drawback? What a nasty word to discribe us. What the heck are you refering to? What a vague comment.
Bitter I am not sure how you are getting that. I am extremnly conservative. I am pro life and for small government. Why would you make such an assumption? I believe the Republican party is not conservative enough they've lost their way trying to compromise with liberals. You still haven't told me our other many drawbacks I say ."women and men are different and neither has more value or superiority to the other." real bitter. She's a woman so Ill just say she's bitter. That all you got?
lol dude you really are going for the typical aren't you? She's a woman so I'll say the period thing. Or is that your humor coming out? I am not sure. If you are trying to be funny I did get a laugh. If you are not I have to say again is that all you got? Why do you want to know my marital status? I knew you were interested. Sorry to have to tell you after all your sweet talk but, I am married.
I meant the jab at your age in a good natured way as Im five years older than you and my wife is four.I am not inquiring as to your marital status. What you typed above leads me to think of out of wedlock birth. We Right wingers frown on that sort of thing ya know heh heh ;)
Didn't see it as a jab at my age. A jab at me being a woman since men don't have periods or menopause. I love being the age I am, a bit creeped out that you know it? How old am I? how do you know? knew you weren't inquiring about my marital status, just playin. Not trying to make a point, trying to get an answer. What are our "many other drawbacks"? Understand frowning on out of wedlock births the taxpayer often ends up paying the bill for these folks one night of fun for many years.
You say you were a single mom at one time, so who flipped the bill when you didn't have a man around to help you? The gov't or did you take down 3 jobs ? I mean, don't bash women who have kids out of wedlock. It happens.... and women also can lose their husbands to death or divorce too and I don't mind "flipping the bill" as you call it, if a single mother who is a widow or divorced from an abusive relationship needs assistance. Thank God I am a liberal.
@cjs33139 One job, paid all the bills, no public aid.Can't imagine I could do this without a man? I may have qualified for aid,but, hat wasn't an option to me. Didn't even enter my head. Before this I was married to a man that wouldn't work, and forged my paychecks.God only knows what he did with the money.Caring for the children only on my income was much easier then having" a man around to help." I will bash who I see fit. You're basically telling me to pay their bills and shut up about it.
Umm, I used to work for public assistance and I had women whose husbands died or when their husbands ran off and they had many kids and felt AWFUL and GUILTY they were applying for assistance .. is it their fault? Should we abandon them? You are a typical conservative.. sure.. don't abort your kids, BUT... we will NOT take care of them. Friggin hypocrites.. By the way, YOUR SALARY was sufficient in caring for your family on ONE job, but not every women that is the case. Sure, blame women.
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Ladies, if you are exhausted from having a full-time career, doing most of the housework, and doing most of the child care, blame feminism and this commercial. This commercial ran for years and codified the tenets of feminism for the American consumer.
Or blame the men who refuse to raise their own children or do any housework. Without feminism, women would still do all the housework and raise the children, but we'd also have to depend on the mercy of men to feed ourselves.
I'd rather have a full-time career than kids anyway.
And, at any rate, this commercial is not particularly feminist. It reflected the ideas popular with women in the '70s, but it's using them to sell perfume.
Bloody well said! Even at the end when she says "but I can still make you feel like a man" proves that it isn't feminism. A feminist wouldn't give a toss what the man thinks! LOL
just like a man shouldn't give a damn what a woman thinks, right? Sounds like some bitterness you well deserve to live with. Enjoy your sad little heart.
What are you talking about? I didn't SAY that I was a feminist and that's what I think - I said what a feminist would say. Get your facts rights before you post. Doesn't look like I'M the sad little person here - you're the one with the knee-jerk defensive response over a general comment.
Don't try to pass it off like you were kidding. It's an old trick - you were just wrong and still are. It's a shame that you're not man enough to admit it. I rest my case.
Feminism means equality - sharing equally in household responsibilities. This is not feminism. However, most American guys these days do about 1/3 the housework and childcare duties. Before the feminist movement gained acceptance we worked 16 hour days.
GREAT ad !! so HOT!! also the beginning of the slacker useless sperm donor males of today who force women to DO EVERYTHING for them like work 2 jobs & raise their loser spawn all by themselves.. Right on Gloria Steinem , the CiA would be proud!
Too funny...I remember this...kind of tacky (Coco Chanel it wasn't), but I'll take these any day of the week over those horrible "celebrity-inspired" fragrances of today.
lmao was talking to some drag queen a sec ago and i made a reference to this commercial. i remember it was i a kid and still remember it till this day! wtf?
