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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

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artificialintelligence_bornunicorn (6)Monica (Frances O’ Connor) and Henry Swinton (Sam Robards) are getting ready to go to a party. She’s just worn her favourite perfume, which her husband loves.

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artificialintelligence_bornunicorn (8)David (Haley Joel Osment), a highly advanced robotic boy who’s staying with them, desperately wants to be loved: for this reason, he wears Monica’s perfume.

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chanel_cocoperfume_bornunicornUnfortunately, he’s used all her Chanel Coco perfume, which is very hard to find in the future envisioned in the film.

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stars' vanities/make-up cases/cabinets in real life

Marc Almond’s Dressing Table (2014)

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marcalmond_dressingtable_bornunicornMarc Almond shared this picture of his dressing table some months ago. He was having sore throat issues, so there are some throat pastilles, too.

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vaseline_liptherapyoriginal_bornunicornI can see UltraDex recalcifying and whitening toothpaste, No7 Beautiful Skin cleansing balm, Moroccanoil molding cream, Redken Wax Blast 10 styling hairspray and Vaseline Lip Therapy petroleum jelly balm.

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Pane, amore e… (1955)

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When Comandante Carotenuto (Vittorio De Sica) first meets Donna Sofia “‘a Smargiassa” (Sofia Loren), he comments on her perfume. “What a wonderful perfume! Notti d’oriente?”, he muses. “No, no. Lavanda Cannavale,” she replies.

There’s a contrast between the two fragrances: Notti d’oriente is a fictional perfume, a synonym for respectability, despite its exotic and seductive name; on the other hand, Lavanda Cannavale is a real perfume which stands for something common, not refined. Later in the story, Carotenuto will ask Donna Violante (Lea Padovani) the same question; it will come out that she is the one wearing Notti d’oriente.

Thanks to my friend Rocco for this id.