Thank you for this video! I bought the original Black Opium and was so confused by all of the different updated versions, but this is a great way of knowing which ones to go for in the future :)
Loving the “Intense” version of YSL “Black Opium” Line...my mom’s signature was “Opium,” which was strong stuff if you put on too much. When I was young, I would know if she was home by smelling her perfume lingering in the air👃🏻💙😁
My mom's signature scent is Opium as well, and mine is black Opium! You're right, hers is so strong I can smell her from across the house! 😄 Definitely not my style, but I kinda love it because I love her so much. But I do adore my Black Opium!
I have black opium, I want ALL of them and I also want the original I love and collect perfume plus my taste and nose is pretty advanced I see the beauty in may different scents even if I dont like them for my self fragrance is art ,beauty and expression and I respect it. thank you as always for sharing you are appreciated.
I am obsessed with Black Opium original.I spray it on my bed sheets, everywhere. I try not to use it all the time so I don't become immune to the smell. I need to try the flankers. Thanks for this.
I wear Black Opium and I'm a dude, it really confuses the ladies! Every now and then, I'd get a question on what cologne I'm wearing or how they really like the scent. Its drydown is one of the best I've ever smelt The thing is if you have a glance at me, you wouldn't think I'd wear such a cologne. I think that's what makes it interesting to use it
I have been loving the "normal" edp and the floral shock foreeeever! I just blind bought the Intense version and I am super excited. So much love for the Black Opium range
I LOVE Black Opium edp! Haven’t tried the others, but the licorice one sounds interesting ❤️ thanks for the video, I love Tresor La Nuit and didn’t realize so many of my favorite scents come from the same place❤️
Thank you so much! I just found and bought the Nuit Blanche based on your description and I'm so excited! I like the original but it was too vanilla for me and I adore caramel.
I like the Intense version best, I love this liqueur and absynt vibe, that makes it really completely different from other fragrances and very special.
I first smelled black opium back in 2014. Waaay too strong for my taste. In 2017 i bought my first desinger fragance, nuit blanche. It is still one of my favourites. I do not like floral shock and i find toilettes to have a poor lasting power. The intense version is great an i dropped several hints that i would like it for valentines day :) i love the more mint like tone
@@SokiLondonthank you! Mainly its the vanilla, it gives me a headache in the original one. Maybe its something with my skin which makes the intense one react better?
I love the EDP, wearing it almost everyday, I also have the EDT, but I'm not really into it, I don't know, I can't appreciate the EDT version.. currently waiting for my pure illusion to arrive
To all designer perfumes!!Please we dont need EDTs. Perfumes are already weak enuff as it is..I wish ALL designer brands would step it up a notch &make perfumes stronger..it might do them good....for the sensitive heads that think everything is too strong..dial back on ur sprays..spray one time on ur wrist...if that's still too much than Perfume simply ain't for ya..body splash might be a better choice. For the price it's just better to have things stronger. It will last longer too. I see everybody on youtube spraying 20-30 sprays just to get performance or longevity. .that's ridiculous and just goes to show how weak designer Perfume companies have gotten ..and now the sensitive heads wana complain and make it weaker!!!???? Oh No!!!!! That infuriates me!!! And ruins it for genuine perfume (not weak edt) lovers!
I really am enjoying your perfume videos...they are very helpful when choosing my next fragrance....I am obsessed...you are very good at describing the scents....thank you
Hello! Yes, I was there when Opium originally launched. It was always my Christmas and special occasion perfume. I would really like to try these. Thank you, so much for the wonderful reviews. LO
I remember smelling it from a magazine sample while still a teen and ABSOLUTELY being blown away by the scent. It truly leaves a lasting impression so now, 5-6 years later, I stumble across it while browsing Amazon but really don't want to regret buying this product. All these different versions are so confusing....and there is no return/refund option with amazon perfumes. I wanted to get the Black opium with the gold color in the center. I didn't see that version in this video. Which one is your favorite/would you consider being "the best?"
I have the edt, Nuit Blanche, neon, intense and hair mist in 1oz or 3 oz bottles. My favorite is the edp which I only have in a purse spray. I have no idea why. 🤷🏽♀️
I guess it varies from one person to another. I did just 1 spray on my wrists today like 12 hrs ago and I can still smell the fragrance lightly lingering.