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The feminists have been hung by their own pertard! This is the message they have crammed down our throats for the last 40 years, and in nearly half a century they could not make it work - not for themselves or anyone else. Now, a conservative woman has succeeded in living up to this stereotype, and it is galling them no end!
Sara Palin is awesome! I wasn't planning to vote at all until she arrived on the scene - but now it will be a pleasure to go to the polls and vote for McCain-Palin!
I agree with you Rubicon. That's why I looked up the commercial. I was thinking about the Palin / Biden debate last night, and it reminded me of this commercial. And I'm a guy. She doesn't fit the stereotypical feminist model, and it is like a thorn in their side. Gotta love this.
"She can bring home the moose meat! Make it into a stew! She doesn't believe in global warming or that there should be sex eductation too! She's Sarah Palin!! Enjoli!"
LMMFAO I was in Walmart of all places and I saw a bottle of this crap sitting on the shelf and I started singing this stupid song, lol. I'm glad I found it, brought back memories.
I remember this commercial when it was first out and couldn't stand it then and still can't stand it 30+ years later. Still a great commercial to post on youtube.
That was AWESOME! I remember SINGING and DANCING to this commercial, acting all sexy (TRYING to, anyway!). Hey, I was only a KID then! LOL! Thanks for the memories!!! :P
I grew up in the 70's and I remember everyone laughing this off! Did not seem realistic then but it's a classic. I love it. The song has gone and off in my head ever since.
If you want to capture someone's attention.. just whisper.
The Native American Indian Butterfly Legend
If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper their wish to it. Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all.
"Forget the money, honey, fry me some bacon! I'm hungry! Then hold your breath while I tell you about my day! And oh yeah, I got you some pink rubber gloves to wash dishes with because I like to spoil you!"
OMG I could have gotten away with that in the 70s but now if I said that to a woman, there would be bloodhounds hunting me down and Hillery Clinton would crucify me to Washington Monument! Oh well... just jokin'.
Ah yes, Mom got one of those 4 piece sets from Woolworth's as a Christmas gift from someone along th way...ther was always a fullsize bottle, a purse size (that somehow always leaked in her purse), a dusting powder, and a lotion. And I remember every man thought this was the ideal woman.
This commercial stuck with me from my childhood because it always seemed that the commercial for the movie magic would come on right after this one. And that commercial scared the crap out of me.
rodsey75 1 month ago
Your man has to put up with your whining… Now get back in the kitchen!
MrDixtracted 3 months ago
If Enjoli could motivate me out of a bipolar depression, I'd be willing to try it.
joemontco 3 months ago
I remember this commercial from my youth...I can not explain why it stuck with so many...i guess a catchy jingle is a catchy jingle...It surprises me that this should inspire so much political debate because I bet you the point of the commercial from the standpoint of the product was "No matter what your role(s) in life, this perfume can work with you." It was not so much advocating for a woman to do it all, it was advocating for the PERUME which can do it all :)
Matolen 3 months ago
women should have never listened to the jewish-contrived feminist propaganda.The result is that today`s women are lonely,unhappy and childless and the white birth rate is at an all time low.The best advice i can give to women is to turn off your tv with its jew-controlled media and entertainment,throw away your jewish owned magazines,tune out the inane ramblings of the jewish feminists and their anti-male nonsense,and follow your own instincts.If you want to marry and have children,do so
IwontConform 5 months ago
@IwontConform Haha, you silly goy, don't you know we already control EVERYTHING! And nothing you do will ever change that!
vonbontee 5 months ago
@IwontConform Another jew-hating Nazi right wing nut job. If idiots like you actually knew your history, it was WHITE European women who started suffragism & feminist activism. Mary Wollstonecraft was WHITE & European. Read up on your history, dufus. Second of all, I am a man & have no problem with women asserting themselves, working & having a career. EVERY woman should have an education & career, because if they had to depend on some dufus such as yourself, they'd starve to death!
cjs33139 2 months ago
This is where we made our mistake, ladies. We let them think we could do it all and it has made us perpetually exhausted!
geniekri 5 months ago
@geniekri muttley snicker
bkthin 5 months ago
@geniekri The mistake is men failing to pick up the slack in the wash-hanging, kid-prepping, bacon-frying department.
