

There are Greenleaf room spray in Lavender and Barr-Co. fine shea butter lotion in Shoshanna’s bathroom.

When Jessa leaves, a pot of Pond’s dry skin cream is visible, too.


There are Greenleaf room spray in Lavender and Barr-Co. fine shea butter lotion in Shoshanna’s bathroom.

When Jessa leaves, a pot of Pond’s dry skin cream is visible, too.

There’s a bottle of Floris China Rose perfume on the shelf in Shoshanna’s bathroom and Schmidt’s lavender and sage deodorant by the washbasin.
The Floris perfume, now discontinued, was launched in 2000. According to Fragrantica, “it has a delicate, fruity opening (raspberry and peach) which leads into an opulent floral heart of rose and violet, spiced up with cloves and softened with geranium; its oriental base includes patchouli, amber, tonka, vanilla and vetiver.”

There’s a pot of Jergens all-purpose face cream on Mylene Cruz’s dressing table.


Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) is getting ready for the Oscars 1963. On her dressing table two Bésame Cosmetics products can be seen: a face powder brush and a pot of cream rouge.

The red lipstick she puts on is by Bésame, too.

There’s a tube of Theodent toothpaste in Celeste Wright’s bathroom.

Joan Crawford’s dressing table is quite busy. She’s getting ready for the Oscars 1963 and she picks a perfume bottle among many of them. The glass bottle with the yellow pump is from the Bésame Cosmetics Decades of Fragrance collection. I wonder what perfume Joan wore: the 1960s floral chypre or a fragrance inspired to a previous decade?
Joan Crawford is getting a manicure for the Oscars 1963. The beautiful array of nail polishes in the screencap above includes shades by Cutex and Revlon.
The first bottle on the left is the Cutex nail polish Joan will opt for: the shade is Sterling Silver, which will match her Edith Head silver dress and Van Cleef and Arpels diamond jewellery.
The fluted bottle behind the manicurist’s hand is a nail polish by Avon.
The Revlon shades are mostly pinks and reds and have exotic names, like Persian Melon, Beach Peach and Frosted Sphinx Pink. The two bottles in the front contain a platinum nail polish and the top coat Seal Fast. These are bottles used by professionals, because their tall bottles differ from the long-handle ones which were on the market at the time.
Last but not least, there’s a bottle of Jewel Glaze (another top coat) on the right. Unfortunately, I couldn’t read the label to identify the brand.

Backstage at the Oscars 1963, Olivia de Havilland (Catherine Zeta-Jones) retouches Bette Davis’ make-up. The lipstick she’s applying is by Bésame Cosmetics.


The travel lip brush she uses is by Bésame Cosmetics, too.
Kitty Hawkins (Amy Beth Hayes) is mad at Frank Edwards (Samuel West): he tries to make up with her and visits the make-up counter at Selfridges. He asks for advice: he wants to give something special to someone special (her ;)). She plays along: she suggests “a new perfume” by Guerlain, which happens to be Mitsouko in the traditional flacon bouchon coeur. This is a historically accurate choice, because the perfume was created in 1919, around the time in which the tv show is set.
Other products she suggests are Yardley facial cream (in the dark green glass pot originally used for English Lavender brilliantine) and a Penhaligon’s soap.
Last but not least, she mentions Lady Primrose hand lotion: the beautiful fluted glass jar shown is actually used for the Royal Extract body cream.
The protagonist’s ex-wife, Gigi (Lauren Holly) loves perfumes and beauty products: her busy dressing table proves it.
There are Clinique Dramatically Different moisturizing lotion, Bulgari Eau Parfumée au The Vert cologne and body lotion, and a perfume by Maître Parfumeur et Gantier.


In another screencap, a bottle of Diorissimo (or Diorella) by Christian Dior and a perfume by Annick Goutal (even in this case, impossible to tell which one) can be seen.