Chanel No 5 Advert U.K. 1970

[LadyGHorses]

I was delighted to find this ad after years of searching. So fascinating to know I was not the only person to have remembered its magic all these years....What was it about this ad that touched so many? I can only think it represented a moment of glorious possibility during our childhood, I so wanted to be that girl when I grew up, and a dab of Chanel No 5 could make it happen! I grew into a different woman altogether but I never forgot the glamour of this lady and wonderful ad.

[nabz2011]

Few top fashion marks registration number plates for sale eg adidas AD11DAS, Chanel CH11NEL, ed hardy ED 11RDY

[defcon5i]

@nabz2011 Chanel Black transit van passed me on the M1 a few years back with the registration NO 5

[MrParsley123]

Why don't we start a club dedecated to this genre! we could all meet every sunday afternoon when threre's nothing to do and sit around drinking doubonnet or campari and prattel on about the good ole days.....

[vidform]

This commercial is simply gorgeous. Does anyone know what song they are playing? It's an easy-listening piece with gorgeous strings, flutes and harps. Can someone please identify the music and artist/composer of that music? That would be very helpful. I don't think it's by Henry Mancini or Percy Faith. Not sure but would love to find the name of that song and who recorded it. Thanks.

[MrParsley123]

Del525i-Your talking my language del! i didn't get where i am today by.........

[del525i]

I was 11 years old when this ad was first shown. I thought it was pure class. Even then it showed higher standards in advertising than the instantly forgettable trash thats churned out today. Some adverts are so bad now, I wouldn't even buy the product that it was trying to promote, out of principle.

[JHollowayNetwork]

Shorter Version?

[rgpietru]

@JHollowayNetwork I thought so too. Strangely, I've *heard* a version of this commercial that is longer. It's sampled by both Saint Etienne and Meat Beat Manifesto.

[gvt2u]

Is this where Brian De Palma got his inspiration for the museum scene in 'Dressed to Kill?'

[victorialucas38]

An idealised vision of romance, but no less wonderful for it. There's something about the music and the dreamy quality of the film that makes it such an alluring and exquisite snapshot of less pornographic times. If only it could really be like this ad, so much more appealing than 'Fancy a shag?' Perhaps I should start visiting a few more art galleries!

[jeffrags2]

I wish this world really existed.

[jeffrags2]

Very cool.

[starlightfred]

I fell in love with the girl when I first saw the ad on TV back in the seventies (black and white TV in my case) as we are the same age and she represented something so beautiful and elusive. Whenever I heard the music I would rush to the set to watch her again. The image of how she looked has stayed in my memory and I've often tried to source a copy of it. Thank you so much for posting it on You Tube.

[commenting2008]

''From £300 to £3.19'' - the current price for a 30ml parfum is £178.00. £300 in 1970s - does it mean Chanel used to sell mammoth sized bottles of parfum? I know the largest size they sell now is 900ml but only very rarely...

[angleeny]

so nice,so romantic

[Hamballdoll]

This advert is fantastic !!! I Love it !! It is such a gentle, nostalgic, romantic type compared to the "in your face" adverts of today....The music is great and really evokes the era as does the fashion and style ....... I wonder if you can buy a DVD with all these lovely 70's ads on [including this one] and I agree there is just something about this ad that makes you feel happy.........?

[scotsburd63]

@Hamballdoll Agreed!! I distinctly remember seeing this advert as a very young child and being enthralled by it... even at such a young age. I couldn't wait to grow up and have a flat in London with all those fabulous paintings! :) :)

[Deluxeblood]

ak british, always need to end with price... :D

[clemdane]

I wish I had a white pantsuit, white sofa and big white telephone.

[MrParsley123]

I was seven when this advert was released and has been in my mind ever since, great snapshot of the era.He looks like Ray Mancini.

[MsPeaper134]

she is pretty, but look a bit like a barby

[RichRedux]

Advertising's apotheosis in 30 seconds. It creates a world and a story and a feeling with such economy. And the soundtrack! The companion advert, "Gentleman's Club" also has a beautiful jazz flute riff that has stayed with me over all the years between. Now, if someone could post that, too...

[ra86226]

i love the music in this commerical too! I wish they had a cd. it would be great background music for a dinner party

[widerling]

Unfortunately my friend,i have noo idea.But if you like the whole seventies mellow vibe,you should you tube Jean Pierre Mirouze - Sexopolis.Perhaps that might invoke the groovy spirits of that era?

