There are some interesting beauty products on the dressing table of Tony Cruz, the host of Dance Off!,a dancing competition for teenagers televised nationwide.
There’s also a plastic bottle of Vitalis hair tonic.
The beautiful bottle with brown stopper sitting at the centre of the table is a bit of a mystery. It houses a fragrance by Prince Matchabelli, although being more precise is impossible: the same bottle was used to contain at least three different fragrances. The one above is Cachet, a chypre floral fragrance launched in 1970.
Wind Song is a warm spicy fragrance launched in 1953.
Last but not least, Aviance, a green floral fragrance launched in 1975.
The atomiser with black and white paisley pattern is Avon Patterns, a fragrance launched in 1969.
One of the most horrific moments of the film gives us an insight into the physical and emotional punishments that Joan Crawford inflicted on her adoptive daughter Christina, the author of the 1978 memoir the film is based on.
The infamous “no wire hangers, ever!” fit of rage is followed by Crawford forcing young Christina to scrub the tiled floor of her bathroom with Old Dutch abrasive powder.
This scene gives us the chance to spot what is probably the only nice touch in a very sad context. There’s a box of Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass perfume on the tiled washbasin counter in Christina’s bathroom. This floral green fragrance, created by Georges Fuchs, was launched in 1936. The blue horse decorated by a pink flower garland is a lovely symbol of beauty and freedom, a direct reference to Maine Chance Farm, Arden’s thoroughbred horse racing stable and horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
In 1988, one year after Andy Warhol’s death, his business manager, Fred Hughes, commissioned photographer David Gamble to take pictures of the artist’s New York home. The picture of Warhol’s bathroom cabinet is probably the most famous result of that photoshoot: it was sold for $25,000 at an auction and in 2012 it was displayed at the exhibition Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A print of it is in the collection of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
No need for me to explain why I have decided to analyse in detail the contents of this cabinet. I have scrutinised fictional and real-life bathroom cabinets and dressing tables for more than 10 years, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity to write about this iconic cabinet.
Before starting, let me say that medicines and several beauty products haven’t been included: I never write about medicines and the aforementioned products, now discontinued, haven’t been identified yet. The description of other products, although identified, is not completed by pictures because I haven’t found any online.
Let’s start with the top shelf.
The aqua green jar is Clinique 7-Day scrub cream: this product is still on the market, but the packaging has been changed (now it’s available in tube form).
The glass bottle with white stopper on the far right is Janet Sartin sun lotion. This brand and their beauty salon in New York still exist.
On the second shelf, starting from the far left, we can see a glass bottle of Guerlain Extrait de Pot-Pourri aux Plantes Marines, a home fragrance.
Seeing a Chanel no. 5 ancillary product (an after-bath spray) is not surprising: Andy Warhol included the iconic bottle of the French perfume in his Ads series.
Next, another Guerlain product – Vétiver talc. Unfortunately I haven’t found a picture of the product in the packaging shown in Warhol’s cabinet, but the pagoda-like bottle is so charming, isn’t it?
The silver tube contains Framesi Gelly’s color enhancing styling gel. This Italian haircare brand, still on the market, was founded in 1945.
Last, the glass bottle on the far right is another Janet Sartin product.
On the third shelf there’s a small-sized bottle of Vidal Sassoon shampoo.
In the back of the shelf there’s another Janet Sartin product, housed in a white jar.
Another Alo Sun product – the After Tan lotion – sits on the same shelf.
The white jar with taupe cap is Revlon European Collagen Complex exceptional beauty cream.
On the fourth shelf there’s a Sally Hansen product: I haven’t found any picture of it online, but the bottle reads that it’s a desensitized skin conditioning lotion.
Next to it there’s a jar of Interface herbal rub scrub. This is another product which I haven’t found any evidence of online. The brand doesn’t exist anymore.
One of the most interesting products is Halston 1-12 shaving foam. The fragrance was launched in 1976 and is still available on the market. Warhol using a Halston beauty product makes so much sense that I would have been surprised if I hadn’t found any in this cabinet.
The jar with blue cap contains Noxzema Antiseptic Skin cleanser pads.
Just under the Noxzema pad jar there’s Clinique Sub-Skin firming cream.
Among the lip products I can see a Lip Smacker Bonne Bell lip balm (cherry or strawberry-scented) and a tube of Vaseline Lip Therapy balm.
On the fifth (bottom) shelf there’s a bottle of Cetaphil lotion.
Next, a bottle of Vitabath Spring Green body wash.
On a jar of Vaseline pure petroleum jelly there’s a bottle of Lubriderm Lubath body wash.
Next, there’s a bottle of Neet cocoa butter lotion hair remover.
The Woman (Tilda Swinton) is applying mascara in front of a round mirror. The bathroom she’s in is tiled in different colours and is full of beauty products and toiletries.
Starting from the left red-tiled niche, I’ve identified:
Now there’s the washbasin counter, packed with bottles of medicines.
On the far left there’s a tube of Natura Bissé The Cure all-in-one cleanser.
There are two different bottles of elixirs by My Yébenes. The first on the left is Repair, while the second one (a bit further moving towards the right) is Resistance.
There’s also a jar of Natura Bissé C+C Vitaminface cream.
The first perfume bottle I’ve spotted is Hermès Eau de Citron Noircologne.
Then there’s obviously the Chanel No. 5 factice.
There’s also a bottle of Chanel Les Beiges foundation among the medicine bottles.
Next, two products by Natura Bissé from the C+C Vitamin line – sun protection at the top left corner of the washbasin and micellar cleansing water next to the tap.
Moving back to the first screencap, all the right part of the counter is for Chanel make-up items. So we can see
Patrick 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.
On 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.
On the bottom shelf there are three Phyto Men products and another fragrance – Pour un Homme by Caron.
On 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.
We are also given access to Patrick’s shower, so we can see he uses Yves Saint Laurent Pour Hommeall-over shower gel and L’Occitane Eau de Contadour body and hair shower gel.
More 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).
A growing archive of beauty products and perfumes in movies and tv shows
Patrick 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.
On 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), 
We are also given access to Patrick’s shower, so we can see he uses Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme 
World Wide Aura 