There are some interesting items on a marble counter on Mary-Jane’s bathroom.
The miniature bottle on the left is Chanel 8° 5 Lotion Fraiche.
The tall cardboard box on the right contains Manetti & Roberts Borotalco, probably the most iconic talcum powder made in Italy.
In front of it, another cardboard box contains Coty Airspun loose face powder.
When the protagonist Mary-Jane visits her parents in London, we can see a very peculiar sighting – a bottle of Cacharel Anais Anais.
This fragrance, created in 1978 by Roger Pellegrino, Robert Gonnon, Paul Leger and Raymond Chaillan, was still very successful one decade later. I guess it’s the eau de toilette of choice of Mary-Jane’s mother.
There are two interesting bottles on a dresser in the bedroom that Kelly (Lee Remick) shares with her younger sister Toby (Stefanie Powers).
The white bottle is the eau de cologne version of Rochas Femme, a chypre fruity fragrance created by Edmond Roudnitska and launched in 1944.
The other bottle is an eau de cologne by Lucien Lelong. Unfortunately it’s impossible to tell the exact fragrance because the label is unreadable and because the same balloon bottle was used to house several different scents.
Nancy (Patricia Huston) keeps several fragrance bottles on her vanity.
Among them there’s the fluted bottle of D’Orsay Intoxication, a chypre floral fragrance launched in 1938.
The Jackal (Edward Fox) pours some hair dye in a bottle of Old Spice after-shave lotion.
There are some interesting bottles on Jackie’s vanity.
One is the eau de toilette version of Robert Piguet Fracas, created by Germaine Cellier and originally launched in 1948.
The second is Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles, an amber powdery fragrance launched in 1962.
The third is the refillable atomiser of Guerlain Shalimar, a fragrance by Jacques Guerlain launched in 1925.
The fourth sits in front of the Guerlain atomiser: it’s the refillable atomiser of Chanel No. 19, created by Henri Robert and launched in 1970.
There’s also an Erno Laszlo jar, possibly containing face powder or moisturizing cream.
Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post, to Alindri for the Desprez id and to Leylalight for the Chanel id.
The bottle sitting on Elvis Presley’s dresser in his bedroom in Bad Nauheim is Fabergé Brut, an aromatic fougère fragrance created by Karl Mann and launched in 1964.
This choice is not historically accurate because Elvis’ military service in Germany took place from October 1958 to March 1960, well before the release of Brut. Sofia Coppola’s fans know these “mistakes” are frequent in her films, though, and usually add a fascinating touch. Anyone remembers the purple Converse All Star hi-tops in Marie Antoinette (2006)?
The first two products Priscilla takes from her beauty case are a jar of Noxzema skin cream and a bottle of Cutex nail polish in an orange/coral shade.
Next, there’s a bottle of Chanel No. 5, the legendary floral aldehyde eau de parfum created by Ernest Beaux and launched in 1921.
She also takes a compact containing pressed face powder and a marbled jar containing a cold cream (this is what is written on its lid). I can’t identify the compact but I am sure the cold-cream jar is just a prop.
The last items are two lipsticks – one in a dark green case, the other in a gold case.
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.
The protagonist is getting ready for a date: the fragrance she wears is Cartier La Panthère parfum, created by Mathilde Laurent and launched in 2020.
Thanks to Victoria for submitting this post.
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