A television advertisement for a male body spray has been taken off the air in India after attracting backlash from celebrities and the public for appearing to make a reference to gang rape. Bollywood ...

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has invoked a special process called ‘suspended pending investigation’ (SPI) to suspend the ads aired by Layer’r Shot, a deodorant brand owned by ...

Ever noticed a woman so smitten by how a man smells, that she leaves all her dignity behind, only to find herself in his bed, the morning after? That’s the stereotyped plot in almost every perfume ad ...

Every once in a while, an ad doesn’t just miss, it sparks a national debate. The Layer’r Shot perfume commercial did exactly that in 2022, for all the wrong reasons. What was intended to be a ...