Handsome Arabian stallions, the ruins of desert temples, or realistic geometric art from a mosque were occasionally pictured on advertising used to sell Egyptian style cigarettes. However, it was the mystique of harem girls from Arabia, Turkey, India, and Egypt that cigarette manufacturers usually relied on to catch a smoker's attention. The American Tobacco Company, and later the P. Lorillard Company, advertised their popular straight-Turkish tobacco brands with numerous ads picturing seductive Middle Eastern women. The small tobacco manufacturers producing the minor Egyptian cigarette brands didn't advertise much. When they did, oftentimes the result was superb art that was the equal of ads produced by the major cigarette makers.