Category Archives: bodycare in movies

La baie des anges (1963)

Jackie (Jeanne Moreau) has finally reached Monte Carlo, where she’s ready to take the local casino by storm. We’ve seen that a massive bottle of Weil Antilope sits on her bathroom shelf, but what’s on her vanity?

On the right side of the table there’s a tin can of Max Factor Primitif talc. This was an ancillary product of a chypre floral fragrance launched in 1956.  

There are several make-up items, too. Their packaging is quite basic, but among them I couldn’t miss another product by Max Factor – the Pan-Stik foundation.

Sinners (2025)

There are lots of products displayed on the shelves behind Lisa (Helena Hu), who helps at her parents’ drugstore.

The most recognisable one is the box of Mason Pearson hair brushes. This is a historically accurate choice: the hair brush was first created in the late 19th century, so it makes perfect sense that it was exported around the world (U.S.A. included) in the 1930s.

The Room Next Door (2024)

While Ingrid and Martha are frantically looking for Martha’s pills in her apartment, we have the chance to see some corners of her beautiful apartment. For example, one shot focuses on a colourful tin box which holds a bit of everything – stationery, sanitiser, candy and two interesting round containers.

One is Burt’s Bees lemon butter cuticle cream.

The other is Lush Rose Lollipop lip balm.

The tin box originally contained soft “torroncini” by the Italian brand Fiasconaro. This is a special edition designed by Dolce & Gabbana.

L’enfer (1994)

There are several interesting items in Paul and Nelly’s bathroom.

On the glass shelf below the mirror there’s a flacon bouchon coeur by Guerlain. Reading the front sticker is impossible, but the bottle could house Mitsouko, L’Heure Bleue or Fol Arôme, the three fragrances this ground glass flacon was designed for in 1910.

On the same shelf there’s a can of Elnett hairspray.

On the bath tub shelf there’s a bottle of L’Oreal Obao bubble bath.

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Challengers (2024)

Tashi (Zendaya) takes a jar from the dressing table in her hotel room.

It’s a body cream she applies on her legs.

This blue glass jar with bronze cap contains The Body Cream by Augustinus Bader.

When she puts the jar down on her bedside table, another product is revealed: it’s a tube of Resurrection Aromatique hand balm by Aesop.

Coup de chance (2023)

Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and her husband Jean (Melvil Poupaud) are getting ready to attend a party. There are several interesting skincare products and perfumes on her vanity.

On the far right side of the table there are two products by Officine Universelle Buly – the Double Pommade Concrète hand cream and a bottle of Huile Antique.

On the same side there’s Guerlain Habit Rouge, an amber woody fragrance by Jean-Paul Guerlain launched in 1965.

Before they leave, Jean gives his wife a present – a Cartier necklace. The camera moves to the left side of the table and the movement reveals more items.

The white bottle with gold stopper is Eau Triple by Officine Universelle Burly. As with the Huile Antique, it’s impossible to identify the fragrance because the same bottle is used to house several scents.

There are two skincare products by Guerlain, both from the Abeille Royale line. One is Double R – Renew and Repair – advanced serum, the other is the advanced youth watery oil.

The blue bottle with copper stopper is Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream.

Last but not least, we can see a bottle of Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Or, a multi-purpose dry oil that can be used on face, body and hair.