Category Archives: soaps in movies

Annie Hall (1977)

anniehall_blacksoap_bornunicorn (1)When Annie calls Alvy in the middle of the night and asks him to kill a spider for her, he gets there in no time. There are two spiders in Annie’s bathroom (which he tries to kill) but he finds something else, too: a bar of black soap.

16_woody_allen_diane_keaton_annie_hall_classic_comedy_movieAccording to Erno Laszlo, it was their Sea Mud black soap.

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anniehall_blacksoap_bornunicorn (5)Later in the film, after the couple breaks up, Alvy is clinging to the memory of the black soap so much that he carries it with him. He even shows it to an old lady he meets in the street.

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White Oleander (2002)

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lancome_rougesuperbe_bornunicorn b_002012thebeesoap_gardenersoap_bornunicornClinique Different lipstick and Color Surge Butter Shine lipstick, Lancôme Rouge Superbe lipstick and face moisturizer can be seen in Claire’s bathroom.

There’s a bit of mystery around the soap. The Bee Shop produces the Queen Bee Gardener’s honey soap with calendula, which has the same shape of the soap seen in Claire’s bathroom. The hexagon shape is very common among soap makers, though.