Thursday, October 25, 2012

Banned Ads - YSL Opium

Complaints that the advertisement simulated drug use means the Advertising Standards Authority have banned the advert.

Opium, a component found in poppies, is processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. YSL Beauté say that the name Belle d'Opium "suggests the addictive qualities of women who wear the fragrance, rather than the addictive effects of narcotics."