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Priscilla (2023)

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Chanel No. 5 is introduced when Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) first visits Elvis at Graceland, but it is mentioned and appears in two more scenes.

In 1964, deep into his spiritural phase, Elvis (Jacob Elordi) is shown lecturing some fans in Los Angeles. The singer is intrigued by the fragrance a blonde girl is wearing: it’s No. 5, which he should have identified right away because Priscilla wears it, too.

It’s not clear whether Priscilla starts wearing No. 5 because her over-controlling partner wants her to, but we know that later in the film (in the 1970s) the fragrance makes another appearance, this time in a refillable canister. This means that it’s somehow become her signature scent.

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The Killer (2023)

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The opening credits feature a very brief moment in which some beauty products and fragrances appear on screen.

The gloved hand of the Killer is holding a bottle of Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. But this is neither the eau de parfum nor the eau de toilette, because the name of the product is printed in black on white paper. I believe the prop masters used the bottle of the Eau de Parfum Intense (bottle and stopper made of clear glass) and replaced the neck sticker, which is in this case gold with white stripes, with the one from the Eau Privée version, which is white with gold stripes.

In the background we can see a bottle of Caudalie Vinoperfect concentrated brightening essence.

The bottle on the right is supposed to be part of the Replica series by Maison Margiela. The bottle is the same, but the front label has been replaced (a different font has been used for the word Replica, for example), even though it still bears the name of the original product.

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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

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Lady Claudine Litton (Catherine Schell) keeps several beauty products and perfume bottles on a mirrored vanity in her bathroom.

The bottle that immediately catches the attention is the Guerlain flacon montre. It has a teal disk on the front label, which means the eau de cologne in it is Mitsouko.

There’s also a bottle of Rochas Madame Rochas eau de toilette.

Last, a refillable atomiser by Nina Ricci. From the details of the metal section and from the size of the bottle, it could be the atomiser of L’air du Temps. The bottle seen in the film is not decorated with gold doves, though.

Thanks to Jane Daly for submitting this post.

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Empire of Light (2022)

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Hilary (Olivia Colman) is trying some fragrances at a drugstore.

On a shelf behind her and on the one in front of her several boxes of Moara Shira Green Aire are visible.

On the shelf on the far right there are some bottles of Maurer & Wirtz 4711 Original Eau de Cologne.

The bottles right in front of her are Fabergé Darling, an aromatic floral fragrance launched in 1982, and J. Casanova Rumours, which she’s spraying in this scene.

Although I have found very little to no information at all about these perfumes, I can imagine they were quite cheap and popular among people who wanted to wear a fragrance but couldn’t afford to spend much.

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The Glass House (2001)

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The cabinet in Ruby’s bathroom is pretty busy.

On the left there’s a box of Pond’s clear pore strips (the packaging in the film is older than the one in the picture above).

There’s also Pond’s deep pore foaming cleanser from the Clear Solutions line.

Her fragrance is not surprising at all – it’s Calvin Klein CK One. Created by Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont and launched in 1994, this citrus aromatic scent became the symbol of a decade but also set a standard for a new type of fragrances.

The two bottles on the far right look like lip glosses but they are actually fragrances from the Bottled Emotion line by Bonne Bell. The scents are Lucky (blue bottle) and Shy (clear bottle).

Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post and to Dipali for the Bonne Bell id.

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The Day of the Jackal (1973)

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The drugstore the Jackal (Edward Fox) visits is full of interesting bottles.

On the wall right behind the main counter there’s a poster advertising Victor Acqua di Selva. A factice bottle of the same fragrance can be seen on the counter.

In the glass cabinet behind the counter there’s a Christian Dior houndstooth bottle. Impossible to tell what fragrance it contained.

On the counter on the right there are so many bottles! Among them, the beautiful fluted flacon of Lucien Lelong Gardenia.

Next to it, the heart-shaped bottle of Guerlain Chamade.

The camera angle changes and more bottles are revealed.

On a glass shelf there’s a spray bottle of Chanel No. 5 eau de parfum.

Next to Chamade there’s a Guerlain flacon montre, but the colourful disk on white background was replaced with an odd label that looks absolutely wrong. I wonder what the prop masters were thinking…

On a glass shelf there’s Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass dusting powder.

In the mirrored cabinet behind the Jackal there are some bottles of Chanel eau de cologne and Lanvin Eau Arpège.

If you’re wondering what hairdye the Jackal buys, wonder no more: it’s Clairol Loving Care.