Hrundi V. Bakshi | World Wide Aura

Actor Hrundi V. Bakshi causes chaos wherever he goes: he’s a well-intentioned but extremely clumsy man. When he gets inadvertently invited at a dinner party by the studio head Fred R. Clutterbuck, the host and his guests have no idea what’s in store for them.

Bakshi visits two bathrooms in the General’s lavish mansion: the first one has marble counters and a floral wallpaper. On the counter there are several perfume bottles, most of them by Christian Dior.

First from the left, a big bottle of Eau Sauvage, a citrus aromatic fragrance created by Edmond Roudnitska and launched in 1966.

Then there’s Eau de Cologne Fraîche, another citrus scent by Roudnitska, launched in 1955.

Then there’s an oblong splash bottle with the pretty bow-topped front label, first introduced in 1953. Impossible to tell what fragrance it contained: this bottle was used to house classics such as Miss Dior and Diorissimo.

In the Clutterbucks’ bedroom there’s another Eau Sauvage bottle, so we can assume it’s a fragrance used by the General.

Actor Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) is the epitome of clumsiness. After inadvertently blowing up a fort on a film set, he’s about to be blacklisted by the studio head, General Fred R. Clutterbuck, but for a twist of fate he gets an invitation for an exclusive dinner party at the Clutterbucks. Needless to say, he causes trouble in every single room he visits.

This is the second bathroom he visits in the lavish mansion: there’s a small dressing table in it, so it’s probably used mostly by Alice, the general’s wife. On one shelf hanging on the wall we can see a houndstooth bottle by Christian Dior. The front label is impossible to read, so we can make some guesses: it could be Miss Dior (created by Paul Vacher and Jean Carles in 1947), Diorissimo (created by Edmond Roudnitska and launched in 1956), Diorama (another Roudnitska creation from 1948) or even Diorling (a chypre creation by Paul Vacher launched in 1963).