Retrophilia: The Pied Smoker
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Just look at the connection this couple is making just with eye contact alone! He's totally going to get lucky -- you can just tell. But what is it about this gentleman that gives him such power over women? Well, you'd never guess, so just make the jump. And apologies for the visual quality of this Retrophilia entry -- it's not one of mine, and this was the best quality image I could find on the interwebs.
Yes, that's right. He's smoking a mind control cigarette apparently. A little second hand smoke, and she's like putty in your hands. Go figure. I've never heard of these monstrosities before, but apparently they didn't think menthol was quite enough, so they flavored the tobacco with cherry, grape and blueberry. Crazy. And kind of disgusting-sounding. Like the taste of tobacco wasn't bad enough.
But I love the idea that they think "a puff in her direction and she'll follow you anywhere." Seriously? I can't stand when people blow smoke near me, let alone in my face! I'd love to see some statistics from this company proving just how many men were able to seduce prospective lays by blowing smoke in their face. Nevermind the fact that a real man probably wouldn't be caught dead smoking fruit-flavored cigarettes.
Although on the plus side, I'm sure the people who are paying $7-8 a pack to give themselves lung cancer would probably appreciate getting a box of five Tipalets for a quarter.
Wootini
Posted to Hot Stuff, Retrophilia on 3 November 2008
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The fruit-flavored tobacco they give you smoke in a hookah at certain Middle Eastern or North African restaurants is heck of delicious. FYI
I love retrophilia, but have never commented on it. This one needs comment, though.
I wonder what odd, subconscious stuff was going on when the graphics person (probably graphics guy given the era of the ad) made the smoke in the ad look like the woman has thick coating of Barbasol shaving cream on her chin.
Subtle homoeroticism? I mean, they are fruit flavored cigarettes....
SFDex: Barbasol? I think the subtext is a lot less subtle than that. (But not necessarily less homoerotic.) Having worked in advertising, when the headline reads "Blow in her face", I think the smoke is really the second fiddle here. And I'm sure none of it was subconscious—rather, it was what they could push past the censors.