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Brad Pitt Smolders in Debut Chanel No. 5 Ad

10/15/2012 at 09:00 AM ET

Brad Pitt is engaged to one of the world’s most beautiful women — and now he’s a smoldering spokesman for one of the world’s most quintessential beauty brands.

Pitt, 48, made his debut Monday in new ads for Chanel No. 5. Dressed casually, hair long and mood thoughtfully seductive, the actor appears in a black-and-white video spot that is a philosophical ode to love and longing.

“It’s not a journey, every journey ends and we go on,” Pitt recites in the 30-second ad for Chanel’s signature fragrance. “Wherever I go, there you are,” he adds quietly, looking directly into the camera in a sensual slow burn.

The ad was shot in London in May and directed by Anna Karenina filmmaker Joe Wright, who had previously worked on Chanel’s 2011 spots for Coco Mademoiselle, featuring actress Keira Knightley.

In promoting Chanel fragrances, Pitt, a father of six, becomes the company’s first-ever male spokesman, and joins a glamorous cast of beauties including Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve and Nicole Kidman. Pitt’s commercial airs globally Monday; print ads combining the star’s portrait and the perfume’s signature bottle debuted on Chanel’s website Sunday evening. Tell us: What do you think of Pitt’s sexy spot? Do you like the idea of a man advertising a women’s fragrance?

–Andrea Billups, reporting by Peter Mikelbank

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notsosure on

He looks old and worn out. Not to mention, looks like a billy goat. But his body is hard to beat. Phenomenal!

phre on

brad, you shouldn’t smoke so much pot before doing an ad. ;-)

(and yes, I DO find him attractive, but here he acts weird)

Janet on

I think “smolders” is carrying it a bit too far. He looks dirty, as in that he hasn’t had a shower in days.

Jester on

Huh??? I have to agree with others in that the commercial is strange, the acting silly and I must have missed the smolder…

Jenno on

Oh my. I am cracking up. It seemed like it would turn into a SNL spoof, but it didn’t.

Dawn on

I LOVE Brad and therefore this commerical. Its different…so what. Looks like i’m going to have to try Chanel #5. :)

Courtney on

Wow. I expected a lot more. I’m sorry, but that was really lame.

Bunnie on

He still looks like he needs a bath.

Debra on

Eww!

Macsjumpers on

Okay, so why do we need everything to be so complicated. I am all about beautiful poetry and culture. However, this is a perfume they want to sell. Who was the ad agency consulting on this deal? A woman wears perfume to feel attractive and attract men for one reason. An ad with a close up of Pitt kissing the neck of a beautiful woman with long dark hair and him saying Chanel No. 5 into the camera would have been highly effective. Sometimes things can be so overdone the goal is lost in translation. He is such a beautiful man and intelligent, but come on people, it is perfume!

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