Josephine Baker getting a pedicure in 1937.
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American Gangster (2007)
What Women Want (2000)
There’s a bottle of Clinique Superbalanced liquid foundation and some OPI nail polishes in Lola’s bathroom.
The Night Manager E03
There are a Cire Trudon candle and Penhaligon’s Lavandula hand and nail lotion on Jed’s bedside table.
Orange is the New Black S01E06 (WAC Pack)
Piper (Taylor Schilling) has a conversation with Nicky (Natasha Lyonne) after meeting her mother. “Everybody has got problems,” she tells Nicky, who replies: “Sure, but some problems are worse than others.” “Yours,” she continues, “smell like Shalimar,” the perfume Piper’s mother wears. Nicky ironically comments on Piper’s complaining about her mother: she visits her in prisons, buys her pretzels and hugs her goodbye. There’s no reason to complain! Nicky’s bottom line is that Shalimar-scented problems are no problems at all.
Nicky, whose mother is a New York wealthy socialite, immediately recognizes Piper’s perfume. Who knows? Maybe her mother uses it, too. After all, the magic of the 1925 perfume created by Jacques Guerlain is undeniable.
Thanks to my Instagram friend Mustapha for pointing this out to me.
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love (2013)
There are several beauty products in Matthew Morgan’s bathroom, most of which were used by his wife Joan. On the glass shelf there’s a tube of Elgydium toothpaste.
In the cabinet there are a bottle of Sonia Rykiel Woman perfume and Guerlain Météorites face powder.
Dope (2015)
There’s a bottle of Pinaud Clubman talc at the barber shop where Malcolm (Shameik Moore) gets a haircut.
Sicario (2015)
By the Sea (2015)
There are two Jean Patou fragrances on Vanessa’s dressing table: one is Joy, the other one is Eau de Joy. Launched in 1929 as “the world’s most expensive perfume,” Joy was created by Henri Alméras with 10600 flowers of jasmine and 28 dozens of roses, plus notes of ylang-ylang, musk, tuberose and sandalwood. Eau de Joy was launched in the 1960s: it’s dominated by jasmine notes, along with civet, aldehydes, lily of the valley and rose.
On the dressing table there are also a box of Summer Eye Cream by Germaine Monteil, still wrapped in plastic, and a bee-lid jar of Yardley face cream.
Thanks to vintageimagebox for the Yardley id.
The Night Manager E02
There are some Penhaligon’s products on Jed Marshall’s dressing table.
The tall glass bottle contains bath oil; unfortunately, the label is not visible and the ribbon bow has been removed, so it’s impossible to give a precise id. Judging from the colour of the oil, it could be Lavandula, Artemisia, Cornubia (it would be perfect on Jed) or even the sadly discontinued Victorian Posy. On the other hand, the round tin box is from the Christmas 2013 collection, the contemporary version of Victorian music boxes, “interpreted as birdcages holding mechanical songbirds.” Again, it’s impossibile to tell what is inside. Last, there’s Endymion deodorant next to the tin box.
World Wide Aura 