There’s a tin of Smith’s Rosebud Salve on Chris Hansen’s bathroom counter.
Primetime (2026)
The Invite (2026)
Angela has a couple of interesting beauty products on a chest of drawers in her bedroom.
The black pump bottle is Rituals Precious Amber hand balm.
Right in front of it there’s a Chanel bottle. The front label is not visible, so it’s impossible to tell what it contains. Judging by the size and the position of the label on the bottle, though, it doesn’t look like No. 5, but Gardénia instead.
Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post.
Catchfire (1990)
There’s an exciting selection of fragrances on the dresser above.
First on the left there’s Halston, a chypre floral fragrance created by Bernard Chant and launched in 1975.
Next, there’s Cartier Must de Cartier, a woody powdery fragrance created by Jean-Jacques Diener and launched in 1981.
Last, the dramatic bottle of Krizia Teatro Alla Scala, a warm spicy fragrance launched in 1985.
Thanks to nachi_mikeli for submitting this post.
Verity (2026)
A staple in sexy thrillers is the vanity scene. The vanity in question usually belongs to the target of the obsession of the killer or the villain. This film makes no exception: while living at the Crawfords’, Lowen (Dakota Johnson) goes through the beauty products of Verity, in a literal attempt at capturing her essence in order to take her place.
The white jar is a Valmont skincare product from the Prime line.
Right in front of the jar there’s a tube of Aesop Resurrection Aromatique hand balm.
The climax of the scene is Lowen smelling Verity’s fragrance of choice, which happens to be by Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle.
Upon a closer inspection, the bottle the protagonist is holding is Portrait of a Lady, a floral fragrance with spicy notes created by Dominique Ropion, launched in 2010 and named after the 1881 novel by Henry James.
It (1990)
Ben (John Ritter) gets a scarf from Beverly’s hotel room because she’s cold. He sees a white atomiser on her dressing table, picks it up and smells it. It’s a Nina Ricci refillable atomiser, although the fragrance it contains is unclear.
A white refillable atomiser embossed with a floral pattern was created for Nina, a powdery aromatic fragrance by Christian Vacchiano launched in 1987.
A very similar atomiser was also made for L’air du temps, the Francis Fabron classic warm spicy fragrance launched in 1948. It’s embossed with a pattern featuring daisies and flying doves.
Boccaccio ’70: Il lavoro (1962)
Pupe (Romy Schneider) owns an enviable skincare collection which occupies two dressing tables.
There’s a set of Elizabeth Arden products on the mirrored table.
The pale pink ceramic vase sitting on the other table is another Elizabeth Arden product — Crème Extraordinaire.
Thanks to Daniel Roldán for submitting this post.
Malice (1993)
There are several beauty items on a dresser in Tracy and Andy’s bedroom.
On the left we can see a small bottle of Lubriderm lotion and a tube of L’Oreal lipstick.
The camera moves and reveals more products, this time on the floor.
In the screencap above, L’Oreal Voluminous mascara is visible.
There’s also a cardboard talc shaker by Johnson and Johnson, but I haven’t been able to find any picture of it online.
Body Heat (1981)
When Ned (William Hurt) visits Matty at home for the first time, he can’t help but open her husband’s bathroom cabinet. The bottle he removes from it is interesting.
Halston Z-14 sounds like an unusual choice for a shady businessman like Edmund Walker. This leathery fragrance was created by Vincent Marcello and Max Gavarry, and launched in 1974.
The camera moves and reveals another bottle: it’s Old Spice Original cologne, created by Albert Hauck and launched in 1938.
Body Heat (1981)
There’s a bottle of YSL Pour Homme eau de toilette on a marble counter in Matty’s bathroom.
This woody aromatic fragrance by Raymond Chaillan was launched in 1971.
Ordinary People (1980)
The play Beth (Mary Taylor Moore) and Calvin (Donald Sutherland) go to see at the theatre is Same Time, Next Year, a 1975 romantic comedy by Bernard Slade. The protagonists are a man (George) and a woman (Doris) who accidentally meet, have sex, and decide to meet every year at the same hotel for one weekend together. This goes on for 26 years.
During a conversation, they discuss Doris’ signature scent: it’s Lanvin My Sin [1].
This powdery musky fragrance was created by Madame Zed and launched in 1924.
[1] The Bernard Slade play was adapted into a film in 1978: it was directed by Robert Mulligan and starred Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. Here is my post about the same conversation in the film.