Christian Dior Fahrenheit and Guy Laroche Fidji perfumes, Christian Dior lipstick and compacts, Bourjois eyeshadow and blush pots on Nikita’s (Anne Parillaud) dressing table.
I think the nail polish bottles on the left are by Maybelline: I remember they had a similar packaging in the 1990s.
A marbled jar of Erno Lazlo controlling face powder on Amanda Plummer’s dressing table in 1981, when the actress made her Broadway debut in Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey. The picture was taken by Rivka S. Katvan.
The unique tassel box of Caron Nuit de Noël can be seen on the dressing table of Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange).
The oriental floral fragrance, created by Ernest Daltroff, was launched in 1922.
Bette Tattler (Sarah Paulson) pretends to remember her mother’s murderer, scent included – Williams Aqua Velva after-shave.
Tara (Maggie Siff) and Gemma (Katey Sagal) talk about Luann’s favourite perfume. Gemma’s description (“smelled like cum and patchouli”) makes me think of heady hippie scents from the 1970s.
Chanel Coco body lotion and a Chanel nail polish can be seen on Zoe’s bedside table.
I’m posting a picture of Rouge Noir because it’s the first Chanel dark polish which comes to my mind, but it’s clear it can’t be the shade seen in this film. As a matter of fact, Rouge Noir was released in 1995, six years after New York Stories.
A spray bottle of Guerlain Mitsouko can be seen on the dressing table of Marian Seldes, the American actress who passed away yesterday. This beautiful portrait was taken by Rivka Katvan behind the scenes of Deuce, the Terrence McNally play which ran on Broadway in 2007.
Thanks to my friend Maurizio for the id.
Anne Savoy (Susan Sarandon) uses Guerlain Shalimar.
Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) holding a bottle of Geo. F. Trumper Eau de Cologne.
On the top shelf, next to the shave brush, there’s a Penhaligon’s bottle. It’s bow-less, so it’s hard to tell what perfume it is. Margaret Thatcher was said to wear Bluebell, but this isn’t it. That peculiar sticker shape makes me think of Blenheim Bouquet, but it’s just a guess. If that was the case, kudos to the prop master for choosing the fragrance created for Winston Churchill’s father and worn by the Prime Minister himself.
Bésame lipstick on the dressing table of Bette and Dot Tattler (Sarah Paulson) in a promotional picture for the upcoming 4th season of the tv show.
