Durex x Good Thymes.... If only

 Well after that Nok Nok ad it could have been worse (here)... But thankfully that was just... An April Fool's.... Oh well, seriously this could have been much worse.

NokNok, Durex and that.... perplexing Valentine's

Well, what can one say? I am not even sure how to understand that one. On the one hand, NokNok who basically delivers groceries all over "comes fast", on the other, it's the antithesis of anything Durex stands for, and yet here they are. Durex, well... comes fast, real fast. I am, to put it mildly, very perplexed as it all seems like shooting one's self in the foot, or some other organ. 

Durex gets down and dirty with the dreamer artist

Well, I thought it was too heavy handed. A friend thought it was funny.

Whatever it is, it grabbed attention. Which I think is the point of any ad.

First see here.

Durex is inviting its users to hum and sing in their "fannan halman" (or dreamer artist) and send the users' partners songs "that have a second taste" (or basically that have innuendos!)... In the ad being used they quote Lebanon's diva Fairouz and the title of her song "ta3a w la tiji" (come, but just don't)...

Yes. I know. Knowing that usually Fairouz' daughter Rima Rahbani is always up in arms about her parents' (including father Assi Rahbani) legacy - I still have no clue what they reaction would be. Usually Ms. Rahbani has her mother's lawyer on speed dial.

The reason why I said it was heavy-handed however had nothing to do with Fairouz, I just thought the whole ad (and program) was a tad too much. But hey, as I said, it did attract attention, and from the posted comments - already some controversy. 

Durex goes April Fools

So Durex went with an April's fool joke. A new line of condoms?

With a twist. 

Well, I am not the one to suggest blow jobs but honestly the ad suggest it vigorously, because the joke of the ad is that these are "shisha flavors" or hubbly bubbly/hookah. 

I mean come on, I am not the one with the dirty mind here but ahem!