Is there anyone who is able to help me to add the Absolut New Orleans limited edition bottle to my collection? Right now I am looking for full and sealed bottle for reasonable price including shipping fee to the Czech republic. If you have Absolut New Orleans bottle make me an offer to my email: maly@medvidek.cz. Thank you!
Updated: I have the bottle already. Thank you foryour help!
If you want to start collecting Absolut Vodka ads or just add more ads to your collection you have a chance to buy 325 Absolut Vodka ads on eBay.
At the same time lots of readers asking me where and how to get the Absolut New Orleans limited edition. Or Absolut Vodka Fashion Animal by C’N'C CoSTUME NATIONAL limited edition from France. So check out eBay too.
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Here we are with another new ad which was published in Greece. It is called ABSOLUT HAWAII and you are right - the image is old and very well known ABSOLUT NUNTUCKET or ABSOLUT SEABREEZE or ABSOLUT ESCAPE or maybe ABSOLUT SUMMER and some others. ABSOLUT HAWAII can be found in Exodos magazine (28/06/07-05/07/07).
This information was sent by Themis - the Greek collector. He would like to trade with all other collectors around the globe. If you need ABSOLUT HAWAII in your collection or just want to buy or exchange some other ads feel free to contact him on his email address: themishadji@yahoo.gr.
Did you notice that for a quite long time there were no new ads? I know that at the beginning of each new year the campaigns are just starting but you know… I would like to see something new from Absolut. Maybe there is another fact that Absolut - the Swedish state factory and brand is for sale and everyone is focused in this fact… Let’s see if there will be something new or (and) interesting. Meanwhile take a look on eBay for latest Absolut ads available for sale. There are some interesting ones ;) For example Absolut Designer Collection, Absolut Britto bottle, Absolut Environment poster signed by artist, Absolut Garcia hand signed by artist and some other Absolut Vodka stuff.
Everything started with the ABSOLUT HERITAGE campaign back in January 2004. It was just a small try to change the style of Absolut ads. And I have to say that these ads are not so bad (boring) as I thought in those days when you compare them to the latest ads produced since 2006.
Absolut Vodka was very well known for their clever ads where you have to smile when you see them and see those hidden stories in the background. But now everything is gone… Someone said it’s time for a change. When ABSOLUT RASPBERRI flavor came with the “street-style” ads in 2004 it was surprising that since that we had just about 6 different Absolut Raspberri ads (and their modifications). In every magazine we were able to see still the same ads, nothing new. ABSOLUT APEACH came in 2005. Since that we saw just 2 (!) different ads for Apeach. ABSOLUT RUBY RED launched in January 2006 came with just 3 ads where I didn’t see this Absolut Revelation ad at all.
All the flavor ads were interesting but it was something different we were used to. Together with that all the classic ads like “bottle focused ads” are not used in the USA anymore. Instead of that we can see artistic ads like FIND YOUR FLAVOR series and series of boring ads without any idea like this one, this one or this one.
Fortunately in Europe there can be still found some interesting ads with idea. I know that German series ABSOLUT CITY ATTACK was just recyclation of old ads but who cares. And of course sometimes there is something completely new like ABSOLUT THESSALONIKI.
Reason I write this article is the fact that I don’t like to see what’s happening and that all the Absolut Collectors community is disappearing. You can see it on eBay (for example) where few years back almost all Absolut ads found buyers. Right now there are almost no sales (although you can find some very rare ads there). And of course I can see it when I am talking with other collectors. Lots of them ended with collecting ads or planning to end. Some of them are still collecting because they don’t want to make the final decision. It is quite sad to see that…
Who knows… maybe the new style of ads attracts more new customers to the Absolut brand. Maybe it works to sell more bottles and that’s what it is all about. But…
I am not ending to collect Absolut ads… I will still inform about what is new in the Absolut Vodka world but I hate the situation which is last few years and I wanted to say that. What is your opinion? Did you stop to collect ads already? Do you think it is the time to stop now? Do you like the latest ads?
I was two weeks on holiday and ABSOLUT PEARS ads started appear around the States so I missed the chance to inform you in time. At least there is the list where you can find the first ABSOLUT PEARS ad called THE NEW TASTE OF TEMPTATION.
Playboy (February 2007, USA), Rolling Stone (1/25/07, USA), In Style (February 2007, USA), Cosmopolitan (February 2007, USA), Out (February 2007, USA)
Also, there is a 2 sided half page version of the same ad in the January 22 issue of US Weekly and Jan./Feb issue of Details magazine (USA).
There are two new Russian ads which have text written in Russian language!!! Something what would not be possible few years ago. Check out ABSOLUT TEORIA which can be translated as Absolut Theory. This ad can be found in Russian edition of GQ (December 2006). The second ad is called ABSOLUT CISTOTA (Absolut Clarity). Where this ad was found is unknown. (Sorry but I was not able to write the names in Russian because of the encoding of this page :/)
It looks like Spain is a promised land for Absolut collectors. There was just released second spectacular ad. It is called ABSOLUT ATTRACTION and can be found in Spanish magazine called NEO 2 (December issue). It is the scpectacular version of the Bling Bling ad with the trap. The gold bottle pops up and the gold trap pops out around the bottle.
ABSOLUT LOMO (2 pgs) ad by artist Dalek can be found in Gatopardo mag.# 75 sold in Sourh America. For information thanks to Rob.