NotADood 4 months ago
For all of you who say this is an "unattainable" ideal of the do-it-all woman, I'll tell you that my wonderful wife manages it. She has an M.A. in economics, makes an excellent salary, cooks breakfast and dinner for us every day (and packs our lunches), keeps a very nice home, and does it all while staying in shape and looking beautiful. AND, believe it or not, she is very happy with her life. She is an excellent wife with a thoroughly satisfied husband. She is the ideal... it happens.
jrw5492 6 months ago
@jrw5492 And you LET her do all that, too, don't you. Ever think that inside she might be exhausted and tired of it all? Well, I was her and I can tell you, you may be in for a rude awakening. It's sorta like when the plantation owners believed their slaves were happy. You could help out, you know, and let her get some down time! Because you never know...she might wake up one day, as I did, and realize that I was that slave.... HE was happy, I was miserable. Forewarned is forarmed!
geniekri 5 months ago
Yes, I do LET her make dinner; she loves cooking. I LET her dress nicely. I LET her do yoga; she loves how it makes her feel. I LET her go to work and make a good salary; she's ambitious. I demand none of these things - indeed, my previous relationships gave me the impression that I never should never expect anything like this from a mate. And I make it clear I expect none of this. Call her a slave if you like. She's one of the most relaxed, stable, and happy people I know. She's not you.
jrw5492 5 months ago
@geniekri BTW, I help out ALL the time. She expresses to me frequently how much she appreciates all I do for her/us. It's so condescending of you to assume that I'm your ex-husband. I'm not him.
jrw5492 5 months ago
still makes my dick hard!
MrStillrockin 6 months ago
ugh...if I had to cook bacon, drop off kids and get to work by "5 o'nine" I'd shoot myself. This woman is singing about it? To top it off, she has to nurture a senstive male ego...she didn't marry very well, did she?
whatanightmare1 7 months ago 3
Thanks for posting this video! I watched it growing up and my sister sang it out loud all the time! A great example also of the myth that women can do it all.
wondr7 11 months ago
All these years later and this jingle has haunted me...thanks for posting it
phuggit777 11 months ago 2
Love the Mary Mcfadden-style pleated evening gown - so 70s!
HipsterDoofusNYC 1 year ago
She has no waist.
flipsyboy 1 year ago
What an odd mix of feminism/sexism. Never noticed that when I was watching this in the past.
themitch1966 1 year ago 4
I can watch Jerry Springer, get dressed, pass out the Ritalin and get to the SSI office by 5 of 9.......
rdmb57 1 year ago 2
what more can a man ask for, especially the ones who don't work and play xbox all day? She goes to work, gets the kids to school, fries bacon, and ready for a roll in the hay at the end of the day.
I guess Palin won't be doing this commercial any time soon!
gravelandgrain100 1 year ago
To me this commercial is a celebration of femininity and womanhood. Whats wrong with that?
rosbergs3 1 year ago
Don't get angry; but if this commercial was made today some group would get offended and want it ban from tv.
The1baddman 1 year ago
This commercial probably did more damage than "Barbie."
hannahunney 1 year ago
Whooppee! Now I get to clean and cook and sexually satisfy my man AND earn all the money. Does my man have to do anything?
nostalgiajunkie70 1 year ago 12
@nostalgiajunkie70 no. Of course not. He is supposed to admire you but instead he resents you for having more money, and he cheats on you because you are never home, and he complains about the way you cook just to start a fight so he won't feel guilty for being such a dick.
hannahunney 1 year ago
Go women's rights. I was a little girl when I saw this and it actually has a positive female message. Love it!
jensavagemiami 1 year ago
wow...I remember that one!
meandmynaps 1 year ago
You tube never fails to amaze me! I grew up watching this! She was doing black beauties and crosses to stay up 24 hours! And what up with the stack of cash? No payroll job paid that good then! Something very fishy was going on!!!! LOL !!!!!!!
bambam691964 1 year ago 2
@bambam691964 around this same time, when Lily Tomlin was a guest on "Saturday Night Live", they did sort of a parody of this, where she appears in a commercial as a housewife, going on about how much she acomplishes: "How did I do all of this? I take speed. The tiny diet pill you don't have to be overweight to need".
mthivier 1 year ago 2
@bambam691964 She's probably an 'Escort."
hannahunney 1 year ago
For the record, YES, there ARE WOMEN who take advantage of the system but there are women who desperately need help & I don't mind my taxes being used for those purposes. My taxes are already going to fund Iraq and I don't agree with it, but what can I do. Conservatives don't mind paying for war and blood, and killing innocent people overseas but helping poor women? Never... god forbid. Not all women on assistance are sinners and promiscuous. Get a job in public service and come back to me.
cjs33139 1 year ago 4
my mom named me after this perfume. lol! everytime someone recognizes the name they sing this song.
LadyE2285 1 year ago 3
Great commercial and it's catchy! Loved the perfume as a teenager!
Blessed2day 2 years ago 2
I think this may be the voice of Sandy Stewart? Last time I heard her, she still had 'it'. She deserves to be better known.
alonsenfant 2 years ago 2
The ad has some intended humor, she's smiling and hamming it up a little.
floooky1 2 years ago 2
oh i loved this commercial!!!
