There’s a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s hemp peppermint pure-castile soap on the wash-basin where Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) and Cal (Hugh Dancy) are washing their hands.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Frank Sinatra’s Bathroom Shelf (1965)
In this picture, taken in 1965 by John Dominis, the American singer was shaving. On his bathroom shelf there are a Barbicide jar, a tin bottle of Jaris talcum powder and a bottle of Vitalis hair tonic.
Week End (1967)
There’s a bottle of L’Oreal Obao bubble bath on Corinne’s bath tub. This product, advertised in France as “le bain de mousse à la japonaise”, was launched in 1963; its name was inspired to o-furo, the traditional Japanese bath.
Girls S05E08 (Homeward Bound)
There’s a Weleda Baby Calendula product in Laird and Caroline’s apartment. It could be the cream bath, the body lotion or the oil.
Orange is the New Black S03E01 (Mother’s Day)
Sister Jane Ingalls (Beth Fowler) uses Vaseline Intensive Rescue healing hand cream.
What Women Want (2000)
The scene set in the make-up and perfume department at Marshall Fields is filled with eye candy.
At the Lancôme counter, a customer is trying one of the brand’s most famous fragrances, Trésor. Created by Sophia Grojsman and launched in 1990, it’s a warm floral-oriental perfume. Several bottles of body lotion and a jar of body cream are on display.
At the Chanel counter, there’s a display of the Rouge Hydrabase lipsticks.
At the Estee Lauder counter there are some nail polishes on display.
The Parent Trap (1998)
Five Hard Candy nail polishes are among the objects that Annie and Hallie put into the pot while playing poker.
The Path S01E07 (Refugees)
There’s a bottle of Aveeno daily moisturizing body wash in Cal Robert’s bathroom. The name of the brand has been removed from the bottle.
Austenland (2013)
Miss Elizabeth Charming (Jennifer Coolidge) has got a very busy dressing table. I’ve spotted L’Oreal Elnett Very Volume hairspray and Rochas Madame Rochas perfume on it. The perfume, first launched in 1960, was created by Guy Robert: it’s a woody/floral scent and includes notes of bergamot, iris, jasmine, tuberose, sandalwood, oakmoss and tonka beans.
Mr Selfridge S03E07/S03E10
Harry Selfridge (Jeremy Piven) takes Nancy Webb (Kelly Adams) to Selfridges for an evening shopping spree. They stop at a table where several bottles are displayed. The perfume in question, “straight from Paris,” is Caron Tabac Blond. The choice is historically accurate: Ernest Daltroff created this provocative perfume in 1919. According to Fragrantica, Tabac Blond is “a homage to women’s liberation,” combining “leathery top notes usually found in men’s fragrances with an eternally feminine floral bouquet.” It was a fragrance for women who smoked cigarettes, seen at the time as “the perfect symbol of freedom”.
Even the box that Harry gives Nancy is historically accurate: made of gold cardboard, it’s embellished with a matching silk tassel.
Box and perfume bottle make another appearance when Harry visits Nancy’s flat, now empty. She’s left them on her vanity table, symbols of a love story which is over. The bottle is similar to the original but the original front label didn’t include the name of the perfume and the brand.
World Wide Aura 