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The Substance (2024)

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On the top shelf in Elizabeth’s bathroom cabinet there’s Eve Lom Time Retreat radiance essence.

On the top shelf there are two Zoya nail polishes in pink/neutral shades; on the bottom shelf there’s another nail polish by the same brand in dark red.

On the bottom shelf there’s another Eve Lom product – a jar containing the rescue peel pads. Next to it there’s a bottle of Davines Melu hair shield.

Later in the film, when Sue opens the bathroom cabinet, we can see both products from the Goddess Cleansing Ritual duo by Charlotte Tilbury – the citrus oil radiance cleaner in the yellow tube and the purifying charcoal cleanser in the black tube.

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Coup de chance (2023)

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Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and her mother Camille (Valérie Lemercier) are shopping together and visit the Serge Lutens perfume shop.

Impossible to know exactly what perfume bottles are displayed in the screencap above. It’s impossible to tell if the bottles have the round or the longer tubular stopper, too.

On a small table on the right there are some flacons de table, splash bottles made of glass.

The location is the stunning Palais Royal, the Serge Lutens flagship store in Galerie de Valois in Paris. I am in love with the spiral staircase with the metal railing decorated with arrows.

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The Perfect Couple E05 (Never Gonna Give You Up)

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Abby (Dakota Fanning) decides to pack Merritt’s clothes up. While doing so, she sniffs one of the girl’s garments and recognises the fragrance she used to wear – Byredo Blanche – which she appreciates.

Blanche is often considered a staple among those fragrances that evoke the distinctive smell of fresh laundry. Launched in 2009, it’s a fresh aldehydic eau de parfum with notes of rose, peony, violet, African orange flower, musk, sandalwood and pink pepper.

Sad that there’s no trace of Blanche on the vanity in Merritt’s bedroom.

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Maxxxine (2024)

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In one of the last scenes of the film, Maxxxine (Mia Goth) is sitting in front of her dressing table, ready to start filming a new movie. Among the skincare products and toiletries on the table, the bottle on the far left has caught my attention.

It’s a gorgeous bottle of Cartier Pasha de Cartier, a fresh spicy eau de toilette created by Jacques Cavallier and launched in 1992. As LePetitCivet has recently pointed out, this is a historically inaccurate choice because this fragrance was launched well after 1985, year in which Maxxxine is set [1].

On the far right side of the table there’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream.

Even in this case, the choice is not totally accurate: in the advert above you can see what the Pond’s jar looked like in 1985. In the film the jar has the new packaging, not the original.

[1] Prop masters never seem to get Pasha de Cartier right: you may remember I noticed the same mistake in the TV show Glow.