The fluted bottle on Mia Martini’s dressing table is a Guerlain cologne. This flacon was used for several fragrances, so it’s impossible to say what the Italian singer wore in the 1970s. I like thinking it was Shalimar.
Category Archives: perfumes in movies
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Two fragrances by Lucien Lelong can be seen on the middle shelf: the one with the metal stopper is Balalaika, the other is Taglio.
Balalaika was launched in 1939. Taglio has a more complex story: originally named N and launched in 1928, it was renamed Taglio for the American market in the early 1940s.
L’etrangleur (1970)
There are many Guerlain perfumes on the vanity table of one of Émile’s victims. From left to right:
The classic flacon abeilles contains Eau de Cologne Impériale, a cologne created by Pierre François Pascal Guerlain for Empress Eugenie in 1853.
No way to know what the flacon goutte contains here. This bottle, first launched in the 1920s, has been used for many eaux de toilette.
There’s another flacon abeilles – sans golden bees – containing an eau. The front label is not shown, so it’s impossible to say what eau this is.
The sage green disk on a flacon montre indicates its content: Chypre 53 eau de cologne. The perfume was first released in 1909, but in 1948 it was re-issued as a cologne.
The last bottle is the perfumed deodorant of Chant d’Arômes, a 1962 creation by Jean-Paul Guerlain.
Todo Modo (1977)
There are three products from Helena Rubinstein Men’s Club 52 line in the bathroom where M. the President (Gian Maria Volontè), is taking a bath, assisted by his wife Giacinta (Mariangela Melato). The two frosted glass bottles are after-shave lotions, while the black bottle on the left is a deodorant.
Assassins (1995)
In the screencaps above a bottle of Cerruti 1881 can be seen. The floral powdery perfume, launched in 1995, was created by Claire Cain.
Metropolitan (1990)
There are three classic American drugstore products in Tom Townsend’s bathroom: an Old Spice stick deodorant and the original cologne, and a can of Barbasol shaving cream.
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Two YSL perfumes can be seen in the bathroom of the house the designer (Pierre Niney) shares with his partner Pierre Bergé (Guillame Gallienne).
In the first picture there’s the iconic silver, black and turquoise metal bottle of Rive Gauche, created by Michael Hy and launched in 1971. In the second, a bottle of Pour Homme can be seen in the background; this was launched – again – in 1971.
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Souffle de Mer is the fictional perfume that can be seen in Arlena Stuart Marshall’s bedroom. Its bottle doesn’t remind me of any real product, but the name is appropriate, since the film is set at an exclusive Adriatic island resort.
As Allison pointed out in the comments, in the film the French name of the perfume is translated as Breath of the Sea, a poetic rendition of the literal translation Sea Air.
Written on the Wind (1956)
The dresser in the picture above is packed with perfume bottles. Among them, I’ve been able to identify the following (from left to right):
Fabergé Tigress, launched in 1938. It’s the bottle with the fake fur stopper. Another bottle can be seen on the right, the stopper having a different fur pattern.
Caron Bellodgia, created by Ernest Daltroff and launched in 1927. There are two bottles of it.
Bourjois Mais Oui, launched in 1938. There are two bottles with the signature fan-shaped stopper; one of them is in its open box.
Guerlain flacon bouchon coeur. Impossible to tell which fragrance it contained.
Girl Most Likely (2012)
There are many interesting products in Imogene Duncan’s bathroom cabinet.
The black boxes on the top shelf are by MAC and contain lipsticks.
In the lower shelf there’s a blue perfume bottle with gold accents: it’s Dior Addict by Dior, a white floral fragrance created by Thierry Wasser and launched in 2002.
There’s also a jar of La Mer eye concentrate treatment.
Last, there’s a red box containing BeneTint lip and cheek stain by BeneFit.
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