7 Big-Screen Bathing Moments in GIFs—Plus the Tub Essentials to Set the Scene Inline
1/14Pretty Woman
Vivian may be a lady of the night, but she knows her way around Rodeo Drive. A heady lather of Chanel No 5 sounds right, along with a petal-pink soap to absorb impurities, a moisturizing treatment for those early ’90s curls, and a candle that nods to hidden love.
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3/14The Royal Tenenbaums
Margot would relish the contradiction in a black bar of soap, the charcoal matching her kohl-rimmed eyes. The red hair clip is a signature, and the milk bath is fit for a modern-day Cleopatra, whose asp might be the small television precariously perched at the tub’s edge.
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5/14American Beauty
Never mind the dark streak in this dream sequence: What are we left with without fantasy? The profusion of rose—bath salts, a shower cream made by a French perfumer, and a scented votive candle—marries romance with religiosity, and bloodred lipstick gives a called-for edge.
