Opium (perfume)
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| [[1977]] : [[Yves Saint-Laurent]] launches Opium by [[Jean-Louis Sieuzac]] | [[1977]] : [[Yves Saint-Laurent]] launches Opium by [[Jean-Louis Sieuzac]] | ||
| - | "Opium" is the name of a perfume by Yves Saint Laurent. A poster advertising campaign for the perfume caused great controversy in October and November 2000. The posters showed a voluptuous model, [[Sophie Dahl]], photographed (by [[Stephen Meisel]]) lying on her back wearing only a pair of stiletto heels. The Advertising Standards Authority received hundreds of complaints from the public, and ordered the posters to be withdrawn on the grounds that they were too sexually suggestive and likely to cause "serious or widespread offence". | + | "Opium" is the name of a perfume by Yves Saint Laurent. A poster advertising campaign for the perfume caused great controversy in October and November 2000. The posters showed a voluptuous model, [[Sophie Dahl]], photographed (by [[Stephen Meisel]]) lying on her back wearing only a pair of stiletto heels. The [[Advertising Standards Authority]] received hundreds of complaints from the public, and ordered the posters to be withdrawn on the grounds that they were too sexually suggestive and likely to cause "serious or widespread offence". |
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1977 : Yves Saint-Laurent launches Opium by Jean-Louis Sieuzac
"Opium" is the name of a perfume by Yves Saint Laurent. A poster advertising campaign for the perfume caused great controversy in October and November 2000. The posters showed a voluptuous model, Sophie Dahl, photographed (by Stephen Meisel) lying on her back wearing only a pair of stiletto heels. The Advertising Standards Authority received hundreds of complaints from the public, and ordered the posters to be withdrawn on the grounds that they were too sexually suggestive and likely to cause "serious or widespread offence".
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