There are several toiletries in the bathroom cabinet in Daisy’s apartment: they all belong to her dad. Among them, Andrew Jergens Martinique after-shave lotion and matching deodorant and Mennen Protein 29 conditioning hair groom.
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Valley Girl (1983)
The perfume sitting on Julie’s bedside table is Cacharel Anais Anais, a romantic white floral scent created in 1978 by Roger Pellegrino, Robert Gonnon, Paul Leger and Raymond Chaillan
Valley Girl (1983)
Julie, the film’s protagonist, is an only child but she’s hardly ever alone: she spends most of her time with her friends. Stacey (Heidi Holicker) is one of her closest friends: she often visits Julie at home, where they spend time together. In this scene, Stacey is painting her nails on a clear acrylic paint station which also works as organiser. It contains nail polish bottles and two perfumes.
There’s a miniature of Cacharel Anais Anais, which Julie owns in full size, too. It’s a lovely choice for someone trendy like Julie: the first Cacharel perfume, launched in 1978, was very popular in the 1980s.
On the other hand, the second perfume is quite surprising: it’s the now-discontinued Inoui by Shiseido, launched in 1976, described by Elena Vosnaki as a fragrance where “the alliance of juniper, with its gin-like background, with galbanum and pine, gives the initial jolt of seemingly frozen nostrils, icicles growing up your brain, which becomes the prelude for the harmony of peachy florals in the heart with a classic chypre base.” It sounds appealing, doesn’t it? That’s why finding it in the bedroom of a Valley Girl, someone who’s stereotypically interested in shopping, partying and dating, is so unusual.
Thanks to concepteaux for the Shiseido id.
Valley Girl (1983)
There are several bottles on Beth’s dresser. Among them, there’s Lauren by Ralph Lauren, the first fragrance for women by the American fashion house, created in 1978 by Bernard Chant.
Mannequin (1987)
When Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) first spots his creation, the mannequin Emmy, in the window of the department store Prince and Co., she’s surrounded by factice bottles of perfumes. Among them, there are Guerlain Shalimar, Vanderbilt by Gloria Vanderbilt and Jean-Charles Brosseau Ombre Rose.
The French Line (1953)
Mame Carson (Jane Russell) is a millionairess with an oil empire and an unlucky love life. In the first part of the film she’s still engaged, though, and in the first musical act she’s getting ready to meet her fiancé. She likes wearing working clothes but her boudoir shows her love for furry rugs, velvet/satin furniture and perfumes! There’s an impressive display of bottles on her vanity.
The first bottle which appears in this scene is in the bathroom, where Mame’s maid, Clare (Theresa Harris) is spraying some fragrance.
On a marble counter behind Clare there’s a Guerlain flacon montre of Shalimar eau de cologne (see the orange red disk).
Mame takes a bubble bath, then gets changed behind the vanity mirror.
Starting from left bottom I’ve spotted a flacon quadrilobe by Guerlain, Lucien Lelong Sirocco and Bourjois Mais Oui.
On the second shelf there are Guerlain Shalimar in the flacon chauve souris and another Guerlain fragrance in the flacon bouchon coeur.
On the top shelf there are two unknown bottles, while the one in the middle is Guerlain Sous le Vent in the beautiful flacon tonnelet.
Last, there’s the unique pyramid-shape bottle of Lucien Lelong Opening Night on a shelf on the left.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
There are an Old Spice deodorant (red can) and a wicker bottle of St. Johns Bay Rum after shave in David Whiteman’s bathroom.
Mannequin (1987)
Emmy (Kim Cattrall) and Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) live their love story at night, when the Prince & Company department store they work at is empty and they are free to wander through its halls.
In the screencaps above, portraying the two protagonists dancing, quintessentially 1980s perfumes can be seen – Giorgio Beverly Hills Giorgio for Women and Giorgio for Men. A lot can be said about these two perfumes, but words can barely express the shock and awe you experienced when you smelled them. They were loud, bold, impressively persistent. The brand, founded by Fred and Gayle Hayman in 1961, reached the peak of success in the 1980s and the perfumes had a pivotal role. The women’s version was launched in 1981 and the men’s one three years later.
Cruising (1980)
I really like the arrangement in Nancy’s bathroom: it’s a small space, so the toiletries are displayed on a metal shelving unit facing a window.
The first product I’ve noticed is on the second top shelf (just above Steve’s shoulder): it’s a bottle of the ever-present Old Spice after shave. On the same shelf there’s another interesting product, but more about it later.
On the bottom shelf there are Rise shaving foam and a jar of Pond’s peach cold cream.
One of the last scenes of the film is set in the bathroom again, and we can get a better look at the product previously mentioned. It’s a black bottle of Après Soleil by Bain de Soleil, an after-tan lotion which can be seen in a 1977 advert featuring Rene Russo.
Night Watch (1973)
Ellen’s vanity is pretty busy, but there’s a bottle that stands out: it’s the beautiful fluted flacon of Lanvin Eau Arpège, a flanker of the famous fragrance created by Paul Vacher and André Fraysse and launched in 1927.
Thanks to Ramón from La Liz blog for the screencap.
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