The first example of international advertising is what we can call the " graphic adaptation " In this advertisement for the perfume Tuscany, there was a transformation of the ad's framework. The image background was adapted to the socio-cultural environment of the hosting country. The substitution of a Mediterranean type " street scene " for an " Italian " type family scene is not insignificant. It aims at adapting the semiotic elements of the original iconography to the imagination of the targeted Arabic consumers and to life scenes that are more common in Arab societies ( the cafes and their terraces)