Why we love this
Why we love this
Jack is a *massive* fan of Rock Face's products, so it was a happy coincidence that they're good at the copy aspect too. There's loads of stuff we love about this ad, not least of which how brazen it is to run an OOH campaign parodying a huge fragrance house. Love it.
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What we really love about this ad is that it's for a deodorant. Not an aftershave. Not a perfume. A can of spray that would ordinarily be mentally compared to Lynx or Dove.
It’s so clever, because…
👉 It makes the product feel more valuable. Instead of being an alternative to Lynx Africa or other cans of deodorant, RockFace becomes an affordable daily alternative to a £60+ bottle of fragrance. Smart.
👉 It signals quality without saying “premium” at all. If your can of deodorant can stand next to fragrance, you’ve already baked in those long-lasting, complex, smells-like-a-proper-cologne associations that make your product feel more premium. Double smart.
And seeing as they’ve just announced they’re launching after shave 6 months after these ads went out, that move makes even more sense in hindsight
Wicked smaht. Love it.
Think about how customers see your product within your category. Are you positioning your brand as one of many? Or are you making your brand seem like the obvious choice? Can you build stronger associations with your brand through the way you present your products? The way you describe them?
As we saw with Botivo a while ago, the way you choose to position your brand (or tie it to a specific moment or task or feeling) makes a huge difference to how well your messaging cuts through and how well customers respond to it.