Black Opium EDP was my first designer perfume ever in life and everytime I smell one, it brought me back to 2016 Melbourne days 😁 I happen to just bought a bottle today. For the old day's sake 😁
I have feeling like I bought wrong version. In store I smelled strong coffee note at first and then warm vanilla. I felt so comfortable in it. And then because of sale online(same store, just online) I ordered classic Black Opium and it smells mostly like pear on me. I have feeling that the one I liked was La Blanche Nuit version.
I just found my old empty bottle of YSL BELLE D’OPIUM on top of my display cabinet in my living room !! Last few sprays left , and it’s still Okayish ! 😅 no... it has gone off and the juice has turned brown .!! It’s so expensive to buy now ! 😭😭
I preferred the original. Cannot stand these new varieties. Can't stand that cheap floral/flower scent. The original Opium body creme was a much lighter scent than the parfum/toilette sprays and I see that the company decided to get rid of the original Opium Body Creme now as well, no warning whatsoever. I'm disgusted that everything I and my mother have used for 40/50 years are going away. I've also noticed my back up @ Chanel No.5 is now weaker and not at all like it used to be. Thanks for the vid, if you ever find something comparable to original Opium toilette and/or Opium Body Creme (the lotion/moisturizer, nothing like the creme) - Please let us older folks know. Thank you.
I just have a doubt! I will smell the cafe in the edt also!? Would you prefer the edp or edt!? It’s came to me a opportunity to by in a cheap price the edt version and I love de edp! I don’t know if it remember the edp I love!!
Hi, I don’t speak English very well!! But I could understand all the differences between each of them! (Is that right the way I wrote? Kkk ) Tanks! I love your accent!! I am Brazilian by the way! Beijos beijos
Was there an Opium perfume for women or men in 1970s or 1980s? I’m looking for this perfume that my classmate’s mom or dad used to wear when I was in grade school and I can’t remember the name. I can’t forget the scent. I can’t stop thinking about it what it could be 😭. The perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier’s Scandal has some notes that I smell that particular scent in it for a few minutes. I’m wondering now what perfumes are similar to that scent from the 80s. Or is it Opium...do you know the notes of the 80s Opium?
Please help me. I have got Black Opium from my mother for Christmas. (We are Hungarian, living in Budapest) I have never smelled such terrible smell like that. All the perfumes I have ever got from her were excellent. But this one... I get sick of it. What's wrong? Can it be possible that I have a fake product?
@@SokiLondon Thank you for writing back. :) Well, it is not easy to explain this, I thought it might be the coffee in it, something that for me cannot really be part of a perfume. At first I thought it's just a matter of taste. Different people have different preferences. But the more I smell it the more my stomach turns upside down. There cannot be such a deep gap between people's tastes I think. I will definitely go to the shop where my mother bought it for me and smell another one. The shop assistant didn't want to sell the one my mother chose but she sold her a bigger perfume and said there is just a little difference in price and she should take that She persuaded her to buy the bigger one...
Thanks I was worried as I took a risk leaning towards the fruity 2017 scent over the original despite already liking the original I didn't want it to be too overpowering while she was at work. Fingers crossed she likes it! Thanks
im a teenager and i was wondering which one i should go for. something sweetish and vanilla-y but not too mature if that makes sense? what would u recommend?
My husband sent me out with his card and told me to get it for myself. I got the original fragrance and I’m obsessed. 🥰🥰 I also got him Versace Eros Flame. 😍 He smells like a god.
Thank you so much for the video ! Though I'm not great at these things so can you recommend which one is best as a gift to someone who likes shalimar and hypnotic poison ? Thank you.
Hi! So they are both very heavy and strong. So to be honest I wouldn’t recommend any of these, original opium is similar to shalimar. If you want to get back opium though go for the intense one
I’m so glad for this review 🥰 .. my mom loved girl of now perfume the pistachio one since she said it was sweet and with her birthday coming I wanted to get her something she don’t own already and that it’s sweet as well and that caramel milk chocolate box you talk about. Got me at “hello is it you I been looking for “🤣 so I just bought it .. thank you as always for your wonderful reviews so far I have loved the perfumes I have gotten by your descriptions so I kinda been buying blind here 🤣 but they are just like you describe them to be 🥰
@@SokiLondon i’ll look into it ty! i’ve ordered a ysl black opium edp sample and i remember hating it because i found it too sweet but now, smelling it again 2 years later, i love it! funny how our taste changes overtime
Opium black edt original is the best for me from all of them, but Iam not that keen on vanilla, this one is not just sweet, there is a twist with tea and sort of metallic note, which makes it interesting, and the lasting power is very good on me so it depends.
