http://www.bellasugar.com en Copyright 1976-2012 Sugar Inc. All rights reserved. http://media2.onsugar.com/v1059/static/imgs/feeds/logos/bellasugar.jpg http://www.bellasugar.com http://www.bellasugar.com/Revlon-Jontue-2019850 <a href="http://www.bellasugar.com/Revlon-Jontue-2019850"><img width=160 height=122 src='http://media1.onsugar.com/files/upl1/2/20652/38_2008/jontue.large.jpg' /></a><p><span class="inline left"></span></p> <p>There's something about this vintage ad for <a href="http://www.revlon.com/ProductCatalog/ProductDetails.aspx?CategoryID=5&amp;SubCategoryID=16&amp;ProductID=120" target="_blank">Revlon Jontue</a> that makes me want it. I'm thinking it's because the commercial involves mist and horses and reminds me of <strong>The Princess Bride</strong>. Launched in 1975 with the tag line "Sensual... but not too far from innocence" (oh, that age old dilemma of womanhood), Jontue includes old-school notes like bergamont, <a onclick="if (window.shopSensePFlag===undefined) {this.href=this.href.replace(/pid=\d+/,'pid=puid20652');}return true;" href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Tuberose?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sugar-brand&amp;utm_campaign=2019850&amp;pid=22161&amp;pdata=onsugar1922153,2019850" class="ss_inline_link auto_link_filter no_shopsense_url_rewrite" title="Shop for Tuberose" target="_blank">tuberose</a>, <a onclick="if (window.shopSensePFlag===undefined) {this.href=this.href.replace(/pid=\d+/,'pid=puid20652');}return true;" href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Gardenia?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sugar-brand&amp;utm_campaign=2019850&amp;pid=22161&amp;pdata=onsugar1922153,2019850" class="ss_inline_link auto_link_filter no_shopsense_url_rewrite" title="Shop for Gardenia" target="_blank">gardenia</a> and sage.</p> <p>Even into the '90s, most perfume ads were still ethereal and vaguely equestrian, like the black and white commercials for <a onclick="if (window.shopSensePFlag===undefined) {this.href=this.href.replace(/pid=\d+/,'pid=puid20652');}return true;" href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Ralph-Lauren?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sugar-brand&amp;utm_campaign=2019850&amp;pid=22161&amp;pdata=onsugar1922153,2019850" class="ss_inline_link auto_link_filter no_shopsense_url_rewrite" title="Shop for Ralph Lauren" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a> Romance and <a onclick="if (window.shopSensePFlag===undefined) {this.href=this.href.replace(/pid=\d+/,'pid=puid20652');}return true;" href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Calvin-Klein?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sugar-brand&amp;utm_campaign=2019850&amp;pid=22161&amp;pdata=onsugar1922153,2019850" class="ss_inline_link auto_link_filter no_shopsense_url_rewrite" title="Shop for Calvin Klein" target="_blank">Calvin Klein</a> Eternity (which also included horses). Recent fragrance ads are more about sex, diamonds, and celebrity. Do you sometimes yearn for fragrance's ladylike past?</p> <p>To see the commercial for <a onclick="if (window.shopSensePFlag===undefined) {this.href=this.href.replace(/pid=\d+/,'pid=puid20652');}return true;" href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Revlon?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sugar-brand&amp;utm_campaign=2019850&amp;pid=22161&amp;pdata=onsugar1922153,2019850" class="ss_inline_link auto_link_filter no_shopsense_url_rewrite" title="Shop for Revlon" target="_blank">Revlon</a> Jontue, </p> read more<p>.</p> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDsPLNT2qq0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDsPLNT2qq0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> http://www.bellasugar.com/Revlon-Jontue-2019850#comment Perfume Revlon Revlon Jontue Nose Nostalgia Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:00:22 PDT BellaSugar http://www.bellasugar.com/Revlon-Jontue-2019850