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perfumes in tv shows

Stay Close S01E08

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There are two interesting perfume bottles on this dressing table.

The fan-shaped bottle is the German fragrance Summer Flowers by Chiara Ambra.

There’s also a lovely cork-shaped bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Champagne, a fruity/powdery fragrance created by Sophia Grojsman and launched in 1993. Three years later it was renamed Yvresse because of a lawsuit filed by the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne.

Thanks to Jane Daly for submitting this post and to Jennifer for the Chiara Ambra id.

bodycare in movies, perfumes in movies, soaps in movies

Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

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Martin is an abusive and controlling husband. His wife Laura takes advantage of a stormy evening sail to fake her own death and leave him. But he eventually finds her thanks to a phone call he receives from Vanessa, a woman who took swimming lessons with Laura at YWCA.

When Martin gets home, he obsessively looks for signs of Laura’s staged death. The bathroom has an important function: after cutting his finger, he gets close to the toilet and there, at the bottom, he finds Laura’s wedding ring, which she got rid of before leaving. Most of the products in the bathroom cabinets are by Crabtree & Evelyn, a British brand founded in 1968.

The seashell object is Crabtree & Evelyn sea shell soap with jojoba oil.

The round plastic box is Jean Couturier Coriandre dusting powder. This fragrance, a creation by Jacqueline Couturier, Jean-Louis Sieuzac and Gerard Pelpel, was first launched in 1973.

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It’s hard to say if the Crabtree & Evelyn Aloe Vera box contains a bath & shower gel, a talcum powder shaker or another product of that line.

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In the cabinet there are two boxes of Crabtree & Evelyn chamomile and Swiss glicerine soap.

There’s also a box of Crabtree & Evelyn Extract of West Indian and Sicilian Limes.

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The round box with violets contains a perfumed glycerine soap by Crabtree & Evelyn.

Last, there’s a bottle of Johnson’s baby oil.

Thanks to Jennifer for the Jean Couturier id.

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Heat (1995)

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Justine (Diane Venora) is sitting at her vanity, getting ready to go out. There are many beauty products and perfumes on it, so let’s see what I have identified.

The tall bottle is Rochas Tocade, an amber floral fragrance created by Maurice Roucel and launched in 1994.

The bottle with the distinctive white stopper is Bijan Women eau de toilette, another amber floral fragrance: it was created by Peter Bohm and launched in 1986.

The tall bottle with gold stopper is another amber floral fragrance – Red by Giorgio Beverly Hills, created by Bob Aliano and launched in 1989.

At this point it’s clear Justine loves amber floral fragrances: her collection also includes Joop! Femme, created by Michel Almairac and launched in 1987.

There three perfume miniatures, too. One is a bottle of Van Cleef & Arpels First, a Jean-Claude Ellena creation launched in 1976.

Two miniatures are by Oscar de la Renta: the bottle with green stopper is Volupté, a floral green fragrance created by Sophia Grojsman and Nicholas Calderone, and launched in 1992. The flower-topped bottle is Oscar, another amber floral perfume: it was created by Jean-Louis Sieuzac and launched in 1977.

Last, we get a quick glimpse of a beautiful glossy black and gold refillable atomiser of Chanel No. 5.

Thanks to Cédric for the Giorgio Beverly Hills ID.

cosmetics in movies, haircare in movies

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

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TV preacher Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) has a very distinctive make-up and hairstyle, so it’s not surprising to see her dressing table packed with products.

The green lipstick tube is by Revlon from the Moon Drops line, first launched in the late 1950s. The lipstick collection, which included 20 shades, was launched in 1964.

The perfume on her vanity is Estee Lauder Private Collection, a green floral fragrance created by Vincent Marcello and launched in 1973.

In the background there’s a can of Aquanet all-purpose hairspray.

Thanks to Kelly in the comments for the Estee Lauder perfume id.

cosmetics in tv shows, nail polish in tv shows

Riverdale S06E04 (The Witching Hour[s])

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Poppy Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) is one of the protagonists of this episode, inspired to The Hours (2002) by Stephen Daldry, based on the novel with the same title by Michael Cunningham. Her storyline is set in the 1950s: she’s an independent woman who practices the arts of magic, through which she tries to help the women of Rivervale trapped in unhappy or boring lives.

She holds beauty lessons in her own mansion, so it’s interesting to see what’s included in her kit.

In the round train case there’s a box of Coty Airspun loose face powder.

The lipstick she puts on a red lacquered tray is Color Riche by L’Oreal.

The red nail polish bottles she puts on gold standing mirrors are from the Color Riche line by L’Oreal.

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E’ stata la mano di Dio (2021)

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There’s a bottle of Boucheron Pour Femme eau de parfum in Armando’s bathroom. He’s a smuggler who always lives on the edge and causes trouble, so this is a surprising choice, more unexpected than the statue of Padre Pio in the plastic bucket.

This quintessentially 1980s perfume was created by Francis Deleamont and Jean-Pierre Bethouart and launched in 1988.

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The Supremes (1965)

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This beautiful portrait of the Supremes (Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) was taken in 1965 by photographer Bruce Davidson, who went into the trio’s dressing room and took pictures of them getting ready for a performance.

Florence was holding a Maybelline eye pencil.

Moving to the centre of the table, we can see a bottle of Estee Lauder Youth Dew cologne.

Right in front of the cologne there’s a bottle of Revlon Touch & Glow liquid make-up.

Seeing the iconic squared bottle of Chanel eau de cologne on this table filled me with joy. I wonder who wore it – Mary Wilson (the bottle is standing in front of her) or the others, too?

The small bottle next to the Chanel one is Yardley hand cream.

The large jar in front of Diana Ross is Pond’s cold cream, the classic make-up remover that I’ve spotted in films and on real-life dressing table an endless number of times.

Thanks to Kailey for submitting this post and identifying most of the beauty products. Thanks to Ro in the comments for the Youth Dew id.