The True Story Behind Halston's Perfume and That Jockstrap Scene On 5/19/21 at 9:50 AM EDT Netflix series Halston features a number of pretty wild scenes, from a woman dying in the air vents of Studio 54 to Halston's (played by Ewan McGregor) phone getting so clogged up with cocaine that it stops working. Perhaps the most audacious scene, however, comes when Halston is working on his first perfume with parfumier Adele (Vera Farmiga). She asks him to suggest some scents to her from his past and present to make his perfume, and he replies by bringing her a used jockstrap from his lover Victor Hugo (Gian Franco Rodriguez). In a deliberately provocative moment, she smells this by draping it over her face and inhaling deeply.