@Smithpolly - the 24 hour woman back then didn't sleep. she was probably on dexies!
kaykaylee 2 years ago
LOVED this commercial - so glamorous - she really can have it all!! I remember singing this alone in my room back in the day. I do remember that it was a VERY strong scent.
fjjineptx 2 years ago
When exactly does the 24 hour woman manage to get any sleep?
Smithpolly 2 years ago
lets not fight ppl. at least the commercial shows that she has a job. its 2009 soon to be 2010. things are changing so chill. some women choose to be housewives. my mom's a housewife and she's happy but she rules our house with an iron fist and my father would never dream of bossing her around. i don't plan on being one when i get older but that's my choice. everyone has their own opinions. if they're not harming anyone let them have them.
dramaqueen465 2 years ago
Brings back great memories. I remember it for it's jingle, not what it represented. I was a boy back then.
jess4metoo 2 years ago
Politics? Really? Over a youtube commercial?
HorsePussy 2 years ago
@HorsePussy Check the posts. Almost all commercials here on YouTube trigger some sort of political argument. They forgot: It's just a frigging commercial.
elc1960 1 year ago
@elc1960 "it's not JUST a commercial". advertising has a profound way of effecting public opinion. Ever heard of Edward Bernays. Human psychology and advertising go hand in hand. Ask anyone in advertising, if commercials are JUST meant to sell merchandise. They are meant to influence thought, and they work.
jahluv3000 1 year ago
@jahluv3000 I meant in the broader sense. The main reason the person posted that commercial on YouTube is for nostalgia because it was a popular commercial and a lot of people remember it and would like to see it again. I do understand the basics of psychology as they pertain to TV advertising, however, in the broadest sense, it IS just a commercial (and an effective one at that).
elc1960 1 year ago
@jahluv3000 I completely agree. How is it that after 30yrs, this jingle still rings in my head? Youtube wasn't around back then, so for 25 or so years this commercial was not available to me, yet I never forgot the jingle and lyrics. Lots of commercials which were broadcast for a few times, I still remember years later and hum the tunes, yet haven't seen them since they first aired.
neepl8 1 year ago 2
I remember this commercial well. Seems like it showed constantly at the time.
Dodger2204 2 years ago
Heh, I remember this commercial.
Capt777harris 2 years ago
Keerist, the comments are better than the damned video. You two oughta take this act on the road.
pang5 2 years ago
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maxtalbotrules 2 years ago
8 hour perfume for the 24 hr woman? so I guess you have to re-spray a few times a day.
38Squid 2 years ago
Between the obvious power of Enjoli and Charlie, the properly perfumed woman of the seventies was apparently an unstoppable powerhouse!
Thank goodness they only used their power for good... and to get the best seats in groovy swinging jazz clubs (see the Charlie commercial...)
RetrolandVideo 2 years ago 3
So do you get laid twice if you wear Enjoli AND Aviance?
jliscorpio 2 years ago
it is actually...Joan Collins' urine.
MALINFAN 2 years ago 32
@MALINFAN :Drink it!!
rtp1968 1 year ago
why does everything have to be "about" something? it's just perfume, it's just a song. maria maldour's version was a hit in the 70's. i loved how enjoli smelled and i MISS the 70's.
eydie57 2 years ago
still makes my dick hard!
MrStillrockin 2 years ago
I can bring home BACON
I can even cook
I'll have your gorilla back, faster than you can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich !!!
kalyptus 2 years ago
Nasty depressing thing. I wish I could cauterize the part of my brain where this earworm is stored.
I came looking for the 80's version of this I saw as a child (basically the same song, amped up a little, with a blue-and-gold color scheme). It looks like this wretched thing was out there for even longer than I realized. And from some of the comments here it sounds like they're even still making Enjoli. Even the name is stupid. Ugh.
florafloraflora 2 years ago 2
Enjoli - 1980
TIPTON340 2 years ago
Feminism and gender identity aside, I bet this stuff smelled like hammered shit.
fredwagner 2 years ago 2
no, it smelled wonderful.
eydie57 2 years ago
I remember sitting on my parents bed and this commercial being on. I was probably 2 or 3 years old, for YEARS I have had is stuck in my head (on and off) I have asked my mom about it and she didn't know what I was talking about. Then the other day Good Morning America had a clip of it. FINALLY! I know I wasn't crazy, it really was a commercial and not something a dreamed up!! ;-)
hoideanne 2 years ago 2
I, too, remember this from EARLY childhood. I don't know what it was specifically but something made this commercial sticky for the long-haul!!!
dakotaswirl 2 years ago
This commercial influenced a generation of women and look at the utter mess we have today with the whole gender identity thing. Its insane! Women dont need to be men and its disgusting that there was this commercial to make women think that they did!
melaniestevens 2 years ago
Look, melanie. You want to stay home and cook and clean, that's an honorable thing, and that's your choice. Point is, now women *have* a choice...don't forget that, and never take that for granted. Many households need 2 incomes nowadays owing to things that go far beyond women being in the workplace.
