There’s a body lotion tube on Grace’s bedside table: it’s from the Green Tea line by The Healing Garden.
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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
After a night of partying and reminiscing, Cecile (Jean Seberg) finally returns home, removes the elegant Givenchy dress she’s worn so far and puts her make-up off.
To do so, she uses a traditional product like Pond’s cold cream.
In front of her there are several beauty products, but the most intriguing object is the octagonal box on the right side of the vanity. Even if the label is not visible, this is definitely the box of Lucien Lelong Gardenia, a soliflore perfume launched in 1936. Too bad the wonderful fluted bottle is not out of the box.
Scarface (1983)
I’ve been curating this project for more than 10 years now. I’ve covered hundreds of films, thousands of products, but believe me when I say that I still get excited when unexpected gems hide in films that are part of our collective imagery. Take Scarface, for example: the epic crime tale of the rise and fall of Tony Montana has been analysed in all its tiniest details by virtually anybody who loves or studies cinema. But there’s still more to be revealed. Have you ever noticed the two perfume bottles in this specific moment? It’s the famous Jacuzzi scene and it’s just a couple of minutes long; then the camera moves on and the bottles are gone.
The first bottle has a metal cap with a peculiar ring: it’s Lagerfeld Classic by Karl Lagerfeld, a woody fragrance created by Ron Winnegrad and launched in 1978. Can you imagine Montana wearing a Karl Lagerfeld perfume? I personally don’t but I guess this bottle was probably chosen for its decorative value.
The second bottle is Eau de Calandre by Paco Rabanne, a flanker of Calandre, the Michel Hy fragrance launched in 1969. This is an unusual choice. Eau de Calandre was marketed as a women’s fragrance, so the question is: did Montana wear it, thus showing an expectedly modern taste in perfumes? Or did Elvira wear it instead? The answer could obviously be simpler, if we assume that this one too was chosen only as a decoration.
The Craft (1996)
There’s a box of Coty Airspun loose face powder and a can of Aquanet all-purpose hairspray on the floor in Nancy’s bedroom.
Irma Vep (1996)
While wandering through the corridors of her hotel, Maggie Cheung – in Irma Vep black latex attire – enters a room where a semi-naked woman (interpreted by Arsinée Khanjian, credited as l’américaine) is talking on the phone. Maggie goes into her bathroom and steals a necklace. On the marble counter there are some beauty products, too. For example, a bottle of Galderma Cetaphil cleanser in the old packaging (blue label and white lettering).
There’s also a box of Clarins Eau Dynamisante, a wonderfully fresh fragrance created by Jacques Courtin-Clarins and launched in 1987. This is the original packaging.
Listen Up Philip (2014)
Ashley Kane starts painting her nails; later, she pours some polish on her hand and rubs it in. The polish is a sheer pink shade by OPI.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Tish (Kiki Layne) works as sales assistant at a department store. The counter she works at displays the name of a Parisian perfume brand, Deux Soeurs (Two Sisters in English). Unfortunately, it’s a fictitious name for a brand that doesn’t exist in real life.
The Wedding Plan (2016)
The antique pink lipstick Michal (Noa Koler) is wearing is Rouge Coco by Chanel.
Little Children (2006)
There are two Dr. Hauschka pump bottles (one of which is the revitalising day cream) and a bottle of Jo Malone cologne on a dresser in Kathy and Brad’s bedroom.
Hitchcock (2012)
There’s a can of Aquanet hairspray on Vera Miles’ dressing table.
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