There are several toiletries in Timothy Cavendish’s bathroom – Gillette menthol shaving foam, a tube of Macleans Fresh Mint toothpaste and a bottle of Corsodyl mouthwash on the shelf; a can of Old Spice Original deodorant spray on the mirror cabinet.
Gillian Anderson posted this picture on her Twitter account on June 1st. It was taken in her dressing room at the St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, where she performed as Blanche DuBois in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Benedict Andrews. Originally performed at the Young Vic in London from July 23, 2014 to September 19, 2014, it starred Anderson, Ben Foster, Vanessa Kirby and Corey Johnson.
Spotting a bottle of Chanel n°5 didn’t surprise me: the former Southern belle Blanche may be broken and mentally unstable, but she still relies on her seduction skills. The iconic perfume, created by Ernest Beaux and launched on May 5th, 1921, surely put the British actress in the right mood to act in a such a complex role.
On her dressing table a packet of Red Cherry false eye-lashes can be seen, too.
Betty (Carme Elias) is about to put her make-up on when her friend Leo (Marisa Paredes) pays her a visit. She takes two Chanel compacts out of her make-up pouch. One is a pressed face powder, the other is a blush.
There’s a bottle of Guerlain Mitsouko on Ellen Love’s dressing table – a contemporary bottle which was given the vintage touch of an atomizer pump. Choosing this perfume may not be historically accurate – it was created in 1919, ten years after the time in which this episode takes place – but it totally suits Ellen’s vampy and flamboyant style.
When Mr Selfridge asks his mistress to be the testimonial for the first Selfridges perfume, her mind immediately goes to one of her personal heroines – Emma Calvé, the most famous French opera singer of the Belle Époque. Ellen certainly loves the opera singer for being talented and successful, but is also fascinated by her lifestyle, which includes using Guerlain perfumes. Who knows? Maybe Ellen wears a Guerlain perfume herself to emulate her idol.
Brooke Maddox (Carlson Young) is wearing Bite Beauty Cashmere lip cream in Port while getting ready to meet Jake.
Thanks to Ashley Walsh, the show’s make-up department head, for the id.
Roy Adamson (Lex Shrapnel) keeps a perfume bottle in his desk drawer. It’s a fictional perfume, Amour Propre, which he puts on when he goes out on a date with Evelyn Balfour, a married woman. The name means “self-love,” a concept introduced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, according to which esteem depends upon the opinion of others.
There’s a box of Carven Ma Griffe in Natalie Wood’s dressing room. The picture was taken in 1955, just after the death of James Dean, who acted with Wood in Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray.
There’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream on the bedside table in the bedroom of Pamela Walters (Sophie Stuckey). There’s also a round tin box of Vaseline pure petroleum jelly.
In the last episode of the season, Floris perfumes can be seen on the counter of the beauty department and on Rose Selfridge’s dressing table.
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