Guilia Gallo is reading an issue of Movies Monthly, which has a Max Factor advert as back cover. Lucille Ball stars in it, introducing new shades of lipstick. While I appreciate the effort, there’s a problem here: the episode is set in the late 1960s, while the advert is from the 1940s. The actress on the magazine cover is Veronique Carlton (Betty Denville), who appears in the episode; from this we know that the magazine is recent and not from 20 years earlier.
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
There are several bottles by the bath-tub in Rita Marlowe’s bathroom. Among them, five Lanvin products.
The tall rectangular bottles with squared stopper are colognes. They could be either Arpege or My Sin (I’ve already explained why).
The same uncertainty can be applied to the two black boules and the black bottle with golden stopper, which contained perfumed body powder.
The bottle between the two Lanvin boules is the eau de cologne of Dana 20 Carats, launched in 1933.
The tall bottle with fake tiger fur stopper is Fabergé Tigress, a warm spicy fragrance launched in 1938. The ad above dates back to 1975 and features the American showgirl, actress and singer Lola Falana as testimonial.
Thanks to Jeremy in the comments for the Dana id.
American Crime Story S02E04 (House by the Lake)
There’s a jar of Vaseline petroleum jelly in David Madson’s bedroom.
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Amelia Bly (Kim Cattrall) checks her make-up in a Chanel compact.
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
The lipstick Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) is applying is by MAC (a tube from the 1980s).
Less Than Zero (1987)
There’s a bottle of Calvin Klein Obsession on the dressing table in Clay’s mother’s bedroom. This oriental spicy fragrance was created by Jean Guichard and launched in 1985.
The white box under the glass counter is a product from the Chanel No. 5 body line: I couldn’t find any picture of it, but I guess it contained a jar, so it could be an after-bath powder, a body cream or even a set of soaps.
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
There’s a Clinique aqua green compact in Ronnie’s dressing room.
There’s also a bottle of Superbalanced Make-Up liquid foundation.
Sweet November (2001)
There’s a huge bottle of perfume among the twelve Christmas presents that Nelson (Keanu Revees) gives Sara. It’s named after her and it’s a “custom-made fragrance capturing that special something a woman leaves on a man.”
It’s actually a factice of Aimez-Moi (Love Me in French, how apt) by Caron. Created by Dominique Ropion and launched in 1996, it has notes of violet, star anise and mint.
Thanks to Claudia Murru for the id.
Madonna’s Material Girl (1985)
There are toiletries and perfume bottles on the protagonist’s dressing table. Some of them are generic vanity bottles, but we can give a name to others. The tall ribbed bottle with gold cap, for example, is the Guerlain natural spray cologne bottle, used for different fragrances from 1964 to 1977.
Thanks to Annette Flaconnage for the id.
Nigella Bites S02E05 (Temple Food)
In the closing scene of the episode, the British gourmet eats half a papaya and raspberries in her bathtub, surrounded by Diptyque Roses candles.
Thanks to Katherine for the id.
World Wide Aura 