Joe (Penn Badgley) finds a jar of E.l.f. Holy Hydration eye cream in Marienne’s bedroom.
Zero S01E04
When Omar (Giuseppe Dave Seke) hides in Rico’s bathroom to escape his fury, we can see some perfume bottles on a shelf.
The white bottle is Camelia by L’Erbolario, an amber floral fragrance launched in 2014.
The tall powder pink bottle is Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum in the eau de toilette lègère version, launched in 2012.
Last, the tall splash bottle with white plastic stopper is Rochas Madame Rochas eau de cologne. The eau de parfum version, created by Guy Robert, was launched in 1960.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
The frosted pink lipstick that Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) is by Revlon.
The compact she uses to apply her lipstick is Jolie mosaic finishing bronzing powder.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
A bottle of Old Spice original cologne can be seen in the grand concert hall restroom where Tom Ripley works as attendant.
Mr Selfridge S02E04
Kitty (Amy Beth Hayes) and Jessie (Sai Bennett) are collecting money for the Belgian Relief Fund, an international organization that supplied food to occupied Belgium and northern France during WWI.
Their counter is basically a display for Guerlain bottles.
Many of them are flacons abeilles, first used in 1828 to house the Eau de Cologne Impériale. The classic version of this bottle have the bees simply painted in gold enamel, while those with gold front label are the flacons abeilles dorées.
There are two flacons bouchon coeur, too. The choice is historically accurate because they first appeared in 1912; too bad one of these is a spray bottle, clearly not available at the time in which the tv show is set.
Last, there’s a flacon quadrilobe, another historically accurate choice because this bottle first appeared in 1908 to house the perfume Rue de la Paix, then used for the extraits of several fragrances.
The Night House (2021)
Weird Science (1985)
Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) and Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) are sampling perfumes at L. Magnin.
The refillable atomiser Gary is holding is Eau de Joy by Jean Patou, launched in the 1960s.
Wyatt is holding Cacharel Anais Anais, the romantic white floral scent created in 1978 by Roger Pellegrino, Robert Gonnon, Paul Leger and Raymond Chaillan.
The perfume counter displays other Patou perfumes – Eau de Joy in a splash bottle, 1000 in two sizes and a factice bottle of Joy in a black bottle with coral stopper. 1000, housed in a beautiful jade bottle, is a floral chypre perfume created by Jean Kerleo and launched in 1972. Joy, the “costliest perfume in the world”, was created by Henri Almeras and launched in 1930.
When the camera moves to the other side of the counter, other perfume bottles make their appearance. Right in front of the boys there are two Dior bottles.
The atomiser without stopper contains the eau de cologne version of Miss Dior, created by Paul Vacher and Jean Carles and launched in 1947.
The crystal bottle with brass stopper is kind of confusing: the front label looks white with dove grey details but it looks kind of pink, too. In any case, it’s the travel flacon containing the eau de parfum of Miss Dior (if we assume the front label is white) or Diorissimo (if we think it’s pink).
There’s also Pierre Balmain Ivoire de Balmain, another floral chypre fragrance: it was created by Francis Camail and Michel Hy, and launched in 1980. The white bottle was designed by Pierre Dinand.
Half hidden in one corner, there’s also Halston, housed in the Elsa Peretti-designed bottle. This creation by Bernard Chant was launched in 1975.
Thanks to Le Petit Civet who first wrote about perfumes in this scene.
American Horror Story S10E09 (Blue Moon)
There’s a Guerlain flacon montre in Marilyn Monroe’s bedroom.
This is a very unusual choice because there’s no evidence that Marily wore Guerlain colognes. The reason behind this prop is easy to explain: Ryan Murphy is clearly a fan of this bottle and of the French brand; both have often been shown or quoted in his shows.
It’s not a historically accurate choice, though: the gold screw-cap stopper was first introduced in 1972, 10 years after the death of the American actress. In the 1960s flacons montre were available with the ground glass stopper.
[1] Marilyn’s name will forever be connected to Chanel No. 5, but she was also a fan of the now-discontinued Rose Geranium eau de toilette by Floris.
Dix pour cent S04E03 (José)
There are several beauty products on José Garcia’s dressing table.
From left to right: a spray can of Doliderm spray thermal water.
Two bottles of Face and Body foundation by MAC.
A tube of Sothys Gommage Sublimateur Silhouette exfoliant.
A pump bottle of Sothys Lait Démaquillant Vitalité cleansing milk.
Impossible to read the front label, but it’s definitely a jar of Sothys face cream, possibly Crème Jeunesse Restructurante face cream.
Thanks to Scentimentalist for submitting this post.
Kiss of the Damned (2013)
There’s the unmistakable blue, silver and black bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche on the washbasin. This floral aldehyde fragrance was created by Michel Hy and launched in 1971.
Thanks to Alessandra for the screencap and id.