[vidform]

@RichRedux Where can I find the companion advert called "Gentleman's Club"? Is it for Chanel No 5 also? I'd love to hear the music in that commercial too if I can find it.

[RichRedux]

@vidform What I remember is an advert for Chanel in the early 70's, where a woman (Catherine Deneuve, perhaps?) disguised in a tweed jacket and hat invades the stuffy atmosphere of a gentlemen's dining club. The music was a beautiful jazz flute riff which has stayed with me over the years. 30 seconds of heaven. But there is no trace of this anywhere on the net. Did I imagine it...?

[njm1971nyc]

I wonder what you got for £3.19 ! Talc?!

[Witheredgoogie]

That was before decimalisation . 3 pounds 19 shillings nearly 4 pounds actually (a shilling was 5p in todays's money).

I say Bossrat is related to one of those two people and I win £20? :-)

[moodybluejays]

@Witheredgoogie - Sorry but that ad was AFTER decimalisation.

[bossrat]

@moodybluejays This ad was before decimalization.

[mrsgarrettrocks]

love it! thanks

[bossrat]

See SchtumUK's comment.

[catlover3033]

Ok, thanks. Great ad and love the music!!

[catlover3033]

Does anyone know the music to this advert please??????

[Clyne999]

many thanks unigateman!

[unigateman]

Its funny everything you see in the ad would is again in mode from the paintings

artv deco and fashion.

[kiribula]

@unigateman It never went away

[chesterlover4eva]

wow its sooo old! cool!

real high class stuff

[Clyne999]

There was another pefume ad from the seventies which featured Carol Royale strolling thru a Gentlemens Club..the music for that ad was quite good too..does anyone have it?

Cheers..heres to nostalgia!!

[deanhodgetts]

God. YOU remember that too?

I have looked for ages on YOu tube for this. WAS it chanel?

It was jazz piano wasn;t it?

[Clyne999]

pure magic!

Does anyone have the advert for Charlie perfume? It was from the 70's also..featured one of the Charlies Angels ladies!!

Peace

[unigateman]

just watched it, its with shelley hack

type charlie perfume 1970s

[TenerifegurlX]

channel i think smells like grandma perfume not for say teenage girls

[portlanddave654]

great advert. fab memories.

[flamelupe]

That man looks exactly like owen wilson

[bossrat]

Have an eye test!

[leire0027]

@flamelupe

thought the same before I read your comment

[inlovwivhorses]

I used to LOVE this advert! It's the music that's so beautiful and the whole feel of the story. I can't beleive I've found it on Youtube! Thank you - whoever put it on!! I have to get the St Etienne cd now, just to hear it sampled! There IS a God!!

[widerling]

Do you by chance know which song st etienne sampled it for?

:)music for this ad is fab.

[ra86226]

I' m dying to know who composed the music for this ad. I love it!

[nikkiloveh]

i wasnt even born in the 70's like,

but this adverts great

[Efferpheasants]

Why is this so wonderful? I cannot put my finger on it but it is.

[glitzydebs]

Pure unadulterated class. Anyone remember a perfume called smitty?Now that advert was great too. Can't find that one on here but just loved this chanel blast from the past.

AAAAHHHH.

[astr4004]

Also sampled on Saint Etienne's SO TOUGH album. Klarssy.

[ILIUSCOV]

I wish chanel was £3.19

[scrumpyprop]

This and the martini ballon advert were the reason a 5 year old at that time went on to work in advertising

[sewitt60]

1970! I remember it like yesterday. I thought it was the best ad going. And the music is class.

[nix4pool]

Great bit of nostalgia , remember xmas in the 70's when it was on , great , cheers for posting.

[morriconemonk]

Thanks for leaving this clip. Does anyone know if the video for an old Bacardi advert set (probably) in the West Indies with quotes like "catching the last bus home" is out there? I remember loving the music.

[smblondy]

I always remembered this advert from my childhood, it was only on at Christmas time, and I really loved the music, shame it was so short.Thanks for putting on.

[Witheredgoogie]

Remains an absolutely gorgeous film (all 30 seconds of it LOL), that for some reason or other touched many and traveled  down the years in our minds. I wonder what happened to the girl? So nice to see it again thanks.

[glitzydebs]

Oh loved every second of this. I cannot beleive it was here. That music takes me back to my mum's living room and really beleiving one day I'd be that gliytzy Chanel girl. Pure class.