I’ve Just Recently Bought The Black Opium Over The Weekend From Walgreens I Thought At First It Might Be Fake Because The Scent Didn’t Last Long And It Also Didn’t Give Me That Wow Factor That I’ve Seen In Other Reviews Wish I Came Here First I Don’t Like This Perfume At All
I still have my big bottle of original Opium that I received as a gift back in 1996. It’s still 75% full coz it’s always been too strong to wear too often. I actually have quite a few vintage perfumes. If I’d known that they would be changing and weakening the original formulas, I’d have purchased more bottles. Too late now. Ah that’s ok, I’m much more in love with Dior Addict and Tom Ford Musk Pure. And Creed Princess Oud and TF Oud Wood, Black Orchid. Oh and how can I forget my beloved Mugler Angel.
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Black opium is my fav. It's my signature scent. The best!!
Thank you for this video! I bought the original Black Opium and was so confused by all of the different updated versions, but this is a great way of knowing which ones to go for in the future :)
That Nuit Blanc sounds like it would be a great scent for bday gift to the wife.
Loving the “Intense” version of YSL “Black Opium” Line...my mom’s signature was “Opium,” which was strong stuff if you put on too much. When I was young, I would know if she was home by smelling her perfume lingering in the air👃🏻💙😁
My mom's signature scent is Opium as well, and mine is black Opium! You're right, hers is so strong I can smell her from across the house! 😄 Definitely not my style, but I kinda love it because I love her so much. But I do adore my Black Opium!
I love opium but put it on in the morning if I’m going out at night. One squirt is more than enough 😄
I have black opium, I want ALL of them and I also want the original I love and collect perfume plus my taste and nose is pretty advanced I see the beauty in may different scents even if I dont like them for my self fragrance is art ,beauty and expression and I respect it. thank you as always for sharing you are appreciated.
Very well said
@@foreverfallon7460 awww thanks 😊
Agree.
I am obsessed with Black Opium original.I spray it on my bed sheets, everywhere. I try not to use it all the time so I don't become immune to the smell. I need to try the flankers. Thanks for this.
I wear Black Opium and I'm a dude, it really confuses the ladies! Every now and then, I'd get a question on what cologne I'm wearing or how they really like the scent. Its drydown is one of the best I've ever smelt
The thing is if you have a glance at me, you wouldn't think I'd wear such a cologne. I think that's what makes it interesting to use it
I have the black opium intense and I really like it
I have the same as you black opium intense
I have been loving the "normal" edp and the floral shock foreeeever! I just blind bought the Intense version and I am super excited. So much love for the Black Opium range
I LOVE Black Opium edp! Haven’t tried the others, but the licorice one sounds interesting ❤️ thanks for the video, I love Tresor La Nuit and didn’t realize so many of my favorite scents come from the same place❤️
Aw so glad you like it !
Black opium intense is the best! 👌👌
I love that u described the whole range and year? they ćame out.
Thank you so much! I just found and bought the Nuit Blanche based on your description and I'm so excited! I like the original but it was too vanilla for me and I adore caramel.
Same!
Thank u for this review! I love Black Opium and was curious about the accompanying scents and this was super informative
I have the black opium and I love it...just because I love strong sweet smell...watching you right now I need to get more of the black opium range..🤗
I like the Intense version best, I love this liqueur and absynt vibe, that makes it really completely different from other fragrances and very special.
Oh the good old days 20yrs ago when ALL perfume was much stronger
Your review are very helpful. In store, I Don't want to try to ask for the differences between two, so for all the range I can forget it.
Aw so glad they’re useful !