What makes you think that just because a woman works outside the home that she thinks she's a man?
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
Besides...I don't think any husband would be complaining when she neva-neva-neva lets him forget he's a maaan. ;-)
Too bad the perfume stinks :P
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
What does it have to do with staying home and cooking and cleaning? I don't see anywhere in my comment that says that; furthermore you have NOT A CLUE as to what I have done with my life or who I am! YOU read into my comment what you wanted to. I'll leave it at that. I'm certainly not going to waste my time with yet another youtube comment section debate with someone that just wants to assume and argue. You need a life, dude.
melaniestevens 2 years ago
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And furthermore, I never pretended I had a clue as to what you have done with your life, but your attitude about modern women certainly reflects on who you are. And if you don't want to "waste [your] time with yet another youtube debate", stop making insular, inflammatory comments that invite debate. Especially if you can't defend them with anything better than a high-horse "You don't know me! I'll leave it at that".
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
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And telling me that I "[need] a life" is laughable, since you are wasting your time here on youtube just like me. And on that note, I'm off to 'get a life'.
Oh- and I'm not a 'dude'. I'm a woooooo-man! No gender identity confusion with me. ;)
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
you must be "bra burner" as well
wayheavy 2 years ago
naah - I like bras--especially sexy ones--and I'm quite feminine, thankyouverymuch. I just don't pretend to be stupid, and I appreciate that women have a choice nowadays. Your diction makes me think you are a foreigner (burkaland, maybe?), and your choice of favorited videos is rather disturbing. But let's not get into that...you're entitled to your views, and I doubt any amout of reasoning will change them. Have a nice day/life! :)
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
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wayheavy 2 years ago
Wowee...descending into gutter language for lack of a decent response? Why am I a c*nt, because I defended myself against your snotty little unprovoked comment? I'm not a radical, nor am I a man-hater. I just dislike ignorance, whatever the source. I somehow doubt we'd be dating in this or any other superb lifetime of yours, and that's fine by me. We can agree to disagree.
But surely you've learned somewhere along the line that if you can't take it, don't dish it out.
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
you really sound like a man. one can only surmise that you either look like one, or you are trying to make your outside appearance overly "feminine" looking to compensate for your manly demeanor.
TheHolyhottie 2 years ago
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Holyhottie, how is your conclusion logical? It's based on your own stereotypes about women. Yes, I tend to be more logical and maybe more outspoken than most women, and I don't define myself based on the way I look. I am not here judging you, even after I looked at your profile...but here you are on this board throwing (inaccurate) stereotypes at me. But whatevs. Trying to defend myself in this hotbed of archaic thinking is like farting against thunder. And I'm a lover, not a fighter ;)
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
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One final thought: I do think that male-female relations got screwed up as a result of the sexual revolution. But it's not because she can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. It's because he can bring her home and fry her up in his bed the first night he meets her. As they say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
*sigh*
But I've always loved the feminine sass of this commercial...hee!
lcozzarelli 2 years ago
For someone that doesn't like to fight and has a life, you sure write numerous comment that are argumentative and abusive. I agree that you seem masculine.
nanettesvideos 2 years ago
lcozarelli, you speak like a man. you cant blame anyone for making that "mistake"
TheHolyhottie 2 years ago 2
1 dick stiffening commercial! love that tight dress!
girliedick 2 years ago
Holy mother, this was the BOMB back in the day....my dorky ass would be spritzing at the end too, LMAO!
Sweetbabyvixen 2 years ago
I remember seeing this commercial as a kid and even then, I HATED it with every ounce of my being.
davita1111 2 years ago 3
This is a bit of a double-edged sword. Yes, women (and men) kick ass, but it's implying that if you don't live up to the ideal of a "true" woman - works outside the home, runs a perfect household, and still has time to take care of her man - then you FAILFAILFAIL at life. Or womanhood.
Women and men should be equal. Men can be good parents, you know, but the stereotype is that they're incompetent in the house. We don't want those stereotypes. We want the truth.
