All Four Calvin Klein "Obsession" Commercials (1985) | Written & Directed By Richard Avedon

[@grecomic]

I just noticed there's an actual sequence that the four commercials are designed to be viewed, based on the prop that she steals in each one. By the way the props gradually appear next to the perfume bottle, the sequence should be: King chess piece, flower blossom, tiny journal, black shawl.

[@TheFaustianMan]

It's scary to think there was a lucid thought in this cocaine fueled 80s fever dream.

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

Thank you for that observation. I must have seen these 1000s of times and never noticed that.

[@tomstanford7997]

I remember so many people used to respond with "huh?!" "what?!" So many people didn't get it and thought it was just plain weird. Still, the commercials were unforgettable so they work somehow. Saturday night live even imitated those commercials.

[@SanFranDentist94301]

I love high art 80s commercials, so I sought these out. Imagine my absolute pleasure to realize that at least one of them is from "The Great Gatsby"! I think another might be Franz Kafka. I was a very little person when these were released. I'm surprised that so many adults didn't recognize the literary allusions.

[@tomstanford7997]

@@SanFranDentist94301 I love the second one where the woman gets slapped. I remember when it originally came out and I saw it years ago. I was a teenager at the time. I remember I laughed my head off when she slapped that woman and said "Save me!". I was thinking Whaaaaaaaaatttt????!!!!! This was an early introduction to weirdness, for me, and I loved every minute of it! LOL!!

[@thenightporter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqtk3iLhc1qfLMsi=0fs7lCPUae3K3McH

[@islezeus]

So this chick runs through the entire family: the father in law, the husband, the mother in law, the son and the grandpa

[@dystopian2153]

😂🤣

[@halicarnassus8235]

It was the 1980s United States. Pure white cloudy sky upon inhale.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

The ad concept reminds me of a film from 1970 called “Something For Everyone” in which a young bisexual man seduces his way into an aristocratic clan in order to get at their wealth and steal their home and fortune.

[@halicarnassus8235]

@@JaesadaSrisuk Justice/Jae, Never long after Ones who can, and DO enjoy beds of Both Sexes, and enjoys it. Chasing those Dragons, to Each Their Own However. To Each Their Own.

[@grecomic]

@@JaesadaSrisuk There was a quite a few films from the late sixties to the early seventies with a 'stranger seduces an entire family' plot like "Teorema," "Angel, Angel, Down We Go" and "The Lickerish Quartet."

[@audgusto]

Every film student wished they made these.

[@Fiveash-Art]

If you want more of this stupid style .. go check out the new Dune movie.

[@veronicaalmeda8014]

Pretentious garbage maskeraded as tributes. This reminds me to that episode of Futurama "future stock" where the 80s guy decided to get some 'professionals' to do a new commercial for the company he was working at and they did the most "artsy" pretentious whack 😂 it was soooo 80s, like these Clavin Klein commercials, couldn't stop laughing. Whoever wrote for that show was genius.

[@grecomic]

All four "Obsession" Commercials (1985) + one "Obsession for Men" Commercial (1986)

[@ElFino013]

Had to come watch these after watching the SNL parody Compulsion Cologne.

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

The SNL skit in the 80s of these commercials with Phil Hartman was funny

[@NY32986]

the last one was parodied in Neil Young's "This Note's For you"

[@ElFino013]

Compulsion Cologne.

[@thenightporter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqtk3iLhc1qfLMsi=0fs7lCPUae3K3McH

[@thenightporter]

​@@ElFino013it was actually a cleaner/disinfectant... by Calvin Cleen. 😂

[@ElFino013]

@@thenightporter I was using the title that SNL used for the KZbin video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqtk3iLhc1qfLM

[@franciseric]

An episode from The Golden Girls brought me here😂

[@happypepi7939]

Me too... 🤣

[@MrRedacto]

I finally know what Dorothy was referencing on The Golden Girls!

[@Cyborcat]

Same!😆

[@assumptaai]

Haha i just ordered Obsession in 2024, these ads are too immaculate I hope i do justice to this drama when I wear it 😹

[@updog88]

I loved the scent, it was divine.

