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Category Archives: perfumes in tv shows
Sex and the City S06E07 (Hop, Skip, and a Week)
There’s a bottle of Vivienne Westwood Libertine on the window sill in Carrie’s bedroom. This fragrance was created by Martin Gras and launched in 2000 as the lighter side of the British designer’s first fragrance, Boudoir. The bottles of the two perfumes are very similar, but Libertine‘s is taller.
Mr Selfridge S01E03
The dressing table of Rose Selfridge (Frances O’Connor) is quite busy. She’s clearly a fan of Guerlain perfumes: two flacons montre [1] can be seen on the shelf in front of the window, but there’s more. She opens a Guerlain box, decorated with people and animals, and takes out a flacon bouchon coeur, the bottle with the heart-shaped stopper designed by Raymond Guerlain in collaboration with Baccarat. It would be easy to assume this is Après l’Ondée, created by Jacques Guerlain in 1906, but it’s not, because that perfume has never had that bottle. It would have been a historically accurate choice (this episode takes place in 1909), but prop masters opted for something different. The flacon bouchon coeur originally contained three perfumes, released between 1912 and 1919.
Fol Arôme was created by Jacques Guerlain in 1912. Grace Hummel found a reference of this perfume being sold in 1896, so the 1912 version would be a reworked or relaunched perfume.
L’Heure Bleue was created by Jacques Guerlain in 1912. I don’t think this is the perfume seen on Rose’s dressing table because of the blue lettering on the central sticker.
The last possibility is Mitsouko, one of the most famous perfumes by the French brand. Another creation by Jacques Guerlain, it was launched in 1919, ten years after the time in which the tv show is set.
My guess is that the perfume seen in this episode is Fol Arôme, because the pale orange decorations on the sticker seem to match.
[1] The flacon montre was first released in 1936. The presence of these bottles in this episode is totally inaccurate, but no one can deny their decorative function.
This Is England ’90 E02
There’s a satin glass bottle of Yardley Lace in Lol and Woody’s bedroom. I’ve always wondered what fragrance the former-skinbyrd-turned-lunchlady wears, and now we have an answer. According to Fragrantica, this fragrance, originally launched in 1964, is built on three notes – aldehydes as top notes, rose as heart notes and wood and oakmoss as base notes. It sounds like a very feminine and romantic scent, something which definitely appeals to Lol’s sentimental side. This specific bottle could be the 1982 formula, created by Dominique Ropion, or even a more recent version, since this perfume is still available in shops.
Thanks to Stephan Matthews and Jane Daly for the id.
Miami Vice S01E02 (Heart of Darkness)
In the opening sequence of this episode we learn what the Miami undercover agents Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs smell like. They’re getting ready to go to work (at night, of course, on Sonny’s black 1972 Ferrari Daytona Spyder 365 GTS/4) and both of them wear a fragrance. Sonny opts for a bold power scent – Jean Patou Pour Homme, a fougère fragrance launched in 1980 that includes notes of lavender, clary sage and basil (top), patchouli, geranium, vetiver and fir (middle) and leather, civet, vanilla and tonka bean (base).
Rico opts a more traditional choice – Grey Flannel by Geoffrey Beene, a woody fragrance created by Andre Fromentin and launched in 1975. It includes notes of galbanum, neroli, petitgrain, bergamot and lemon (top), mimosa, iris, violet, sage, rose, geranium and narcissus (middle), tonka bean, almond, oakmoss, vetiver and cedar (base).
The song in the opening is Devo’s Going Under, from the album New Traditionalists (1981).
Pretty Little Liars S05E13 (How the ‘A’ Stole Christmas)
Sons of Anarchy S03E13 (To Be, Act 1)
There’s a bottle of Halston cologne on Tara’s dresser. This is a hugely successful perfume, first launched in 1975: it’s a woody fragrance whose most prominent notes are oakmoss, incense and amber; it symbolized (and still does) the most glamourous and glitziest side of that decade.
Carnivàle S02E02 (Alamogordo, N.M.)
A bottle of L’Aromarine Thé-Tea perfume can be seen on Hiroshi’s dressing table. Not beauty-related, but on the same table you can also see a vintage tin box of the Italian candy Pastiglie Leone.
Pretty Little Liars S06E06 (No Stone Unturned)
There’s a bottle of Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy perfume on Emily’s dresser. The gourmet floral fragrance, launched in 2008, includes notes of wild berries, mandarin, honeysuckle, gardenia and jasmine, plus amber, caramel, vanilla, sandalwood and pralines.
Northern Exposure S03E01 (The Bumpy Road to Love)
The protagonists of this scene are Maggie (Janine Turner) and Joanne (Cathryn De Prume). They have one thing in common – Rick Pederson, Maggie’s ex-boyfriend who cheated on her several times. Joanne travels to Cicely (Alaska) to see the unveiling of a statue commemorating Rick’s death. Later, they meet at a bar and have the following conversation.
“And I believe this is yours,” says Joanne, and gives Maggie a bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Opium (the original bottle, with glass stopper and black tassel).
“My Opium?”, asks Maggie.
“It’s a bit strong for my taste. I like something in the more delicate side.”
“Calèche.”
“Yes! He gave you my Calèche?”
“Last Christmas.”
Rick’s mistake – giving his girlfriends the wrong perfumes – makes his cheating habit perfectly clear.
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