JKPS613 2 years ago 3
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stfu homo
renanherz 2 years ago
apples and oranges should be equal but thier not, apples get pissed and oranges couldn't care less
Winky395 2 years ago
i cant even remember what i wrote here so i have no idea what ur comment means
renanherz 2 years ago
So how does that not make them equal because they are different? Apples and oranges are pretty much equal. Who is the apple and who is the orange here? Are men suppose to be the apples? They are always angry about something.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
you wrote "stfu homo" and got more than six thumbs down but I wasn't replying to you anyhow. I was calling bullshit on the fallacious idea that men and women are 'equal'. They are not. Women are better. They are weaker less emotionally stable have many other drawbacks but posses one attribute that makes them far more valuable than men.
Winky395 2 years ago
They get pregnant. As real men we must protect them with our strength, protect them with our emotional strength, provide for them in every way and honor them as our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. Feminism seeks to undermine all of that.
Winky395 2 years ago
Feminism dishonors women, I am a proud husband and father and I consider myself
a chivalrous chauvinist, of course Im not a metro sexual pansy either.
fergit bout Murphy Brown, if a woman wants to be a single super Mom more power to her but without a good man willing to work and if need be die for her and their family shes given herself a tough row to hoe!
Winky395 2 years ago 3
man i dont even know what ur talkn bout anymore. have fun being whipped by ur wife, pussy
renanherz 2 years ago
Well if you ever get a wife and keep her happy for three decades, get back to me on that M'Kay?
Winky395 2 years ago 10
I have been a single mom and a married mom. I wouldn't say I was a supermom. That sounds so superior to and braggy. Your a mom but, I am a supermom. I just did what I had to do to take care of my children. It wasn't my choice. Being a single parent is far easier then being a married parent. The stress of being a single parent is much lower then the stress of being married. Ya'll are so emotionally weak compared to woman You need so much emotional support. It is exhausting.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
We can't get pregnant without men so I wouldn't consider that making us valuable. I am gathering you think men are better, but, women are more valuable? Would I be correct in that? Women and men are different and neither has more value or superiorty to the other. Being weaker physically as that is pretty much the only thing I agree with you on does not make us not as good as men.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
Weaker, yes, I would say so if you mean physically, Less emotionally stable, how do you come up with that? Are you paying attention? The jails are full of men that commit violent crimes out of anger. There are not nearly as many female offenders. Men are much weaker then women emotionally. "have many other drawbacks" drawback? What a nasty word to discribe us. What the heck are you refering to? What a vague comment.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
Bitter much? Your probably a liberal too!
Winky395 2 years ago
Bitter I am not sure how you are getting that. I am extremnly conservative. I am pro life and for small government. Why would you make such an assumption? I believe the Republican party is not conservative enough they've lost their way trying to compromise with liberals. You still haven't told me our other many drawbacks I say ."women and men are different and neither has more value or superiority to the other." real bitter. She's a woman so Ill just say she's bitter. That all you got?
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
Do you have a point to make?
Or are you just another hysterical
premenopausal divorcée?
Winky395 2 years ago
lol dude you really are going for the typical aren't you? She's a woman so I'll say the period thing. Or is that your humor coming out? I am not sure. If you are trying to be funny I did get a laugh. If you are not I have to say again is that all you got? Why do you want to know my marital status? I knew you were interested. Sorry to have to tell you after all your sweet talk but, I am married.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
I meant the jab at your age in a good natured way as Im five years older than you and my wife is four.I am not inquiring as to your marital status. What you typed above leads me to think of out of wedlock birth. We Right wingers frown on that sort of thing ya know heh heh ;)
(Murphy Brown)
Do you have a point to make?
Winky395 2 years ago
Didn't see it as a jab at my age. A jab at me being a woman since men don't have periods or menopause. I love being the age I am, a bit creeped out that you know it? How old am I? how do you know? knew you weren't inquiring about my marital status, just playin. Not trying to make a point, trying to get an answer. What are our "many other drawbacks"? Understand frowning on out of wedlock births the taxpayer often ends up paying the bill for these folks one night of fun for many years.
morepamdemonium 2 years ago
You say you were a single mom at one time, so who flipped the bill when you didn't have a man around to help you? The gov't or did you take down 3 jobs ? I mean, don't bash women who have kids out of wedlock. It happens.... and women also can lose their husbands to death or divorce too and I don't mind "flipping the bill" as you call it, if a single mother who is a widow or divorced from an abusive relationship needs assistance. Thank God I am a liberal.
cjs33139 1 year ago
@cjs33139 One job, paid all the bills, no public aid.Can't imagine I could do this without a man? I may have qualified for aid,but, hat wasn't an option to me. Didn't even enter my head. Before this I was married to a man that wouldn't work, and forged my paychecks.God only knows what he did with the money.Caring for the children only on my income was much easier then having" a man around to help." I will bash who I see fit. You're basically telling me to pay their bills and shut up about it.
