Lancôme Advanced Génifique youth activating concentrate can be seen reflected in the tri-fold mirror on Alma’s dressing table.
The selection of this prop is not surprising: Julia Roberts has been a brand ambassador since 2009.
Right in front of Alma (Julia Roberts) we can see a Mason Pearson boar bristle and nylon hair brush.
There’s a tube of Avène soothing eye contour cream on Alma’s bedside table.
The black tube with gold accents is Lancôme Stylocils mascara.
There’s another similar tube, which I think is a mascara or liquid eyeliner by L’Oreal, from their make-up line Corolle.
There are two perfume miniatures, too. One is Van Cleef & Arpels First, a floral aldehyde creation by Jean-Claude Ellena launched in 1976.
The second miniature is Vendetta Pour Homme by Valentino, a creation by Edouard Flechier launched in 1991.
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There are three flacons abeilles by Guerlain in Giulia’s bathroom.
This iconic bottle design was first introduced in 1828 for the Eau de Cologne Impériale, but was later used for colognes and eaux de toilettes, too.
Alfonso (Pierfrancesco Favino) is shaving and his son Valerio (Mattia Garaci) looks at him in awe.
The tube of toothpaste on a glass by the mirror is Marvis Classic Strong Mint.
The bottle behind Valerio is Avon bubble bath.
The Boy (Dino Mele) forces the Actor (Umberto Orsini) to drink some cologne in his bathroom. He then drops the bottle in the washbasin: we can see it’s Monsieur de Givenchy cologne.
The original fragrance, created by Francis Fabron, was launched in 1959.
The one seen in the film – the eau de cologne – doesn’t exist: Givenchy produced the eau de toilette and the after-shave lotion only. For this reason, I guess the prop master of the film used the original bottle and made a realistic (although fictitious) label for it.
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Mara (Manuela Arcuri) is holding a blue compact which, to my 1990s mind, screams Christian Dior.
Effets d’Ombre is a compact that includes five powder eye-shadows.
We can see it in a 1992 advert, when Dior was in the talented hands of the Italian designer Gianfranco Ferré, who replaced Marc Bohan and worked for the maison from 1989 to 1996.
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Lucia (Donatella Finocchiaro) is a complex character: she works as a perfume salesperson to hide her real identity (key member of a criminal organisation).
The bottle she’s holding is the eau de toilette version of a Guerlain classic – Habit Rouge. This amber woody fragrance, created by Jean-Paul Guerlain, was launched in 1965.
No Visconti film is complete without a Guerlain sighting, and Il lavoro makes no exception. Two massive flacons montre can be seen in Pupe’s bathroom. Unfortunately none has the front sticker visible, so it’s impossible to tell what fragrance they contained.
Nino (Aldo Fabrizi) wants to propose to Rita (Gina Lollobrigida) and invites her to visit Como with him. He’s dressed elegantly and his outfit includes a scented handkerchief!
The fragrance of choice is none other than Lanvin Arpège, shown above in the boule noire with raspberry stopper in an advert from 1950, year in which the film was released.
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