The opening scene shows some of the beauty products used by the protagonist, the actress Mia Roarke.
From the left we can see a jar of Cetaphil moisturizing cream.
There’s a bottle of MCMC Noble fragrance, created by Anne McClain and launched in 2009.
Next, there’s Hamadi Organics shea leave-in moisturizing styling cream.
Next, a peachy pink blush by MAC.
Last, the small toppled-over bottle contains Mario Badescu drying lotion.
Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the screencaps and ids.
Medicines, skincare and some make-up can be seen in Bernadette’s bathroom cabinet.
On the far left (top shelf) there’s a tube of Dr. Hauschka rose day cream.
I don’t usually cover medications, but this one was served on a silver platter: it’s Hyland’s muscle therapy gel with arnica
On the far right there’s a bottle of red nail polish by Butter London.
On the central lower shelf there’s a bottle of Klorane Eau de brillance à la cire de magnolia detangling spray.
The tall white bottle is Avène PhysioLift smoothing night balm.
Next to it, another Klorane product – Lotion florale démaquillante au bleuet apaisant, an eye make-up removing lotion.
On Mimi’s dressing table there are three interesting items.
After untangling the aqua stopper mystery, now I can identify this in no time: it’s Richard Hudnut Tres Flores/Three Flowers brilliantine.
Behind it there’s a spray bottle of Caron Nocturnes de Caron eau de toilette without the black stopper.
The tall bottle with an intricately decorated front label is Murray & Lanman Florida Water cologne.
Thanks to Oliver Seeger for the Caron id.
There are several toiletries in Clara’s bathroom.
The pink plastic bottle on the left is Clairol condition shampoo.
Next to it, a snail-shaped perfume bottle by Avon. It’s unclear what scent it contained, because this bottle was used to house several fragrances – Charisma, Brocade and Régence, among the others.
Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the picture and Avon id.
In the screencap above there are two haircare products by Motions. The one in the glass bottle is Heat Styler, while the one in the jar is the pre-wash detangling butter.
There are three Hask products in front of Gloria.
The Argan dry shampoo is in the pale blue spray bottle.
The Keratin Protein flash blow-dry spray is in the clear pink bottle.
Last, the Chia Seed volumizing dry shampoo is in the lavender spray bottle.
When Donald (Matt Bomer) arrives at Michael’s, he takes his shirt off and throws himself on the friend’s bed. There’s a bottle on the shelf behind the bed and believe me when I say that I’ve spent most of my waking hours (since I watched the film) trying to identify it.
Things took a weird turn a couple of nights ago, when the same bottle popped up in a music video I used to love as a teenager – Poundcake by none other than Van Halen! The 1991 video, directed by Andy Morahan, famously shows Eddie Van Halen using the power drill technique in the introduction and in the solo. But it also features girls showing up for an audition, and that’s where the mysterious bottle appears.
I had just decided to abandon the Boys in the Band bottle to its sad destiny, when the Van Halen showed me the way. I had to identify it! I turned to the place where I know I can always find an answer – the Fragrantica forum – and an answer is what I got. A surprising one.
My mistake? Thinking that bottle was a perfume. Now I know it’s Richard Hudnut Three Flowers/Tres Flores brilliantine, housed in this beautiful glass bottle with aqua green conical stopper.
There’s more: it appears in its original form in the Van Halen video, but it has a different label in the Joe Mantello film and that was the ultimate trap. After much pondering, I’ve realised it’s the same bottle: they just changed the front sticker for the film, probably to make it look like a perfume.
Thanks to c_donna and all the lovely ladies at Fragrantica who helped me solve the mystery.
The Woman (Tilda Swinton) is applying mascara in front of a round mirror. The bathroom she’s in is tiled in different colours and is full of beauty products and toiletries.
Starting from the left red-tiled niche, I’ve identified:
Rochas Eau de Rochas bath and shower gel
Chanel La Crème Main hand cream
Perlier Honey Miel bath and shower cream and Thai Coco body lotion
Chanel Paris-Biarritz shower gel
Moving right, there’s the blue-tiled niche, where there are two hair products:
John Frieda Luxurious Volume Touchably Full conditioner
L’Oreal Extraordinary Oil oil-in-milk leave-in hair cream
Now there’s the washbasin counter, packed with bottles of medicines.
The first perfume bottle I’ve spotted is Hermès Eau de Citron Noir cologne.
Then there’s obviously the Chanel No. 5 factice.
Next, three products by Natura Bissé from the C+C Vitamin line – face cream on the far left, sun protection at the top left corner of the washbasin and micellar cleansing water next to the tap.
There’s also a bottle of Chanel Les Beiges foundation among the medicine bottles.
All the right part of the counter is for Chanel make-up items. So we can see
Joues Contraste powder blush
Rouge Allure red lipstick
A cream blush
Poudre Universelle Libre loose powder
Les 4 Ombres eyeshadow palette in Tissé Camélia
Palette Essentiel in Beige Clair
Les Beiges compact powder
Le Lift Lèvres et Contours firming cream.
Last, two toothpastes in a silver glass
One is Marvis Classic Strong Mint toothpaste.
The other is Verkos Kemphor toothpaste.
Lots of things happen at the birthday party that Michael organises for Harold: for example, the fight between Emory (Robin de Jesús) and Alan ends up with a split lip. Bernard (Michael Benjamin Washington) takes his friend to the toilet, where they check the wound.
On a shelf in Michael’s bathroom there are four products.
The glass bottle on the left is Listerine mouthwash.
The cardboard shaker contains Spicy perfumed talc by Avon.
Next there’s Lucky Tiger hair tonic with oil.
On the far right side of the shelf there’s a glass jar of Vaseline petroleum jelly.
There’s a bottle of Halsa shampoo on Susie’s bath tub.