I first smelled black opium back in 2014. Waaay too strong for my taste. In 2017 i bought my first desinger fragance, nuit blanche. It is still one of my favourites. I do not like floral shock and i find toilettes to have a poor lasting power. The intense version is great an i dropped several hints that i would like it for valentines day :) i love the more mint like tone
Aw I hope u get it for v day! Interesting u like the intense but find the original too strong 🤔
@@SokiLondonthank you! Mainly its the vanilla, it gives me a headache in the original one. Maybe its something with my skin which makes the intense one react better?
Im pretty sure they changed their formula of the original one and it’s less intense
A question between nuit blanche and black opium to which vanilla is most intense?
Nuit blanche
@@Its.sweetWanderer thank you very much
Christine C you are welcome ☺️
I love the EDP, wearing it almost everyday, I also have the EDT, but I'm not really into it, I don't know, I can't appreciate the EDT version.. currently waiting for my pure illusion to arrive
To all designer perfumes!!Please we dont need EDTs. Perfumes are already weak enuff as it is..I wish ALL designer brands would step it up a notch &make perfumes stronger..it might do them good....for the sensitive heads that think everything is too strong..dial back on ur sprays..spray one time on ur wrist...if that's still too much than Perfume simply ain't for ya..body splash might be a better choice. For the price it's just better to have things stronger. It will last longer too. I see everybody on youtube spraying 20-30 sprays just to get performance or longevity. .that's ridiculous and just goes to show how weak designer Perfume companies have gotten
..and now the sensitive heads wana complain and make it weaker!!!???? Oh No!!!!! That infuriates me!!! And ruins it for genuine perfume (not weak edt) lovers!
I really am enjoying your perfume videos...they are very helpful when choosing my next fragrance....I am obsessed...you are very good at describing the scents....thank you
Thank you 🙏
Your videos have been incredibly helpful.
Glad you think so!
Hello! Yes, I was there when Opium originally launched. It was always my Christmas and special occasion perfume. I would really like to try these. Thank you, so much for the wonderful reviews. LO
I will never be without Black Opium EPP or the Nuit Blanche, I LOVE them both.
I remember smelling it from a magazine sample while still a teen and ABSOLUTELY being blown away by the scent.
It truly leaves a lasting impression so now, 5-6 years later, I stumble across it while browsing Amazon but really don't want to regret buying this product. All these different versions are so confusing....and there is no return/refund option with amazon perfumes. I wanted to get the Black opium with the gold color in the center. I didn't see that version in this video. Which one is your favorite/would you consider being "the best?"
I have the edt, Nuit Blanche, neon, intense and hair mist in 1oz or 3 oz bottles. My favorite is the edp which I only have in a purse spray. I have no idea why. 🤷🏽♀️
Black Opium original is not strong anymore. It’s been reformulated and it’s now weak and doesn’t last. It makes me so angry that they did that.
So is the intense one better now?
???
@@myrtleabigail This still lasts on me for 24 hours on my clothes. It doesn't come off my sheets if I spray for days. It still lasts fine.
@@buddy-yn9bd yeppp i have it rn it's amazing!
I guess it varies from one person to another. I did just 1 spray on my wrists today like 12 hrs ago and I can still smell the fragrance lightly lingering.
You are truly the perfume queen I love your videos they give me so much help to buy my wife beautiful fragrances thank you so much😎👍🏽
Aw thank you that’s very sweet 🥰🥰
I collect various perfumes, yes my one of my favorite is EDP YSL "Black Opium" this perfume most popular in Sweden. Thanks Soki! I
Black Opium EDP was my first designer perfume ever in life and everytime I smell one, it brought me back to 2016 Melbourne days 😁 I happen to just bought a bottle today. For the old day's sake 😁
enjoy :)
Every version is a winner.. Love them all.. Pity Nuit Blanche unavailable now in 2021..💖
I have feeling like I bought wrong version. In store I smelled strong coffee note at first and then warm vanilla. I felt so comfortable in it. And then because of sale online(same store, just online) I ordered classic Black Opium and it smells mostly like pear on me. I have feeling that the one I liked was La Blanche Nuit version.
Thank you for this review ! I love all of these.
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I would really like to know your opinion on these kinds of videos ...in terms of ranking
Great idea !
Did I read somewhere either black opium or the intense version is now considered unisex?
I like black opium intense version. So so so good staying power 12 hours. Better than black opium og version.
