In the show’s finale we are given a beautiful shot of Selena’s vanity. There are several MAC products and two surprising perfume bottles.
The small brush on the left side of the screen is MAC 182 buffer brush.
Then there are some lipsticks and compacts, which could be blushes or face powders.
The intriguing choices can be seen on the right side of the screen, where there are two Guerlain bottles.
One is the refillable metal canister, shown here without stopper.
The other is a small flacon montre with golden conical stopper. The front sticker is not shown, so there’s no way to know what eau de cologne this contains.
I’m quite surprised to see Guerlain perfumes on Selena’s vanity and not the one that was her trademark perfume in real life.
In this picture, taken at the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, we can see Chanel make-up products (including the famous Brick lip colour, now discontinued) and brushes, and one perfume bottle – Boucheron Pour Femme, a white floral fragrance created by Francis Deleamont and Jean-Pierre Bethouart and launched in 1988.
Since this perfume is still on the market, I wonder why the show’s prop masters haven’t used it in this scene.
There’s a MAC red lipstick in the dressing room where Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix) sits while waiting to perform at the Live! With Murray Franklin. I guess he used the same lipstick to write “Put on a happy face” on the mirror.