The German-born photographer took this picture in 1988 for Vanity Fair. Leni Riefenstahl was a German photographer and film director who had a strategic role during Nazism: she directed Triumph des Willens and Olympia in the 1930s, extremely effective and innovative propaganda films. Said to be part of Hitler’s inner circle, she was never charged nor associated with war crimes.
In this portrait, taken when she was 86 years old, she was holding a beautiful metal compact by Guerlain.
It’s a vintage piece, probably a limited edition from the 1970s. It’s made of metal and has the trademark double Gs decorating the front. It’s quite thick and rounded, in comparison to today’s compacts, which tend to be very thin.
Divine having a bubble bath in a St. John’s Wood bathroom is such an entrancing view! The artist from Baltimore, protagonist of many iconoclastic films by John Waters, posed for Peter Warner for Divine Bathrooms, Lovely Loos, a photoshoot published on the British magazine Harpers and Queen (
There are some perfume bottles on the mahogany-panelled window by the tub. The first on the left is the amphora-like bottle of L’air du temps by Nina Ricci, created by Francis Fabron and launched in 1948.
Next to it, Empreinte by Courreges, a fragrance created by Robert Gonnon and launched in 1970.
I haven’t been able to identify the bottle with the white stopper next to it, but the small bottle on the right is definitely Hermès Calèche, composed by Guy Robert in 1961.
Not only perfumes, but body lotions, too. The white bottle is Yves Saint Laurent Opium 
The glass containers look like Avon vanity jars.
I’ve always imagined Stevie Nicks wearing an intoxicating, sexy and witchy scent like Fracas (
It’s unclear what exact perfume is shown, because Nina Ricci used the same refillable spray bottle for several perfumes. It could be L’air du temps, the timeless warm spicy fragrance created by Francis Fabron and launched just after WWII, in 1948.
It could also be Farouche, a floral aldehyde fragrance launched in 1973.
Or even Capricci, another woody/spicy creation by Fabron, launched in 1960.
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In the picture above, Jayne was talking on the phone while taking a bubble bath. Her image is mirrored on the opposite wall; thanks to this technical trick we get to see the bathroom, which featured pink carpet pretty much everywhere, golden faucets and hearts. There’s a white bottle among the toiletries: it’s the eau de cologne version of Rochas Femme, one of her favourite fragrances. Created by Edmond Roudnitska, it was launched in 1944.
On the small table next to the Versace-clad huge sofa there’s a Diptyque candle, 
Thank God for Instagram and make-up artist accounts on a night like the Oscars night! Lots of pictures from the dressing rooms of celebrities were posted tonight, but the ones which really caught my eye came from 
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