
In 1994 Pray Tell (Billy Porter) works as sales assistant in the cosmetic department at Macy’s.

A factice bottle of Christian Dior Dolce Vita is displayed. This is an accurate choice because the woody fragrance, created by Pierre Bourdon and Maurice Roger, was launched exactly in 1994.

On the right side of the counter there’s also a bottle of Bijan by Bijan, a white floral eau de toilette created by Peter Bohm and launched in 1986.


Pray Tell is spraying Chanel No. 5 on customers and advertises the iconic product as a perfume that can “reawaken that passion.”

He’s spraying the eau de parfum, the 1986 version by Jacques Polges of the original fragrance created by Ernest Beaux in 1921.
Great post. I enjoyed this series. I don’t think they used the flagship Macy’s in Herald Square to film in though as that has a very distinctive, cathedral like Art Deco fragrance / cosmetics hall.
Thank you. I love this series! The first two episodes of the third season are so good.
Oh, wow. That cosmetic hall must have been gorgeous!