I just found my old empty bottle of
YSL BELLE D’OPIUM on top of my display cabinet in my living room !! Last few sprays left , and it’s still Okayish ! 😅 no... it has gone off and the juice has turned brown .!! It’s so expensive to buy now ! 😭😭
I preferred the original. Cannot stand these new varieties. Can't stand that cheap floral/flower scent. The original Opium body creme was a much lighter scent than the parfum/toilette sprays and I see that the company decided to get rid of the original Opium Body Creme now as well, no warning whatsoever. I'm disgusted that everything I and my mother have used for 40/50 years are going away. I've also noticed my back up @ Chanel No.5 is now weaker and not at all like it used to be. Thanks for the vid, if you ever find something comparable to original Opium toilette and/or Opium Body Creme (the lotion/moisturizer, nothing like the creme) - Please let us older folks know. Thank you.
Orient is similar or Estée Lauder Cinnabar
I just have a doubt! I will smell the cafe in the edt also!? Would you prefer the edp or edt!? It’s came to me a opportunity to by in a cheap price the edt version and I love de edp! I don’t know if it remember the edp I love!!
Edp is better for lasting !
Soki London tks! Here in Brazil anyone makes a video about the differences! Beijos
I feel that Black Opium can me unisex, it has similar vibe to TF Black Orchid
Super helpful!!!!
Great!
Hi, I don’t speak English very well!! But I could understand all the differences between each of them! (Is that right the way I wrote? Kkk ) Tanks! I love your accent!! I am Brazilian by the way! Beijos beijos
Hi Gerusa! Thanks so much to watching! Your English is great! I am going to try and put translations on my videos 👍
Was there an Opium perfume for women or men in 1970s or 1980s? I’m looking for this perfume that my classmate’s mom or dad used to wear when I was in grade school and I can’t remember the name. I can’t forget the scent. I can’t stop thinking about it what it could be 😭. The perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier’s Scandal has some notes that I smell that particular scent in it for a few minutes. I’m wondering now what perfumes are similar to that scent from the 80s. Or is it Opium...do you know the notes of the 80s Opium?
80s opium is still sold. It’s brown bottle and just called Opium. It’s very heavy oriental. Kind of like Chanel coco.
Thank you for this video!! I was wondering if the black opium intense is a lot different from the original black opium
Not majorly different, it’s stronger :)
Which one is better pls black opium orginal or black opium intence ?
Please help me. I have got Black Opium from my mother for Christmas. (We are Hungarian, living in Budapest) I have never smelled such terrible smell like that. All the perfumes I have ever got from her were excellent. But this one... I get sick of it. What's wrong? Can it be possible that I have a fake product?
Oh dear, perhaps! What’s wrong with it
@@SokiLondon Thank you for writing back. :) Well, it is not easy to explain this, I thought it might be the coffee in it, something that for me cannot really be part of a perfume. At first I thought it's just a matter of taste. Different people have different preferences. But the more I smell it the more my stomach turns upside down. There cannot be such a deep gap between people's tastes I think. I will definitely go to the shop where my mother bought it for me and smell another one. The shop assistant didn't want to sell the one my mother chose but she sold her a bigger perfume and said there is just a little difference in price and she should take that She persuaded her to buy the bigger one...
Thanks I was worried as I took a risk leaning towards the fruity 2017 scent over the original despite already liking the original I didn't want it to be too overpowering while she was at work. Fingers crossed she likes it! Thanks
Thanks 👍
Thank you too!
I've never smelled these I'm curious lol I see the word coffee in it and get scared lol
im a teenager and i was wondering which one i should go for. something sweetish and vanilla-y but not too mature if that makes sense? what would u recommend?
Hmm I think the original or floral shock :)
Girl Ysl mon Paris!!!! I’m 17 and get compliments all the time. Try all of the editions and get one!!!!!
@@SierraP such an amazing perfume, which is your fav ? 😍 I love the original mon paris 💕
My husband sent me out with his card and told me to get it for myself. I got the original fragrance and I’m obsessed. 🥰🥰
I also got him Versace Eros Flame. 😍 He smells like a god.
Thank you so much for the video ! Though I'm not great at these things so can you recommend which one is best as a gift to someone who likes shalimar and hypnotic poison ? Thank you.
