Cointreau - 1990

Two versions of an Australian ad for Cointreau orange liqueur.

Now when I was a young, ankle-biting rugrat (when this ad first screened) I had no idea what this ad was about (let alone what Cointreau actually was - I was a good boy ;).

Many years have passed and I'm *still* mystified by this ad - all I know is that it rates rather high on the pretentiousness scale for me!

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Entertainment

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• cointreau
• ad
• australia
• 1990

[ringwoodisbest]

Judging by the satisfied look on the man's face, I always thought he'd found intrigue in both the woman and drink; the woman leaves (he's somewhat dishevelled) but at least he's still got his Cointreau. Something of a profound metaphor?

[Kav1989]

Thank you very much for posting these ads!!!

I was looking all over the web for them and couldnt find them.

[fletcherm]

Me too! How weird! Its like, he sends her over a cointreau and then she disappears! Whats the message supposed to be? "Drink cointreau, it scares women away." Or maybe: "Drink cointreau, it makes you hallucinate beautuful women are around you when there are,in fact, none around."