Luciana (Paola Cortellesi) is getting ready for work. The moisturizer she’s applying is a quintessentially Italian beauty product, Cera di Cupra, first created in 1957.
Gli ultimi saranno ultimi (2015)
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4 mosche di velluto grigio (1971)
Dalia (Francine Racette) has convinced Roberto (Michael Brandon) to take a bath. In his bathroom there are two perfume boxes, a prelude to the bottles which will be soon seen by the tub.
The large bottle with silverish gold stopper is Atkinsons English Lavender, a timeless fragrance which was very popular in Italy in those years.
When Dalia joins Roberto in the tub, we can get a better look at the other bottle, squared with black stopper.
It’s another fragrance by Atkinsons – the eau de cologne Executive.
Sette volte donna (1967)
The protagonist of the episode At the Opera is Eve (Shirley MacLaine), a woman with a fashion emergency that ensues when her rival, Madame Lisari, gets photographed in a dress that Eve believed to be a unique piece.
The perfume bottle on her dressing table is Hermès Calèche, a 1961 floral fragrance created by Guy Robert.
Gli indifferenti (2020)
Lisa (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Maria Grazia (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) have been close friends for a long time, but things are changing: Maria Grazia accuses Lisa of having an affair with her boyfriend.
The conversation they’re having in this scene is very harsh and unpleasant, but, by contrast, it takes place in a very chic and civilized setting – the perfume shop where Lisa works.
The perfume on the table in front of them is Xerjoff Casamorati Gran Ballo, which Maria Grazia will buy to wear at a masked ball later in the film. This white floral eau de parfum was launched in 2013.
Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968)
There are many bottles on Flavia’s dressing table: among them, the unmistakable green bottle of Victor Acqua di Selva, a classic fougère fragrance first launched in 1949.
The tall bottle with gold stopper on the right is Rochas Madame Rochas, a woody/floral creation by Guy Robert launched in 1960.
Moving to the far right side of the table, there’s a fluted bottle with silver stopper: it’s another Rochas perfume, Moustache. It’s unclear whether this bottle contained the eau de toilette concentrée (launched in 1948) or the eau de cologne (launched one year later, in 1949): in any case, the fougère fragrance was a successful creation by Edmond Roudnitska and Thérèse Roudnitska.
Mare nero (2006)
Dillinger è morto (1969)
There’s a large splash bottle of Atkinsons English Lavender cologne in Glauco’s study.
This chypre fragrance was first created in 1799 by the British perfumeur James Atkinson.
Parenti serpenti (1992)
If you asked me what is the ultimate Christmas Italian film, I would surely choose this one. Despite being a brutal depiction of the petty intrigues and toxic relations among the members of the same family, it’s a comedy, so the line between laugh and darkness is very very thin.
I’ve watched it many times, but I’ve never noticed an intriguing detail in Milena’s bedroom: the iconic silver, black and turquoise metal bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche on her vanity. Milena, as most of her relatives, masters the art of simulating and pretending, and rarely shows her real self. Using a very trendy perfume is in tune with the character, who wants to appear different from what she really is.
Thanks to my friend Rocco for the id.
La dea Fortuna (2019)
The bathroom that needs Alessandro’s intervention as plumber has a very peculiar decor: lots of Guerlain bottles lined up on the marble washbasin countertop. They have a decorative function, because they are filled with colourful liquid and not with perfume.
Most of the bottles are the teardrop-shaped flacons goutte, with shell-shaped stopper. First launched in 1923, it was created to hold the eau de toilette version of the most popular fragrances of the maison.
The taller bottles are flacons abeilles, still used for colognes and eaux de toilette. Originally designed to hold the Eau de Cologne Impériale, it’s decorated with bees, symbol of Napoleon.
Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
Two make-up products by Sisley Paris can be seen in the film.
The first is Phyto 4 Ombres eyeshadow palette, which makes its appearance in Greta’s bathroom.
The other is Phyto-Lip Twist tinted balm. Emma (Valeria Golino) gives it to Nadia (Laura Adriani) as a birthday gift.
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