We’ve already seen what’s in Alicia’s hospital cabinet, but there’s more. When Benigno (Javier Cámara) opens the cabinet in another scene, there are different products.
The jar and the bottle in the foreground are by Shiseido: the jar contains the body cream from the Relaxing Fragrance line, while the bottle is Advanced Essential Energy lumizing body lotion.
In the background there are the Relaxing Fragrance body lotion and the Energizing Fragrance eau aromatique, already seen in a previous scene.
When Benigno takes the Shiseido luminizing body lotion, we can see there’s also a bottle of Chanel n°5 body lotion.
Benigno Martín (Javier Cámara) is a personal nurse and caregiver: he looks after Alicia Roncero, a beautiful dancer he has been obsessed with even before she was in a coma. When he opens a cabinet in the girl’s hospital room to take a Pina Bausch’s autographed picture, we can see the products he uses on her.
Three of them are by Shiseido. The red drop-shaped bottle is Energizing Fragrance, a floral eau aromatique created by Claudette Belnavis and launched in 1999.
The tall bottles are from the Relaxing Fragrance line: the one on the left (with the shorter stopper) is the body lotion, while the one in the foreground is the fragrance. Hugely successful in the late 1990s (I used it myself for a while), it’s a floral green scent released in 1997.
There are some Chanel lipglosses on the left side of the cabinet, too.
And then a limited-edition bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier Classique, the powdery white floral masterpiece by Jacques Cavallier, first launched in 1993.
One of the sales assistants at the Black’s Fifth Avenue perfume counter holds a tall bottle of Lucien Lelong Indiscret eau de cologne. The eau de parfum version, created by Jean Carles, was launched in 1936.
Countess Sveva della Rocca Croce (Elisabetta De Palo) is sitting at her dressing table, getting ready for meeting Samurai at a luxury hotel in Rome. There are lots of products on it, but three bottles in particular have attracted my attention.
On the far left side of the table there’s L’Occitane Verveine Agrumeseau de toilette, launched in 2015.
The tall bottle with rounded silver stopper nearby is Estée Lauder Pleasures, created by Annie Buzantian and Alberto Morillas and launched in 1995.
Even if I appreciate both perfumes, I can’t really imagine the countess wearing them.
But there’s a bottle that saves the day, something the Countess could actually wear. The red round flacon with the clear flower-shaped stopper is Cartier Delices de Cartier, a floral fragrance with fruity (cherry!) notes created by Christine Nagel and launched in 2006.
Spadino (Giacomo Ferrara) is a young member of a Sinti family which controls part of the illegal activities in Rome. Even if he’s homosexual (his mother knows but she’s not supportive), there’s an arranged wedding for him: he’s to marry Angelica, from another Sinti family.
His brother Manfredi (Adamo Dionisi) forces him to spend some time with his fiancé and he reluctantly accepts.
His bedroom is very flashy – arabesque wallpaper, animalier bed cover, a Thug Life poster, gold and purple furniture and a LED screen above the bed. The objects on his dresser, though, reveal a very different side of him.
There’s a brown box with yellow lettering from the Collezione Barbiere by Acqua di Parma. Such a choice contrasts with the image this character has created for himself.
But the real shock comes from the factice bottle with wicker decoration sitting on the same purple dresser.
This bottle is shown in another episode, just before the wedding ceremony. Spadino’s mother, Adelaide (Paola Sotgiu), is giving him a very important heirloom as gift – his late father’s switchblade.
I have no idea how a Revillon splash bottle ended up on that dresser, but I think it’s incredibly exciting. Unfortunately, the back of the bottle is shown, so I don’t know if the one in the TV show contains Detchemaor Carnet de Bal (the wicker bottle was used for both).
Now the question is: is this a totally casual prop or was it specifically chosen for Spadino? Is he a lover of vintage perfumes? I hope I’ll see more in the second season (I’ve almost finished watching the first one).
At a disco freestyle dancing competition a Swedish dancer is putting red lipstick on. To do so, she’s using the mirror of Urban Decay Naked 2 Basicseyeshadow palette.
Night Bloom [1] is the latest creature of the talented filmmaker and actress Coco Baudelle, a short film that has been selected by several festivals around the world, including the 2020 Venice Shorts. In a bit more than 5 minutes, we are taken into a dreamy world of white roses drenched in rain, echoes from Jennifer’s Body by Karyn Kusama, satin ribbons and a seemingly endless sleep, all accented by wonderful piano scores. Lucky for us, some scenes feature beauty products, which I’ve listed as follows.
The tall bottle with black cap on the right side of the shot is Chanel Hydra Beauty essence mist.
The plastic bottle with pink cap in the beauty case is Glossier Milky Oil make-up remover.
From the left to the right: the jar contains Aquaphor healing ointment
