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November 18, 2010

That Prince among shampoos

Bond Lifestyle identifies James Bond's shampoo; now not to be had for love or money.

"His two battered suitcases came and he unpacked leisurely and then ordered from Room Service a bottle of the Taittinger Blanc de Blancs that he had made his traditional drink at Royale. When the bottle, in its frosted silver bucket, came, he drank a quarter of it rather fast and then went into the bathroom and had an ice-cold shower and washed his hair with Pinaud Elixir, that prince among shampoos, to get the dust of the roads out of it."
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Chapter 2

I would have thought Pinaud would keep it in production if only as a special reserve. They could sell it at a premium.

Not much use to me, in any event. But I am after Blofeld's exfoliation regimen, should anyone should happen to come across it.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 18, 2010 06:28 AM

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Blofeld?

Ian Fleming modeled him on Otto Skorzeny, who, after the war became quite rich in South American mining and industry, while based in Franco's Spain.

He claimed to be an invalid, and traveled in public in a wheel chair, although familiars would say the man they knew used a private gym, trained with pistols, and liked to mountain climb. Otto was also known to have a white persian cat, too.

Study Otto Skorzeny if you seek the secret powers of exfoliation.

Posted by: Sargon the Magnificent at November 18, 2010 06:42 PM