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The manufacturer is the maker of toiletries, Floris, at 89 Jermyn Street, St. James's, London. In chapter III of MR, Fleming writes that their soaps and lotions are found in the lavatories of the Blades club. In DAF chapter 21, while on a flight over the U.S., Bond reminds himself to cable May Maxwell to get new bath essence from Floris for his return. And in DN chapter XIII, there is lime bath essence from Floris in the "guest room" of the doctor's lair.
Anyone who digs this up in the future is welcome to revive it. I'm just about out of further locations to start another one.
I went here some times, shoot in and out.. But competing with you guys isn't easy, no are the questions. Still, I like to drop in occasionally and try if I can solve the puzzle.
Not a Bond film locale or book mention.
Pictured below is a wooden cross repeating words from Tennyson's Ulysses, so a Bond connection as used in SF. Long established at this (moderately well-known) location.
Maybe someone can place where this is.
TO STRIVE, TO SEEK
TO FIND
AND NOT TO
YIELD
I asked the internet and it came up with: The cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island in the Antarctic.
Scott's Hut is the other side of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, since 1911.
Opposite it is Observation Hill with the cross at its top honoring the explorers.
Reverse view from Scott Hut to Observation Hill. I had business down there earlier this month and can confirm as a challenging climb for me. Younger hikers regular to the station were doing it 2x or 3x a day I note.
You dropped in occasionally? shoot in and out?
Well, first time for everything. Yes? (That's the case for me.)
Also I can add: just there for the birds. (Two species: Adélie penguins and Skua.)
"Strictly for the birds, huh? They still say that? We used to say it all the time. It's strictly for the 'boids'." (Which movie is this quote from?)
Well there is an example for this yes. DAD specifically.
No owls though I can further confirm.
Definately one of the worst interactions in Bond-history. Very quotable though.
Another bird, this likely rings a bell as a Bond film location.
I was compelled to post an image because I had lunch there in Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Can give more detail on the Pilgrimages discussion.
Not in this game, I think. Go check the list on page 1 of the thread, though the last few months are still missing.
Anyway with scheduled travel I diverted to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and saw some stuff I'll share on the Pilgrimages thread.
Maybe this image would have been the puzzler.
We are at Auric Stud; ground floor.
(Great travelling and pix @RichardTheBruce)
THAT Gold Repository is no longer at the stud farm, and it may have had some maintenance applied sometime the past sixty or so years. (Though it remains in the vicinity of Fort Knox.)
Hope that's cryptic enough, I'll gather my photographic evidence soon to explain in detail.
How about this?
And now please don't tell me you want the name of the ocean in the picture instead :-).
Not an exact match for the moment on screen I'm comparing it to, but I knew I'd be in the area and I did the best I could with what sailed.
Naming the ocean is welcome, but I understand this is about location globally (and in a Bond film). In this case, story and filming location are the same.
So where did a vessel sail on the horizon in a similar way in a Bond film?