
The outfit of the Hollywood star Barbara Stanwyck on the cover of Picturegoer Film Weekly magazine [1] serves as source of inspiration for Mildred Ratched. When it comes to perfumes, though, the nurse has got her own taste.

The large splash bottle on the left is Platino / Platinum / Platine by Dana, a fragrance launched in 1934.

The tall fluted bottle with black stopper is Moment Suprême eau de cologne by Jean Patou, The eau de parfum version was launched in 1929.
[1] This is the issue published on June 14th, 1941.







“Kill or cure” is the brutal parenting technique used by Dwight Hansen (Robert De Niro) with his stepson Toby (Leonardo Di Caprio). The first thing he forces the boy to do is getting a military flat-top haircut, much to the boy’s dismay. At the barber’s shop a tin can of Clubman Pinaud talc can be seen.



Next to the Helena Rubinstein bottle there’s Lancôme Trésor body lotion.













There’s a pump bottle of Aesop Resurrection Aromatique



