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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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prettigyrl78 on

he doesn’t do it for me anymore…he looks like an old cat in the face now…i’m good…

Karen on

Okay, that was embarrassing to watch. Who honestly takes themselves that seriously anymore? It’s time for Chanel to change their branding.

Kathy on

WHY on earth would a classy perfume pick such a scruffy looking person to do their ad? B.P. is the example of bad
hygiene and careless appearance…. LOUSY choice for what was once considered an elegant fragrance–and the lines are just plain silly….He USED to be a classy guy… but years of Jolie and the kids have him nothing but tacky. Good money down the drain for this ad….

Amy on

Smoldering? Hardly. Trying to hard? Definitely. Not impressed with this commercial. At. All.

TaylorB on

Redo the ad…First, give Brad a haircut and a shave and return his hair back to blond…have Brad remain looking directly into the camera (our eyes) at all times.,,,and THEN you will have a sexy ad that speaks to women.

Bill on

Silly!

GildaGirl on

Didn’t seem very real. He could just stand there and smolder… and his deep, husky voice is lovely to hear. But those lines? Cheesy!!! Com’mon, Chanel folks… can’t you do better than that?

na on

“smolders”… old fart’s more like it

audra on

No way, acting really bad here. Many much more attractive men out there in Hollywood of the same age. I’ll take Hugh Jackman or Patrick Dempsy.

Marie Smith on

He is old

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