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Pedantic archivist of beauty products in films and tv shows

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

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revlonvintagelipstick_bornunicornWhen Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine) has a car accident and is hospitalized, her daughter Suzanne (Meryl Streep) puts on her make-up. The peach lipstick she uses is by Revlon and matches her mother’s nail polish.

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revlontouchandglowmoisturizingpowderreviewandswatches3The compact Doris uses while putting on some black eye pencil is by Revlon again. It’s made of black plastic with square edges; originally used for the Love Pat pressed powder, it’s now used for the Touch and Glow moisturizing powder. Judging from the three gold lines on the eye pencil, I think it’s another Revlon product.

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Yield to the Night (1956)

yieldtothenight_bornunicorn (1)Mary Price Hilton (Diana Dors) works as a sales assistant at a perfume shop. There she meets Jim Lancaster (Michael Craig), the man she’ll desperately fall in love with. When they first meet, he’s looking for a fragrance, but asks Mary what she is wearing.

SHALIMAR08010 BASEAThere are several bottles on the glass counter, among which Shalimar by Guerlain.

yieldtothenight_bornunicorn (4)The spectacular giant chauve souris bottle gets a beautiful shot in the same scene.

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lucienlelong_gardenia_bornunicornOn the bottom shelf of the counter there’s a set of Lucien Lelong mini bottles (see the ball-shaped stoppers) and what looks like Gardénia by the same brand. The bottle – designed by René Lalique and called Sea Star – was actually used for other perfumes by Lelong (Lilac, for example), but the white box trimmed in a contrasting colour could confirm it was Gardenia.

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vintage-guerlain-shalimar-eau-de-cologne-splash-1-7-oz-new-rope-sealed-7cc19a1fb031c4c8f019950e9bc5749a (1)Another shot shows a flacon bouchon coeur and a flacon montre by Guerlain. Reading the labels is impossible, so I can’t tell what they contained. The same can be said for the trademark tall bottle by Lucien Lelong, which was used for different fragrances.

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Poltergeist (1982)

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Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) is about to take a bath. On a shelf in her bathroom, bottles of Ralph Lauren Lauren and of Estee Lauder Youth-Dew are visible. The floral woody scent by Ralph Lauren was launched in 1978; the oriental spicy fragrance was created by Josephine Catapano and launched in 1953.

The pink bottle on the second shelf is Tickle roll-on deodorant.

Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the Ralph Lauren id and to Sandra for the Tickle id.

How to Get Away with Murder S03E01 (We’re Good People Now)

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A lot has changed in Annalise Keating’s life since the show started, including her perfume. You may remember a bottle of Cartier Eau de Cartier was sitting on her dressing table in the first season. Now she has opted for something different – Vera Wang. Created by Jean-Claude Delville and Harry Fremont, it was launched in 2002; it’s a white floral perfume, with notes of lily, gardenia, lotus and lily of the valley.

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The tall green bottle on the right is Elizabeth Arden Refining Toner lotion, a product now discontinued.

Thanks to Jennifer for both ids.

Stepmom (1998)

stepmom_bornunicorn-1stepmom_bornunicorn-2Isabel Kelly (Julia Roberts) puts on some lipstick while driving Anna and Ben to their mother’s house.

cliniqueblackhoney_bornunicornThe slick metal tube is Clinique Almost lipstick in the famous shade Black Honey, leaving a lovely sheen on lips.

stepmom_bornunicorn-3stepmom_bornunicorn-4She lets Anna (Jena Malone) wear it: the colour is subtle and natural, appropriate even on a young girl.

I found this id in Pretty Iconic: A Personal Look at the Beauty Products that Changed the World by Sali Hughes.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

gentlemenpreferblondes_bornunicornWhen Dorothy and Lorelei get to Paris, they immediately go out shopping. One of the shops they hit is Guerlain. The screencap above shows the most famous fragrances of the French brand.

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guerlainmitsoukocologne_bornunicornThere are three flacons montres of Shalimar eau de cologne and two of Mitsouko eau de cologne.

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guerlainparquetbox_bornunicornThere are five bouchon coeur bottles and two parquet boxes.

shalimarvintagead_bornunicornThere are also two chauve souris bottles of Shalimar.

voldenuit_guerlain_bornunicornLast but not least, two flacons rayonnants of Vol de Nuit and three zebra-printed boxes.

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