A giant splash bottle of Dior Eau Sauvage can be seen on the bath tub shelf.
Category Archives: perfumes in movies
American Gangster
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
There’s a bottle of Guerlain Shalimar eau de cologne (or eau de toilette) in the pharmacy where Alice gets some medicines. Even if it’s clearly stated that the story is set in the early 1980s, lots of details (especially costumes) reveal it’s actually a 1990s film. The presence of a footless chauve souris bottle is not historically accurate: it made its appearance in 1995 (three years before the film was directed), first used for the eau de toilette, later for the eau de cologne.
This is an example of “partial inconsistency,” in the sense that the perfume in question was not on the market at the time in which the story takes place, but it was at the time in which the film was shot.
A Bigger Splash (2015)
There’s a bottle of Acqua di Parma Colonia Assoluta and a tube of Marvis Classic Strong Mint toothpaste in Marianne and Paul’s bathroom.
Martha (1974)
The iconic Christian Dior houndstooth perfume bottle appears on Martha’s hotel bathroom shelf while she’s in Rome with her father. The front label is not visible, so it’s impossible to tell what fragrance she wore.
We should add Diorella to my list of “suspects”, since the floral-chypre perfume created by Edmond Roudnitska was launched in 1970.
The pink stick on the left is Max Factor Pan Stik foundation.
Thanks to Amy in the comments for the Max Factor id.
The Bitch (1979)
The “bitch” of the movie title is Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins), the fierce owner of a trendy disco. She loves living surrounded by luxury, so no surprise to see expensive perfumes in her bathroom.
The 400 ml bottle on the left is Hermès Calèche, a woody floral fragrance created by Guy Robert in 1961.
The refillable spray in the middle is Calèche again.
The glass bottle with the dark red stopper is Amazone, another classic Hèrmes perfume, created by Maurice Maurin in 1974.
Next to Amazone there’s another bottle of Calèche, the aérospray version. Amazone was marketed in aérospray version, too: the bottle is the same, but the metal details are silver, not gold.
Endless gratitude to The Scentimentalist, who pointed this beautiful perfume sighting out to me.
Me Before You (2016)
When Louisa (Emilia Clarke) and William visit Paris, she stops to take a look at L’Artisan Parfumeur shop window. The fragrances on display have the old bottles, with the colourful labels; judging from the orange labels, they could be Séville à l’Aube, Fleur d’Oranger, Mandarine or Dzongkha.
Night of the Comet (1984)
There is a display of Cacharel Anais Anais in a mall visited by Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina Belmont. The bottles shown include the stopper version, the splash and the spray ones.
What Women Want (2000)
The scene set in the make-up and perfume department at Marshall Fields is filled with eye candy.
At the Lancôme counter, a customer is trying one of the brand’s most famous fragrances, Trésor. Created by Sophia Grojsman and launched in 1990, it’s a warm floral-oriental perfume. Several bottles of body lotion and a jar of body cream are on display.
At the Chanel counter, there’s a display of the Rouge Hydrabase lipsticks.
At the Estee Lauder counter there are some nail polishes on display.
Austenland (2013)
Miss Elizabeth Charming (Jennifer Coolidge) has got a very busy dressing table. I’ve spotted L’Oreal Elnett Very Volume hairspray and Rochas Madame Rochas perfume on it. The perfume, first launched in 1960, was created by Guy Robert: it’s a woody/floral scent and includes notes of bergamot, iris, jasmine, tuberose, sandalwood, oakmoss and tonka beans.
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