When Louisa (Emilia Clarke) and William visit Paris, she stops to take a look at L’Artisan Parfumeur shop window. The fragrances on display have the old bottles, with the colourful labels; judging from the orange labels, they could be Séville à l’Aube, Fleur d’Oranger, Mandarine or Dzongkha.
I have no idea what Catherine Deneuve was doing in a Hermès shop window in Paris, but I love this shot. Taken in the 1960s, it portrays the French actress barefoot, acting like a shop assistant who’s taking a bag from the window for a customer.
Among the objects displayed, a bottle of Calèche, one of the most famous perfumes by the leather good fashion house. Created in 1961 by Guy Robert, it’s a very feminine perfume, with woody and white floral notes. It takes its name from a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, thus echoing its logo (a duc carriage with horse).
There’s a jar of Nivea cream on Junn’s vanity table.
There is a display of Cacharel Anais Anais in a mall visited by Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina Belmont. The bottles shown include the stopper version, the splash and the spray ones.
Several Roger & Gallet coffrets of three soaps are displayed in the cosmetic department.
From top to bottom, they are Rose, Gingembre, Thè vert, Jean Marie Farina and Lavande Royale. The choice of displaying these boxes is historically accurate: the third season is set just after the end of WWI, while Roger & Gallet round au chaudron soaps were first launched in 1879.
There’s Dove Go Fresh Cool Moisture body wash in Desi and Marnie’s flat.
There’s a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s hemp peppermint pure-castile soap on the wash-basin where Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) and Cal (Hugh Dancy) are washing their hands.
In this picture, taken in 1965 by John Dominis, the American singer was shaving. On his bathroom shelf there are a Barbicide jar, a tin bottle of Jaris talcum powder and a bottle of Vitalis hair tonic.
There’s a bottle of L’Oreal Obao bubble bath on Corinne’s bath tub. This product, advertised in France as “le bain de mousse à la japonaise”, was launched in 1963; its name was inspired to o-furo, the traditional Japanese bath.
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