morepamdemonium 1 year ago
Umm, I used to work for public assistance and I had women whose husbands died or when their husbands ran off and they had many kids and felt AWFUL and GUILTY they were applying for assistance .. is it their fault? Should we abandon them? You are a typical conservative.. sure.. don't abort your kids, BUT... we will NOT take care of them. Friggin hypocrites.. By the way, YOUR SALARY was sufficient in caring for your family on ONE job, but not every women that is the case. Sure, blame women.
cjs33139 1 year ago 4
I LOVE AND REMEMBER THIS COMMERCIAL! It was good to see it again....ahhh, memorizes!
DenverDiva 2 years ago 2
OMG that Perfume has the same name as me!!!!!
enjoli104 2 years ago
Maybe you were named after it.
91Bear 2 years ago
honestly , it'a just a commercial. lighten up people
gale31 2 years ago 2
...and now 30 years later lets hear the end of the song...
I can pay all the bills
Work hard like a dog
Will never retire
Cause YOU LOST YOUR JOB!
I'm a suuuucker.....that is me!
kiffer1012 2 years ago 27
oh wah... boo hoo.
Dearmad 2 years ago
LOL
FaerieCrone 2 years ago
LMAO!!!! lol
misosoupfan 2 years ago
@kiffer1012 LMAO !!!!
farodyoung 1 year ago
memories
kiffer1012 2 years ago 2
That woman never got near a frying pan.
paktype 3 years ago 4
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Ladies, if you are exhausted from having a full-time career, doing most of the housework, and doing most of the child care, blame feminism and this commercial. This commercial ran for years and codified the tenets of feminism for the American consumer.
Effra2001 3 years ago
Or blame the men who refuse to raise their own children or do any housework. Without feminism, women would still do all the housework and raise the children, but we'd also have to depend on the mercy of men to feed ourselves.
I'd rather have a full-time career than kids anyway.
And, at any rate, this commercial is not particularly feminist. It reflected the ideas popular with women in the '70s, but it's using them to sell perfume.
scienceValkyr 3 years ago
Bloody well said! Even at the end when she says "but I can still make you feel like a man" proves that it isn't feminism. A feminist wouldn't give a toss what the man thinks! LOL
FaerieCrone 3 years ago
just like a man shouldn't give a damn what a woman thinks, right? Sounds like some bitterness you well deserve to live with. Enjoy your sad little heart.
Dearmad 2 years ago
What are you talking about? I didn't SAY that I was a feminist and that's what I think - I said what a feminist would say. Get your facts rights before you post. Doesn't look like I'M the sad little person here - you're the one with the knee-jerk defensive response over a general comment.
FaerieCrone 2 years ago
yep. bitter. fun to yank your chain.
Dearmad 2 years ago
Don't try to pass it off like you were kidding. It's an old trick - you were just wrong and still are. It's a shame that you're not man enough to admit it. I rest my case.
FaerieCrone 2 years ago
I'm not exhausted - just AWESOME. Thanks for asking. LOL.
giggleandguffaw 3 years ago
I have had a career, now a mom, and now own my own business and happily married, you can have it all, just not at once if you want quality. :-)
chow1010 2 years ago 2
Feminism means equality - sharing equally in household responsibilities. This is not feminism. However, most American guys these days do about 1/3 the housework and childcare duties. Before the feminist movement gained acceptance we worked 16 hour days.
Lythic 2 years ago
Bullshit
Winky395 2 years ago
GREAT ad !! so HOT!! also the beginning of the slacker useless sperm donor males of today who force women to DO EVERYTHING for them like work 2 jobs & raise their loser spawn all by themselves.. Right on Gloria Steinem , the CiA would be proud!
tennyc 3 years ago 4
This commercial was all the rage when I was a child...pretty advanced for it's day!
swlancaster1964 3 years ago 4
A 24 hour woman: what a concept.
ebbets1965 3 years ago
I was like 5 when this was on tv. Damn song would be stuck in my head for days.
maninreno4 3 years ago
I was 7 when it came out... and man, you ain't kidding how it stays embedded in the brain all the years!
StukInBuf 3 years ago 3
I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan.. terrific!
TIPTON340 3 years ago 2
oh my god, I haven't seen this since I was 4 or 5 years old! I always remembered this commercial, though.
emmeaki 3 years ago
Too funny...I remember this...kind of tacky (Coco Chanel it wasn't), but I'll take these any day of the week over those horrible "celebrity-inspired" fragrances of today.
mthivier 3 years ago
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I can bring home the bacon...(Enjoli!)
