Barbra Streisand’s Dressing Table on the Cover of “Encore” (2016)

In this promotional picture for Barbra Streisand’s latest album, Encore, several make-up products can be seen on a dressing table. Most of them have a vintage feel, but there’s one which stands out: the nail polish bottle on the left. It’s by Formula X, a brand currently sold at Sephora.

formulaxignite_bornunicornIt’s a classic rouge noir, so it could be Ignite, from the Fall 2015 collection, described as smoking red.

formulaxobsessed_bornunicornIt could also be Obsessed, a dark merlot shade. In any case, it looks like it’s the same shade the singer wears on her nails in the picture.

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

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corday_possession_bornunicornThere’s a bottle of Corday Possession on Joey Drayton’s dressing table.

According to Fragrantica, this is a floral aldehyde fragrance launched in 1937. The beautiful bottle is accented by a satin ribbon, while the oval box is decorated with a unicorn sitting in a fence. This is obviously a reproduction of The Unicorn in Captivity, one of the seven hangings from the Middle Ages known as The Unicorn Tapestries.

Thanks to Bgirlrhapsody for this (impossible for me) id.

Just A Minute (2016)

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l_oreal-elnett-hairspray_bornunicornharryjoshprotoolshairdryer_bornunicornThere’s a can of L’Oreal Elnett Satin hairspray and a Harry Josh Pro Tools hair dryer on Dakota Johnson’s dressing table.

This screencap is from a Vogue original short movie directed by Gustav Johansson, starring the American actress and her conscience 😉

Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the ids.

Twin Peaks S01E03 (Rest in Pain)

e03 (1)Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) compliments Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) on her perfume. Even if no more is said about it, I’m pretty sure she got it at Horne’s perfume counter, the place where both Laura Palmer and Ronette Pulaski worked.

What perfume would Audrey wear? Things to bear in mind while you choose: the tv show is set in the late 1980s/early 1990s; Dale Cooper thinks it’s “incredible”. I think she would wear something feminine and seductive like Cacharel LouLou (a Jean Guichard creation launched in 1987) or a classic chypre like Guerlain Mitsouko.

Totò, Peppino e la… malafemmina (1956)

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guerlainmitsoukocologne_bornunicornThere’s a Guerlain flacon montre on the dressing table of the showgirl Marisa Florian (Dorian Gray). There’s no way to know what cologne the bottle contained: the disk label can’t be read and the black and white of the film doesn’t help. In any case, the choice is historically accurate: the bottle with the glass stopper was produced from 1936 to 1972.

Thanks to my friend Rocco for the id.

Stranger Things S01E03 (Holly, Jolly)

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When Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) visits Nancy’s room, a pink bottle can be seen on her chest of drawers. A pink bottle with a human face painted on it.

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It’s Avon Miss Lollypop cologne mist, which here appears sans white hat. This fragrance for girls was launched in 1967: according to the reviews I’ve read, it was a gourmand perfume, smelling like candy.

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