Stephanie (Rebel Wilson) is applying Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Diamonds glittering lipstick in Pillow Talk.
Senior Year (2022)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
There are two Avon bottles on the carpeted floor of the Lisbon sisters’ bedroom. Both of them are animal-shaped and in both cases it’s impossible to tell what fragrance they contain: as I have written many times, Avon used the same bottles for different fragrances.
One has the shape of a unicorn, whose spiraling horn serves as stopper.
The second bottle has the shape of a swan; in this case the stopper is a gold metal ball. This specific bottle contains Sweet Honesty cologne.
Thanks Peter (a reader of this blog) for the unicorn id.
Senior Year (2022)
For someone like Stephanie, who wakes up at 37 from a 20-year coma, wearing Calvin Klein CK One makes perfect sense. This fragrance, created by Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont and launched in 1994, will be forever linked to the the 1990s, an olfactory symbol of the decade in which “clean”, cool and unisex scents took the market by storm.
Il filo invisibile (2022)
The Crown S01E10 (Gloriana)
There’s a Floris moisturising bath & shower gel in the bathroom where Prime Minister Anthony Eden (Jeremy Northam) retreats to have his pill of Benzedrine for his stomach ulcer before meeting Queen Elizabeth II.
La Boum (1980)
Poupette (Denise Grey) is the great-grandmother of the protagonist, a sort of deux-ex-machina character who helps Vic to achieve her goal – finding true love.
There are some interesting products on her dressing table. The first is a bottle of Givenchy III, a chypre floral creation by Jean François Latty and Raymond Chaillan launched in 1970.
The small pale pink pot in front of the perfume is a Bourjois blush.
There’s another perfume on the vanity: it’s Azzaro, a chypre woody fragrance created by Jean Martel and launched in 1975.
Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post.
The Dropout E01 (I’m in a Hurry)
A make-up artist applies Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge lipstick on Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried).
Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post.
Romy Schneider’s Dressing Room (1961)
In March 1961 Luchino Visconti directed a French version of the revenge play ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore by the English playwright John Ford. Staged at the Théâtre de Paris, Dommage qu’elle soit une p… starred Romy Schneider as the protagonist Annabella and her fiancé Alain Delon as Giovanni.
In these beautiful backstage pictures by Maurice Jarnoux we can take a look at what beauty products the Austrian actress used. In the shot above she was applying Pan Stik compact foundation by Max Factor.
On her dressing table there were many make-up and skincare products, among which a bottle of baby lotion by the French brand Mustela.
When it comes to the perfumes, the first I’ve noticed is a huge houndstooth bottle by Christian Dior, used for several eaux de toilette and eaux de cologne by the French maison, so it’s impossible to tell what fragrance this specific bottle contained. Furthermore, it’s quite surprising to see a Dior fragrance on her dressing table: the perfumes she usually wore were Chanel No. 5, Guerlain L’Heure Bleue [1] and – as explained by Elena Prokofeva – Tubereuse by Jean-Francois Laporte.
The second bottle is a French classic – Roger & Gallet Jean Marie Farina eau de cologne, first launched in 1806.
The third perfume sighting is not a bottle but a white box with black details. It’s a coffret set by Chanel, usually containing a selection of four parfum extraits.
[1] Several Guerlain bottles appeared in the famous portraits of Romy Schneider taken by photographer Helga Kneidl in 1973 in Paris.
Inventing Anna E09 (Dangerously Close)
A bottle of Gucci Bloom Acqua di Fiori can be seen on a table in Margaret’s walk-in closet. This eau de toilette, created by Alberto Morillas, was launched in 2018.
Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post.
This Is Us S02E02 (A Manny-Splendored Thing)
There are three bottles of Estée Lauder Youth Dew on Rebecca’s dressing table. This warm amber perfume, created by Josephine Catapano, was launched in 1953.
Thanks to Lise for submitting this post.
