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MDNA SKIN (2014)

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In 2014 Madonna launched the skincare line MDNA SKIN in Japan, first as a limited-time exclusive store in Tokyo and later as a country-wide release. In March of the same year she released an introductory video, where a very interesting perfume find can be seen on a glass shelf. 

It’s a Caron splash bottle, used since the 1930s by the French brand to house several fragrances. There’s no front label on it, so there’s no way for us to know what it contains. Spotting such an historical design, in the presence of Madonna no less, is a treat, though.

The tall rectangular bottle next to it is another historical product – the revitalising essence Eudermine by Shiseido, first launched in 1897.

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On the Set of Madonna’s Vogue Music Video (1990)

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How many times have you watched Madonna’s Vogue, one of the most influential music videos of the 1990s directed by David Fincher? Personally I have lost count. When it was first released in March 1990, it was captivating with its impressive use of black and white and the imagery heavily paying homage to the Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka and Hollywood portrait photographers like Clarence Sinclair Bull and Horst P. Horst.

In particular, the final shot of the video [1] basically reproduces one of the most famous photographs by Horst – Mainbocher Corset, taken in 1939.

The German master of light and shadow shot one of his models, Madame Bernon. She was wearing a tightly-laced corset made by the corsetière Detolle to be worn under one of the creations of Mainbocher, the fashion house founded in 1929 by the American designer Main Rousseau Bocher.

If you are a fan of this music video, I bet you’ve never realised that the round bottle sitting on a shelf (left side of the screen) is a real product. It’s a beautiful glossy black Lanvin talcum powder duster. Possibly the fragrance of this perfumed talc was Arpège, the white floral creation by Paul Vacher and Andre Fraysse launched in 1927.

[1] The photo shot on the set of the music video was taken by Lorraine Day.

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Madonna’s Bathroom (2022)

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Madonna recently posted this picture on her Instagram account. Sitting on a bench and posing with a Balenciaga Hourglass bag (covered in scotch tape!), she gave us the opportunity to take a look around her luxurious marble bathroom.

The pump bottle on the bath top is Osea Undaria Algae body oil.

The body wash on the opposite side of the bath is Aveeno Skin Relief.

I am thankful to Madonna for giving us a glimpse of her fragrance shelves. Lots of interesting perfumes there.

Sitting on the top bottom there are three bottles by L’Artisan Parfumeur. Reading the front stickers is impossible, so there’s no way to tell what fragrances they contain.

Behind them there’s Stella McCartney Stella, a deep rose eau de parfum created by Jacques Cavallier and launched in 2003.

It’s often said that celebrities rarely wear the fragrances they launch. Madonna, like Elizabeth Taylor, is not one of them. A bottle of her Truth or Dare Naked sits on the second shelf. This amber spicy perfume was created by Stephen Nilsen and launched in 2012.

I could have never imagined Madonna to be an Artemisia kind of girl, but it’s nice to see a bottle of the Penhaligon’s milky powdery eau de toilette in her collection.

On the other hand, her love for Tom Ford perfumes is well-known, so seeing four of them on the bottom shelf is not surprising. The first from the left is Soleil Blanc, a coconut/white floral creation by Natalie Gracia-Cetto launched in 2016.

Next is Bitter Peach, an amber vanilla perfume launched in 2020.

There’s also a bottle of Diptyque Oyedo, a citrus eau de toilette created by Akiko Kamei and launched in 2000.

Another unsurprising find is Frederic Malle Carnal Flower, a white floral triumph [1] created by Dominique Ropion and launched in 2005.

The third Tom Ford perfume is Rose Prick, launched in 2020.

The last one is Lost Cherry, a bitter almond/sour cherry blend by Louise Turner launched in 2018.

[1] One of Madonna’s favourite notes is tuberose. For many years her name has been closely connected to Robert Piguet Fracas, the tuberose masterpiece by Germaine Cellier launched in 1948. Fracas appears in her documentary I’m Going to Tell You a Secret and in God Control music video, both directed by Jonas Åkerlund.

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Madonna’s God Control (2019)

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 In June 2019 Madonna released God Control, a music video directed by Jonas Åkerlund which is a ferocious attack against the violence that characterises American society and its strenuous defense of the Second Amendment.

In the screenshot above the singer is getting ready to spend a night out. On her mirrored vanity there are two interesting perfume bottles.

The bottle with clear stopper on the far left is Robert Piguet Fracas extrait de parfum, one of Madonna’s favourite fragrances, a white floral (tuberose and jasmine) triumph created by Germaine Cellier and launched in 1948.

Behind Fracas there’s Jean Patou Moment Suprême housed in the Vacances bottle – rounded stopper and three gadroons. This amber floral fragrance, created by Henri Almeras, was launched in 1929.

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Thanks to Reveur_etc for submitting this post and for the Patou ID.

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Madonna’s Material Girl (1985)

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guerlainvintagecolognenaturalspray_bornunicornThere are toiletries and perfume bottles on the protagonist’s dressing table. Some of them are generic vanity bottles, but we can give a name to others. The tall ribbed bottle with gold cap, for example, is the Guerlain natural spray cologne bottle, used for different fragrances from 1964 to 1977.

chanelno5eaudeparfumspray-e1517915804752.pngThe black bottle with gold accent, on the other hand, is by Chanel. Let me spend a couple of words on this. When I first saw it, I thought it was the spray bottle of No. 5 eau de parfum (the dip tube is showing). Later, I had second thoughts: was this bottle on the market in the 1980s? Plus, is the dip tube really showing? The picture is not that clear.

chanelno5eaudetoiletterefillable_bornunicornAs an alternative, it could be the refillable spray canister of No. 5 eau de toilette, available in 1980 (I’ve spotted it in Stardust Memories by Woody Allen).

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Thanks to Annette Flaconnage for the id.

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Madonna’s Bathroom

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Some personal pictures of Madonna living in New York during her relationship with singer Dan Gilroy (from 1979 to 1981) have recently surfaced. They’re supposed to be part of a documentary which will include personal letters and “bedroom talk” recordings of the singer. In the picture above, she was putting some mascara on; the yellow tube is Revlon Natural Wonder.

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Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the id.