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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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sallyee on

wow, that’s one awful commercial!!!!!

MzBiz on

Uh, no. This was a bit boring. I would have preferred to see him without the facial hair. Walking down the hall of a luxurious hotel. He has just returned from a black tie event. He’s wearing a tuxedo but the shirt and tie are undone. Reciting his lines as he looks in the camera. That’s would be appealing..

amy on

Lame words and he looks ugly-its laughable.Smoldering my a&*

OneBlueGirl on

Purr! ♥

In My Opinion on

Brad’s STILL got it … always has, always will!

JD on

Cheesie is right. I agree with practically everyone else. Brad is a handsome man, but what is that “My luck, my fate, my fortune” nonsense? Who wrote this script anyway? NOT hot. Not to mention, he is looking away from the camera, so I am not being convinced he is sincere. It is like he is avoiding looking at us. Perhaps he was a bit embarrassed in doing this commercial too!

Poshcat on

It amuses me that he’s flogging a perfume when in real life, he and his fiance stink of of cigarettes above all else.

rebecca on

Brad Pitt does not look attractive here, at all. Dude looks worn.

Life goes on on

Awful

Diana on

He is so very, very hot. The commercial does not do him justice. I have so much respect for him and the good he does around the world. He has really grown into himself since 2005. It’s good to see American actors supporting world causes. So many hate him because of his “past choices”, but he made the right choices for everyone in the long run.

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