Fry it up in a pan...(Enjoli!)
And never never never let you forget YOU'RE A NERD WATCHING CHEESY OLD COMMERCIALS ON YUOTUBE
funkmike 3 years ago
i think this a great commercial because its my name.
luckie1971 3 years ago 2
I remember this commercial. To this day, when I see Enjoli, that jingle runst through my mind.
MsMercury 3 years ago 8
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OMG. this is so stupid, funny, but stupid.
badugee 3 years ago
lmao was talking to some drag queen a sec ago and i made a reference to this commercial. i remember it was i a kid and still remember it till this day! wtf?
ShaneinDallas 3 years ago
i spray a few gallons of this all over my lucious bod, before heading out for bingo with the gals...
XanaFag 3 years ago
And you probably attracted lots of flies and bugs.
ffairlane57 3 years ago 4
ok, but does anyone remember the windsong perfume commercial? "i can't seem to forget you, your windsong stays on my mind."
laron214 3 years ago
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The feminists have been hung by their own pertard! This is the message they have crammed down our throats for the last 40 years, and in nearly half a century they could not make it work - not for themselves or anyone else. Now, a conservative woman has succeeded in living up to this stereotype, and it is galling them no end!
Sara Palin is awesome! I wasn't planning to vote at all until she arrived on the scene - but now it will be a pleasure to go to the polls and vote for McCain-Palin!
Rubicon1954 3 years ago
I agree with you Rubicon. That's why I looked up the commercial. I was thinking about the Palin / Biden debate last night, and it reminded me of this commercial. And I'm a guy. She doesn't fit the stereotypical feminist model, and it is like a thorn in their side. Gotta love this.
drewster11 3 years ago
Sarah Palin is a puppet.
ffairlane57 3 years ago 6
"She can bring home the moose meat! Make it into a stew! She doesn't believe in global warming or that there should be sex eductation too! She's Sarah Palin!! Enjoli!"
DS9Sisko 3 years ago 9
now you said a mouthful there. ENJOLI! maybe that should be her campaign song.
laron214 3 years ago
thats fricking hysterical.. LMAO. ROTFDWACDMT
XanaFag 3 years ago
It is the personification of VP candidate Sarah Palin.
wubis 3 years ago
lmao i find this song so ticklish, its even funnier cuz its my name hardy har-har lol
ENJ0LI 3 years ago
i loved this song i still remember it i got the cologne because of the song the song wsa better then the cologne lol
george319 3 years ago
i remember this!
Cattt01 3 years ago
LMMFAO I was in Walmart of all places and I saw a bottle of this crap sitting on the shelf and I started singing this stupid song, lol. I'm glad I found it, brought back memories.
JMansfield34 3 years ago 3
I didn't think Enjoli was still around.
Eric19401 3 years ago
Ha ha, I remember this well, and all the words to the song. The things we kids heard (and remembered) growing up in the 70s!
Gingercat662 3 years ago
I remember this commercial when I was a kid and I would dance around in my underwear singing into a fry pan.
Good times!
ElizaDay66 3 years ago 3
I remember this commercial when it was first out and couldn't stand it then and still can't stand it 30+ years later. Still a great commercial to post on youtube.
tommybass40 3 years ago
i know that's right girlfriend. YOU ARE A WOMAN!!! she's just doing what women have alwahys had to do-be all things to all people.
laron214 3 years ago
rite-on
george319 3 years ago
That was AWESOME! I remember SINGING and DANCING to this commercial, acting all sexy (TRYING to, anyway!). Hey, I was only a KID then! LOL! Thanks for the memories!!! :P
dibbie67 3 years ago 2
hahaha me too
dsylla 3 years ago
I grew up in the 70's and I remember everyone laughing this off! Did not seem realistic then but it's a classic. I love it. The song has gone and off in my head ever since.
dawniemc123 3 years ago
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kapazas2002 3 years ago
"Forget the money, honey, fry me some bacon! I'm hungry! Then hold your breath while I tell you about my day! And oh yeah, I got you some pink rubber gloves to wash dishes with because I like to spoil you!"
OMG I could have gotten away with that in the 70s but now if I said that to a woman, there would be bloodhounds hunting me down and Hillery Clinton would crucify me to Washington Monument! Oh well... just jokin'.
aramanth 3 years ago 3
Pssst, TWOP readers... think the poster who linked to this could be Ramona, herself?
katece 3 years ago
Ah yes, Mom got one of those 4 piece sets from Woolworth's as a Christmas gift from someone along th way...ther was always a fullsize bottle, a purse size (that somehow always leaked in her purse), a dusting powder, and a lotion. And I remember every man thought this was the ideal woman.