Hi! So they are both very heavy and strong. So to be honest I wouldn’t recommend any of these, original opium is similar to shalimar. If you want to get back opium though go for the intense one
Thank you so much for the reply ! Could you recommend something else then, if it's not too much trouble ?
Sure! D&g The One. And Givenchy Organza
I’m so glad for this review 🥰 .. my mom loved girl of now perfume the pistachio one since she said it was sweet and with her birthday coming I wanted to get her something she don’t own already and that it’s sweet as well and that caramel milk chocolate box you talk about. Got me at “hello is it you I been looking for “🤣 so I just bought it .. thank you as always for your wonderful reviews so far I have loved the perfumes I have gotten by your descriptions so I kinda been buying blind here 🤣 but they are just like you describe them to be 🥰
Aww so glad I’ve been able to help 🥰
How is the longevity of the intense ? How many hours did it last on your skin ?
Honestly, maybe 4hrs
Simpaticaa Filipina 2hrs..it sucks
Got samples of Black Opium EDP and Black Opium Intense EDP. Which is your preferred one?
Intense maybe better for evening
@@SokiLondon one of my friends loves Angel, would the Intense be a similar fragrance?
Not really. Angel is praline and patchouli
Which is better in the term of sexiness abd longevity black opium original or intense version ?
Intense definitely :)
Soki London how long it does last ?
I doubt about the original and the intense
Which flanker is the less sweetest one
maybe floral shock :)
@@SokiLondon i’ll look into it ty! i’ve ordered a ysl black opium edp sample and i remember hating it because i found it too sweet but now, smelling it again 2 years later, i love it! funny how our taste changes overtime
@@SokiLondon which one do you think has the strongest coffee smell ?
Does anyone know if the floral shock edition has been discontinued? I've heard it has but its still listed on YSLs website
I think if it’s still on their website then it isn’t t discontinued:)
@@SokiLondon brilliant thank you so much! 😀
hi Soki, I purchase a black opium. How would I know if it's originl. thank you
If you buy from YSL counter or a large brand website.
@@SokiLondon thank you so much. keep up the Good work dear
Opium black edt original is the best for me from all of them, but Iam not that keen on vanilla, this one is not just sweet, there is a twist with tea and sort of metallic note, which makes it interesting, and the lasting power is very good on me so it depends.
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what do you think about ysl black opium neon water? I want to buy it but ı dont know how it is smell?
ah do you mean Neon? Not sure there is a neon water one. I like it is fruity!
@@SokiLondon o sorry only neon :)
I’ve Just Recently Bought The Black Opium Over The Weekend From Walgreens I Thought At First It Might Be Fake Because The Scent Didn’t Last Long And It Also Didn’t Give Me That Wow Factor That I’ve Seen In Other Reviews Wish I Came Here First I Don’t Like This Perfume At All
Oh dear. Yes I don’t find the original last a long time
I still have my big bottle of original Opium that I received as a gift back in 1996. It’s still 75% full coz it’s always been too strong to wear too often.
I actually have quite a few vintage perfumes. If I’d known that they would be changing and weakening the original formulas, I’d have purchased more bottles. Too late now. Ah that’s ok, I’m much more in love with Dior Addict and Tom Ford Musk Pure. And Creed Princess Oud and TF Oud Wood, Black Orchid. Oh and how can I forget my beloved Mugler Angel.
Hi Soki, I ❤️ Black Opium EDP. How you feel about Jimmy Choo... I could bathe in it. Lol 😆
Hehe lovely 😊
Flash my fav 🥰
Which one is more intense?
The intense one !
Is intense less sweet than edp?
I heard it was
I'm 15. Would it be a good perfume for me to wear and how long does it last actually?
Yes I think it would! Maybe 4/5hrs :)
Have you tried the neon yet? What was your reaction?
My video on neon: th-cam.com/video/BbsKp4kfRZI/w-d-xo.html
What’s a flanker ?
Isntshelovely It’s a variation of a successful perfume. Its name starts with the name of the original perfume, plus something to make it different.
The original is the queen B
Is it as good as normal opium and is it only on sale on Friday 🤣
Haha it’s completely different to original opium
I’m not a fan of fruity powdery scents,
where is your perfumes????
❤❤❤
She has THE WORST diction.
You’re a old grump, I feel bad for your dog .