Retromercial: Sharms (1976)

[MrAlleBeide]

Entspannung, Détente ... Viele Diktaturen fördern sie...unglaublich - Latvia Riga, 1976 Jahr , Dzintars Parfüms Fabrik !!! Lettland schon dann war anders als die Sowiet Union. SUPER!

[Nurikane]

Just curious is Sharms still around? BTW, the girl is cutie. ;)

[Nurikane]

... looks like Alicia Silverstone

[Prolia13]

estan errados imperialistas, lo que escucho es en ruso y el comerical se hizo en rusia no en lituania.

[chabba77]

I'm surprised a tune from the "evil, capitalist west" would be allowed to be used in an ad in the Soviet Union.

[thiagorbrandao]

latvia, ok but the leguage is? latvian rusian?

[charsiubau1]

so it is actually in Latvian instead of Russian?

[aizen012]

the voice you hear is in Russian. the company, that made "Sharm" - Latvian

[aytackurtuba]

tasucu tasucu tasucu

[dominique777]

I LIKE IT!

[U5096]

Luving' the 70's disco/electro version of Peggy sue! very Giorgio Moroder like lol! it sounds like cheesy 70's porn music

[welchm8]

I'm loving the synth Peggy Sue as well! Probably because it sounds not so much communist bloc as it does Eurotrash. Definite kitsch!

[celestinocamicia]

Performed by Orchester Anthony Ventura, I have the whole album, it's all made up of instrumental covers performed in the most cheez-pop way one can expect. By the way, it dates from 1979, so this is the oldest this advert can be, not at all 1976.

[dirtysnowflake13]

Is this to the tune of, "Peggy Sue" originally done by Buddy Holly? Crazy!

[Angeliciousundae]

Sharm . . . sharm! [winks]

[radamail]

Unless you were the wife of a Communist party official, who the heck could afford this stuff at the time?

[ZemplinTemplar]

Good point. :-)

[Zoeler]

in Soviet Russia, makeup puts YOU on.

[rogeroverclarence]

Commercials in Soviet Union? How was it possible.

[Fasouzafreitas]

Détente, détente...many dictatorships promove them.

[BennyProfane]

Buddy Holly must be turning over in his grave.

[LikaLaruku]

I gotta say... where's a paper bag when you need one? I've seen prettier zittier models at your local Burger King.

[MrJacMac1986]

@LikaLaruku I think she is good looking.I wish she could have defected and then i could have shagged her.

[ManfredDeJesus]

the way she wrote that inverted circumflex over the S makes me think its from Czechoslovakia or the like

[BenderyMD]

Latvia

[2twice]

The tounge rolling does make you feel dirty. I'm going to shower now.

[iluvjensen]

the colors and rose on the packaging are very solviet motifs and the model looks like she's kind of had a hard life (the rough hair and skin, not to mention bags under the eyes)- a wonderful revealing look communist era beauty!

[ohpuhleeze]

Who knew dark undereye circles were SEXY? I must be living in the wrong country.

[electrogeek77]

All the tounge-rolling in the brand name made me feel dirty.

[margann]

there is no winking in the ussr!

[drunki]

there's an official website of dzhintars, the maker of sharms. http://www.dzhintars.lv. and according to the website itself, dzhintars began making perfumes since 1849 in the Baltic States.

[carvenstud]

give me some vodka, now!!!

[HtotheB]

huh - Isn't this . . . capitalism?

[dianamherrera]

Most likely, it was a state-run company.

[unnamed00]

No, seems like it is a comercial for an imported (from Italy or France) cosmetics.

[Philflash]

Love that "Peggy Sue" soundtrack.