Francis (Xavier Dolan) uses a L’Artisan Parfumeur eau de parfum.
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Les quatre cents coups (1959)
Gilberte Doinel (Claire Maurier) uses a Carven perfume.
It’s impossible to tell which one (the front label isn’t visible), but four were the Carven perfumes released before 1959 – Ma Griffe in 1946, Robe d’Un Soir in 1947, Chasse Gardée in 1950 and Vert et Blanc in 1958.
All these perfumes had the same bottle.
9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
A poster advertising Oscar de la Renta Oscar eau de parfum can be seen at Bloomingdale’s.
La femme Nikita (1990)
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.
Bull Durham (1988)
Anne Savoy (Susan Sarandon) uses Guerlain Shalimar.
The Iron Lady (2011)
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.
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Will (Jude Law) gives Oana (Vera Farmiga) a bottle of Jo Malone fragrance.
Earlier in the film, the same bottle can be seen on Liv’s dressing table. “That’s fucked up,” Oana tells Will when she finds out Liv uses it. “What man wants to be with a girl that smells like his wife?” Will doesn’t seem to care because he says he doesn’t want to be with Oana – she’s a prostitute but they’ve been talking all the time.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Two Dior houndstooth bottles on the Draytons’ bathroom shelf.
The houndstooth bottle is a classic for Dior perfumes, so I’ve been wondering what were the exact fragrances seen in the film. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to read the front labels, so I’m pretty clueless. Yet, since the film was released in 1967, it’s possible to narrow the search to the perfumes launched before that year.
Miss Dior, the 1947 chypre floral fragrance created by Jean Carles and Paul Vacher.
Diorama, the 1949 chypre fragrance created by Edmond Roudnitska.
Diorissimo, the 1956 spectacular lily of the valley bomb created by Edmond Roudnitska.
Diorling, the 1963 chypre fragrance created by Paul Vacher.
Which of these perfumes could suit the protagonists of the film? Any guesses?
New York Stories: Life Without Zoe (1989)
Zoe Valdes (Heather McComb) keeps a giant bottle of Chanel no. 5 perfume on her desk.
Bonus read: an overview of the Chanel accessories and costume jewellery seen in the film. In the late 1980s Sofia Coppola wasn’t a director yet, but she worked on this film: she curated the costume and wardrobe department, wrote the screenplay with her father and designed the main titles.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Monica (Frances O’ Connor) and Henry Swinton (Sam Robards) are getting ready to go to a party. She’s just worn her favourite perfume, which her husband loves.
David (Haley Joel Osment), a highly advanced robotic boy who’s staying with them, desperately wants to be loved: for this reason, he wears Monica’s perfume.
Unfortunately, he’s used all her Chanel Coco perfume, which is very hard to find in the future envisioned in the film.
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