Thankyou

[vinceworlwind]

I too thought this ad was really cool & sophisticated as a child (they ran it every Christmas throughout the 70s)....... But now, after seeing it again - How cringingly cheesy!!! - just goes to show how things have changed & how the public's aspirations have altered ....they really were such grey, dreary times for most of us (and yep,I agree, the artwork is appalling)

YET ANOTHER BALLOON FROM MY YOUTH JUST GOT BURST .....

[kiribula]

@vinceworlwind What ? The artwork is great ! Cheesy though, yes, but the interior, art, music, suits etc, all great....

Not mud-Slits-y though, eh ;) :P

[robbiebabes]

I was 8 or 9 when this ad was aired and often thought how classy it was. If it were re-made in the modern world, the girlie would probably be knifed and av er 'ead fackin kicked in for not lookin wher she's fackin goin...(!)

[lexden1]

sorry everyone I mean 'ad' not add (obviously got too excited!)

[lexden1]

I too absolutely loved this add and the music. I think I was very in love with the girl and the whole lifestyle that the add represented. This, the Martini and Flake adds made the early seventies so glamorous. What's gone wrong??

[publicconveniences]

a beautiful piece of music - truly haunting Remembered this piece 35 years and hummed it often before seeing this, my guess is Francis Lai wrote the music (see film Un Homme et une femme, also guess he thought his name or the name for the piece of music should not be made known even though this is a top piece of music and advert. THANK YOU FOR PLACING THIS CLIP ON YOU TUBE!!! _ I MEAN IT - Its very strange how such a small piece can have such meaning all through our lives - GREAT.

[ra86226]

love it. wish I had a CD of the full version of the music

[bossrat]

Reading other comments, there is no such thing; it seems it was incidental to this advert only.

[ewokkev]

I too remember this ad from when I was a kid.

I used to love it and that beautiful sound track. I came across it by accident the other day and it brought back all those memories. By the way no way is the woman catherine denauve.

[robsentinel]

I remember seeing this advert in 1972 For some uncanny reason it has stamped itself as a memorable time in my life, especially the music, which I have never forgotten.

[jhanlon18]

I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast in 70/71. Then again being nearly 45 I would! God I feel old!

[aspenwish]

Thank you for this! I'm younger than this vid, but I love it!

[mitchcc]

Remember watching this when I was a teenager

[25AUG1968]

Fond memories! Cheesy, in a good way. Mike S.

[RSLICKER]

no we cant now get a life or a job or both

[mymanga111]

please can anybody tell me who the actress and actor are in this advert? it would be useful to know.

[mediawavecomm]

Catherine Deneuve im pretty sure on this

[bossrat]

I'm pretty sure it's not!!

[mediawavecomm]

hmm sounds like you have a pretty good idea who she is. who is she??

[bossrat]

I don't know. It's not Catherine Deneuve, though.

[CassisLips]

Sorry, definitaly not.

[swoody42]

I have a feeling it was an English Actress called Deborah Grant.

[SchtumUK]

Thank you so much for posting this! :-)

I too have waited for over 36 years to see this again. I remember as a youngster sitting by the TV for hours on end with my cassette recorder trying to capture the music on tape, but the ad never came on when I was waiting for it.

Does anyone know who composed the theme? I wrote to the TV station at the time and was told it was written specifically for the ad but I dont recall the composer.

Haunting it most certainly is.

[swoody42]

Oh My God! I did exactly the same thing. Waited hours just to try and catch it on cassette. Never did, it always caught me out, but I so loved the music.

I really could have written you post, because its exactly what I did. Good to know Im not alone in my crazy ways..

[dmtubeuk]

this ad is used on a track by Meat Beat Manifesto on their 1992 album Satryricon. I'd never seen it until now, fantastic.

[bossrat]

Good work!  Which track?

[dmtubeuk]

It's called Brainwashed This Way/Zombie/That Shirt - the track is made up of loads of samples and speech from TV, films and ads. And the Chanel ad segues into some dialogue from Videodrome. It's a great track, check it out.

[chao1987]

''From £300 to £3.19'' VERY RARE advert

[LottLottie]

Exactly. How odd!

[peterbilt47]

Ohmy.

That is one skanky ad.

In a good way, though.

[JohnJenkinsLiverpool]

i have waited 36 years to see this advert again - i have always remembered the music - i am absolutely chuffed to be able to see it again -

[colin2468]

I agree with you seeing it again is like going back in time, the music is Haunting

[mymanga111]

do you know who the actors are-were they famous at the time or are they unknown?