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Riverdale S01E03 (Body Double)

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riverdale_s01e03_bornunicorn-9Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) is putting a red lipstick on. Her mother Alice (Mädchen Amick) is not happy with her choice and name-checks the shade of the lipstick Betty is wearing.

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covergirl_colorlicious_bornunicornThe lipstick also gets a shot of its own: it’s Seduce Scarlet from the Colorlicious lipstick collection by Covergirl.

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riverdale_s01e03_bornunicorn-2Betty, who’s using her sister Polly’s lipstick, tries to explain why she’s wearing it: it makes her feel powerful, but she can’t convince her mother. Alice takes the lip colour away with a tissue and offers another option.

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riverdale_s01e03_bornunicorn-7The rigged gold tube she reaches for is definitely a vintage lipstick, possibly by Avon, which still has a Pink Perfection shade in its collection.

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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

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someonetowatchoverme_bornunicorn-1Claire Gregory (Mimi Rogers) and Mike Keegan go shopping at a luxury department store. She’s an habitual customer, so she greets the sales assistant sitting at the perfume counter.

chanelno5_dabberbottle_bornunicornjeandesprez_balaversaillescologne_bornunicornAmong the several bottles on the counter, I’ve spotted a Chanel perfume in three sizes, a giant bottle of Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles eau de cologne and a giant Caron bottle. I can only assume the Chanel perfume is no.5, but the same bottle has been used for other fragrances.

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profumi_jean-patou_1000_46919649One bottle of Ungaro Diva makes its appearance, too. In the background, on the right, a giant bottle of a Jean Patou perfume can be seen. It’s unclear whether it’s Joy or 1000, because the two perfumes have the same bottle.

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How to Get Away with Murder S03E13 (It’s War)

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elizabetharden_untold_bornunicornSeveral medicine bottles can be seen in Bonnie’s bathroom cabinet, along with a perfume bottle – Elizabeth Arden Untold, a fruity floral perfume created by Clement Gavarry and launched in 2013. It’s quite surprising that such a hard character wears such a girly perfume, but the ways in which we choose perfumes are often inscrutable.

howtogetawaywithmurder_s03e13_bornunicorn-2aveeno_clearcomplexiondailymoisturiser_bornunicornWe can also see a bottle of Aveeno Clear Complexion daily moisturiser.

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Jackie (2016)

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ninaricci_coeurjoie_bornunicornThere are two Nina Ricci perfumes on Jackie Kennedy’s dressing table in her bedroom at the White House. On the left there’s L’air du temps, created by Francis Fabron and launched after the WWII, in 1948. On the right there’s Coeur Joie, a white floral perfume, created by Germaine Cellier and launched in 1946; the cut-out heart-shaped bottle was designed by Marc Lalique.

Thanks to PaleBlueMoon for the L’air du temps id.

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Jackie (2016)

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jackie_bornunicornThere are four Guerlain perfumes in Jackie Kennedy’s bathroom at the White House.

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SHALIMAR08010 BASEAFrom left to right: the flacon bouchon coeur of Mitsouko, the flacon rayonnant of Vol de Nuit, a flacon abeille and the flacon chauve souris for Shalimar.

jeandesprez_balaversailles_bornunicornNext to them, a bottle of Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez can be seen.

I’m sorry to say that the choice of the bottles is lazy and inaccurate. Take Mitsouko, for example: the spray version of this bottle came out in 1995, not in the 1960s. The same can be said for the flacon abeille, a spray version of which was launched in 1992. Why didn’t the prop master use original bottles? Such a disappointment for an Oscar-nominated film!

Thanks to my Instagram friend Mustapha for the id.

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Jackie (2016)

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marvistoothpaste_bornunicornWhile Jacqueline and John Kennedy are flying to Dallas on the Air Force One, the First Lady puts her lipstick on. In this scene, a tube of Marvis toothpaste in Classic Strong Mint can be seen in a glass by the washbasin.

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On the way back to Washington D. C., another scene is set in the presidential plane’s restroom: Jackie is washing her husband’s blood off her face. In this case, a bottle of Guerlain Vetiver can be seen on the countertop on the right. This perfume, created by Jean-Paul Guerlain and launched in 1959, is here shown in the “travel bottle” with silver metal cap and black rim.

Thanks to my Instagram friend Mustapha for the id.