Yield to the Night (1956)

yieldtothenight_bornunicorn (1)Mary Price Hilton (Diana Dors) works as a sales assistant at a perfume shop. There she meets Jim Lancaster (Michael Craig), the man she’ll desperately fall in love with. When they first meet, he’s looking for a fragrance, but asks Mary what she is wearing.

SHALIMAR08010 BASEAThere are several bottles on the glass counter, among which Shalimar by Guerlain.

yieldtothenight_bornunicorn (4)The spectacular giant chauve souris bottle gets a beautiful shot in the same scene.

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lucienlelong_gardenia_bornunicornOn the bottom shelf of the counter there’s a set of Lucien Lelong mini bottles (see the ball-shaped stoppers) and what looks like Gardénia by the same brand. The bottle – designed by René Lalique and called Sea Star – was actually used for other perfumes by Lelong (Lilac, for example), but the white box trimmed in a contrasting colour could confirm it was Gardenia.

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vintage-guerlain-shalimar-eau-de-cologne-splash-1-7-oz-new-rope-sealed-7cc19a1fb031c4c8f019950e9bc5749a (1)Another shot shows a flacon bouchon coeur and a flacon montre by Guerlain. Reading the labels is impossible, so I can’t tell what they contained. The same can be said for the trademark tall bottle by Lucien Lelong, which was used for different fragrances.

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Poltergeist (1982)

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Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) is about to take a bath. On a shelf in her bathroom, bottles of Ralph Lauren Lauren and of Estee Lauder Youth-Dew are visible. The floral woody scent by Ralph Lauren was launched in 1978; the oriental spicy fragrance was created by Josephine Catapano and launched in 1953.

The pink bottle on the second shelf is Tickle roll-on deodorant.

Thanks to my friend Jennifer for the Ralph Lauren id and to Sandra for the Tickle id.

How to Get Away with Murder S03E01 (We’re Good People Now)

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A lot has changed in Annalise Keating’s life since the show started, including her perfume. You may remember a bottle of Cartier Eau de Cartier was sitting on her dressing table in the first season. Now she has opted for something different – Vera Wang. Created by Jean-Claude Delville and Harry Fremont, it was launched in 2002; it’s a white floral perfume, with notes of lily, gardenia, lotus and lily of the valley.

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The tall green bottle on the right is Elizabeth Arden Refining Toner lotion, a product now discontinued.

Thanks to Jennifer for both ids.

Stepmom (1998)

stepmom_bornunicorn-1stepmom_bornunicorn-2Isabel (Julia Roberts) puts on some lipstick while driving Anna and Ben to their mother’s house.

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The slick metal tube is Clinique Almost lipstick in the famous shade Black Honey, leaving a lovely sheen on lips.

stepmom_bornunicorn-3stepmom_bornunicorn-4She lets Anna (Jena Malone) wear it: the colour is subtle and natural, appropriate even on a young girl.

I found this id in Pretty Iconic: A Personal Look at the Beauty Products that Changed the World by Sali Hughes.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

gentlemenpreferblondes_bornunicornWhen Dorothy and Lorelei get to Paris, they immediately go out shopping. One of the shops they hit is Guerlain. The screencap above shows the most famous fragrances of the French brand.

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guerlainmitsoukocologne_bornunicornThere are three flacons montres of Shalimar eau de cologne and two of Mitsouko eau de cologne.

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shalimarvintagead_bornunicornThere are also two chauve souris bottles of Shalimar.

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Mr Selfridge S03 Opening Credits

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guerlain_flaconabeilles_bornunicornSeveral perfumes can be seen in the opening credits of the 3rd season. The first is the spectacular flacon géant abeille dorée by Guerlain: originally created for the Eau de Cologne Impériale and made by Pochet et du Courval, it’s decorated by 69 golden bees painted in gilded enamel.

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The second is the Arlington cologne by D. R. Harris & Co., a London brand founded in 1790 at No. 11 St. James’s Street. At the time, Harris’s Apothecary sold Lavender Water, Classic Cologne and English Flower perfumes.

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