Category Archives: perfumes in movies

American Psycho (2000)

americanpsycho_bornunicorn1Patrick Bateman’s bathroom cabinet is one of the best ever featured in the history of cinema. He’s a psychotic narcissist who spends a great deal of time and money to take care of his physical appearance. No wonder that the selection of perfumes and hair, skin and body products in his bathroom is very refined and luxurious.

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americanpsycho2_bornunicorneauxdecaronpure_bornunicornOn the middle shelf of his cabinet we can see the fragrances Caron Eaux de Caron Pure and Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme. The other products are L’Occitane Spray Coiffant (now discontinued), Phytoplage sun protection oil (old packaging) and  Phyto Men Eau Vigoureuse body splash (now discontinued). The white jar – by L’Occitane – presumably contains a face cream or a mask.

caronpourunhomme_bornunicornOn the bottom shelf there are three Phyto Men products and another fragrance – Pour un Homme by Caron.

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ysl_pourhommedeodorant_bornunicornoscardelarentapourlui_bornunicornOn the top shelf there are two deodorants – Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui and Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme. A bottle of Pour Lui eau de toilette can be seen on the far left side by of the screencap above.

americanpsycho4_bornunicornysl_pourhommeshowergel_bornunicorn.jpgloccitane_eaudecontadourshowergel_bornunicornWe are also given access to Patrick’s shower, so we can see he uses Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme all-over shower gel and L’Occitane Eau de Contadour body and hair shower gel.

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loccitanemilkshowercream_bornunicornMore L’Occitane products are in the shower: there’s a bottle of milk shower cream (old packaging) and two shampoos – Shampooing Eclat and Shampooing Nourissant (now discontinued).

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Blame (2017)

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Among the objects on Abigail dresser, there’s a bottle of Crabtree & Evely Summer Hill body lotion.

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The frosted glass bottle with a swan on it is something special: the French brand Payot launched Pavlova in 1977 as a homage to the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who happened to be the main source of inspiration for Nadia Payot, founder of the brand. This woody/white floral fragrance was actually inspired to a 1922 perfume. No wonder that a swan decorates the bottle: Pavlova performed The Dying Swan, a solo choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns’s Le Cygne almost 4,000 times. Furthermore, the ballerina owned a real swan, Jack, whom she loved dearly.

Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the perfume id.

Mr. Roosevelt (2017)

cabinet2Emily goes through Celeste’s bathroom cabinet, so we can see some interesting beauty items.

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drhauschkafacialtoner_bornunicorndistillerygeneralstrawberryvine_bornunicornThere’s a Make Up For Ever Ultra HD liquid foundation and a Dr. Hauschka facial toner. The copper-topped bottle is by Distillery General: the perfume is Strawberry Vine.

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loreal-paris-extraordinaire_bornunicornThe product the girl puts on herself is L’Oreal Color Riche Extraordinaire liquid lipcolour in a nude shade.

Thanks to Fragrantica’s Pepperjune for the perfume id.

Rolling Thunder (1977)

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There’s a bottle of Estee Lauder Youth Dew perfume on the dresser in Johnny Vohden’s bedroom. The warm spicy fragrance, created in 1953 by Josephine Catapano, was the first released by the American cosmetic brand.

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The Youth Dew iconic ribbed bottle with the golden ribbon can be seen when Johnny takes his Vietnam War tags from his wife’s jewellery box.

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Mute (2018)

mute_bornunicornThe dressing table in Luba’s room at the brothel is pretty busy; among the make-up items, candles and toiletries, there’s a red perfume bottle by Maitre Perfumeur et Gantier.

maitreparfumeuretgantier_bornunicorn.jpgThe French brand has used this bottle for several fragrances [1], so it’s impossible to say which one actually sits on this table.

[1] Among the others, Secret Melange (created by Jean-Paul Millet Lage in 1988), Eau des Iles (created by Jean-Francois Laporte in 1988), Santal Noble (created by Laporte in 1988), Fraîche Badiane (created by Millet Lage in 1994), Grain de Plaisir (created by Laporte in 1998), Baime (created by Laporte in 2000) and Jeune Homme Extravagante (created by Millet Lage in 2011).

Gueule d’amour (1937)

gueuledamour_bornunicornLucien Bourrache (Jean Gabin) is taking a bubble bath. Luxurious moment, since he’s surrounded by Guerlain products!

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guerlainflaconmontre_bornunicornThere are a bottle of talcum powder and two flacons montres by the tub. I wish I knew what colognes they contained, but some assumptions can be made. These bottles were introduced in the late 1930s, just one year before the film release, so they could contain ShalimarCachet Jaune or Mitsouko (all of them were launched in 1937).

Thanks to Despina Veneti for the id.