Tales of the Unexpected S05E01 (Blue Marigold)

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talesoftheunexpected_guerlainchamade_bornunicornMyra (Toyah Willcox) is the celebrated face of the Blue Marigold advertising campaign, but she descends into self-destruction when she is told she is unsuitable for the perfume commercials because of her voice. The bottle used for the fictitious perfume is not fictitious at all: it’s Guerlain Chamade!

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guerlain_chamade_bornunicornThe balsamic floral perfume was created by Jean-Paul Guerlain in 1969 and was inspired by the novel La chamade by Françoise Sagan. The beautiful leaf-shaped bottle was created by Pochet et du Courval and exclusively used for this fragrance.

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Divine on Harpers and Queen (1980)

divine_harpersandqueens_bornunicornDivine 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 (September 1980 issue).

ninaricci_lairdutempsfluted_bornunicornThere 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.

courregesempreinte_bornunicornNext to it, Empreinte by Courreges, a fragrance created by Robert Gonnon and launched in 1970.

hermes_calechevintage_bornunicornI 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.

yslopiumbodyveil_bornunicornNot only perfumes, but body lotions, too. The white bottle is Yves Saint Laurent Opium perfumed body veil.

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Do you want to channel your inner Divine? You need a ball dress by Zandra Rhodes to abandon on the floor, a box of Charbonnel et Walker chocolates, a shell ring by Andrew Logan and a platinum blonde curly hairdo. No results guaranteed but worth trying ♥

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American Horror Story S07E06 (Mid-Western Assassin)

americanhorrorstorys07e06_voluspa_bornunicornWhen Ally takes Meadow (Leslie Grossman) to the Butchery on Main restaurant, the latter finally discloses the whole cult plot. Before starting the conversation, she takes a candle in a decorative tin from a table display and puts it in her bag.
voluspapersimmonandcopal_bornunicornIt’s the Persimmon & Copal candle from the Japonica collection by Voluspa.

voluspaclassicmaisoncandle_bornunicornThe displays includes candles (boxed and unboxed) from the Maison Noir collection by Voluspa.

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voluspamokara_bornunicornThere are also large candles in embossed glass jars from the Japonica collection again. The ones with the glass jar in light colours are Nissho-Soleil, French Cade Lavender and Mokara.

voluspagojitaroccoorangecandle_bornunicornThe ones with the red glass jar are Goji Tarocco Orange.

Stevie Nicks’ Dressing Room

 

stevienicks_bornunicornI’ve always imagined Stevie Nicks wearing an intoxicating, sexy and witchy scent like Fracas (supposedly one of her favourite perfumes), so seeing a Nina Ricci perfume on her dressing table came as a surprise. I don’t know exactly when the picture above was taken (late 1970s? Early 1980s?), but it portrays Stevie with Herbert Worthington III, her official photographer.

ninariccilairdutempsbottles_bornunicornIt’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.

ninariccifaroucherefillable_bornunicornIt could also be Farouche, a floral aldehyde fragrance launched in 1973.

ninariccicapriccirefillable_bornunicornOr even Capricci, another woody/spicy creation by Fabron, launched in 1960.

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American Horror Story S07E05 (Holes)

americanhorrorstorycult_e05_bornunicorn (2)Ally’s horrific “scratch and pierce” dream is set in her bathroom, so we get to see some of the products she uses.

victoriassecretjeweledcitrusbodymist_bornunicornThe pink bottle contains Victoria’s Secret Jeweled Citrus body mist (now discontinued).

cliniqueblackhoney_bornunicornmacsilverbullet_bornunicornIn the clear make-up tray I can see Clinique Almost lipstick in Black Honey and another discontinued item: a MAC lipstick in a silver bullet. The Canadian brand used this packaging (and not the classic black one) just during the late 1990s.

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coty_airspunpowder_bornunicornThere’s a box of Coty Airspun face powder on the wooden shelf.

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epicuren_gelplus_bornunicornThere are two Epicuren skincare products on the glass shelf by the washbasin – the Enzyme Concentrate vitamin protein complex and the Gel Plus enzyme protein gel in the pump bottle.

Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the body mist id.

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