[@thenightporter]

Still does

[@nikoskonis]

Who is here because of the "golden girls" episode?

[@aquamarine6875]

which one?

[@presleywilson4492]

​​@@aquamarine6875All That Jazz S5 E10

[@harleyjones4100]

Me 😂😂😂

[@Virna__Drakou.]

@@aquamarine6875S5E10 “All that Jazz”

[@meropale]

One thing for sure, you remembered them.

[@ThompsonArt2022]

You have Dior Sauvage commercial with Depp, and then there is this lol. 2 of the best selling and smelling (generational) fragrances. I think people laughed at these commercials, what sold it was the samples in magazines. Celebs talking about CK. Then it was everywhere. I have a bottle and even though i wouldnt want to wear it everyday now, I wont get rid of it. I love to open and spray now and then, scent opens my mind to 90s and yes it still smells good to me. Also for an EDT, CK Obsession lasts for almost 24 hours it seems.

[@JC_Hope]

So these are the commercials Doroth Zbornak was talking about…

[@radixreuel7631]

Ahhh….The 80’s THE SMELL OF IT 🍰

[@dcap79]

But did anyone ever save her?

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

Yes Phil Hartman on SNL with Calvin Clean. Hilarious.

[@chapter_black3234]

Possession>Obsession>Compulsion 😂

[@ShikagoMale1]

Submission.

[@UMAMIMAMU]

Just realized they spoofed this commercial in Austin Powers. The scene where he's playing chess with Ivana Humpalot. "And Ivanna toilet made out of solid gold but it's just not in the cards, now is it?".

[@connormyles-peire2851]

It's Micky from Sexy Beast in the first clip!!

[@halicarnassus8235]

Remember Younglings and Oldlings, Avoid Anyone named Calvin, for they are Those who can Bring forth Love, Discombobulation and Obsession..

[@waseemukhanumar5161]

There is no doubt that now Obsession ❤️ perfume is a very unique perfume, I have been using it since 1990, I have never seen a perfume like it, its sweetness and its projection are amazing. Yes, I can't find any other perfume better than Obsession in Sweets Smell. Obsession perfume is my life.,,,❤

[@mattgilbert7347]

MR. PLOW

[@annalisavajda252]

I do like their ad campaigns and their clothes but Opium by Yves Saint Laurent was my preferred scent for years before everyone got sensitivity about strong perfumes.

[@myzavellvm]

Mi mamá me regaló ese perfume porque me obsesione de un joven que lo usaba 😅 1993 - 1994😂

[@PaulHairston]

I remember being a 5, 6 and 7 year old kid watching these commercials and wondering what the fuck they were talking about and when the fuck is Saturday Night Main Event coming back on.

[@presleywilson4492]

0:38 Iconic

[@SeanHenderson]

Save ne......

[@michaelobrien267]

Sally Jesse Raphael brought me here

[@sto59]

Josie Borain is the Obsession girl.

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

What are we supposed to save her from????

[@wesleystreet]

@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz Herself.

[@RichardX1]

Is that Ian McShane in the first ad?

[@Fiveash-Art]

These commercials are making my farts smell really bad. Peeling paint off the walls.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

These commercials were so weird and pretentious SNL mocked them in a parody.

[@emmarose4234]

So did In Living Color. And Raid. (The insecticide.)

[@mixumup1]

In living color brought me here lmao

[@jeremylewis8801]

Written by DOON ARBUS

[@Riva2025]

Save me from this BS

[@deniselane2500]

There are 5 ad's, not 4

[@clambarn1218]

There's no apostrophe in a plural noun, just and "s."

[@deniselane2500]

@@clambarn1218 'an' not 'and'

[@JMLCK78]

She seems BPD

[@Salemhub]

That slap was personal 😂ahhhhh the smell of it

[@JamesBWBevis]

Link to the SNL parody: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqtk3iLhc1qfLM

[@Riva2025]

Thank you... My Angel. Ah the smell of it.

[@JamesBWBevis]

@@Riva2025 LOL

[@motomototft]

Family guy brought anyone here?