Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) is getting ready to meet her boyfriend Christopher’s parents.
In her bathroom there are Dry Idea deodorant and a jar of Vaseline petroleum jelly.
Pose S03E02 (Intervention)
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Pose S03E07 (Series Finale)
After performing at a ball, Pray Tell (Billy Porter) sits at his dressing table and removes his make-up.
The frosted glass bottle with gold stopper is a fragrance by Officina Profumo S. Maria Novella. Too bad we can’t say what scent it is.
There’s also a Hydrabase lipstick by Chanel.
Pose S03E07 (Series Finale)
Pray Tell (Billy Porter) and Blanca (MJ Rodriguez) are getting ready for their performance at a ball. There are many products on the dressing table they’re sitting at.
The liquid foundation bottle with white stopper is Maxi by Max Factor.
The green jar with white lid is Pinaud Clubman styling gel.
There’s also a tube of Softsheen-Carson Magic razorless cream shave.
Next to it there’s a pump bottle of Palmer’s cocoa butter formula moisturizing hand wash.
Pose S03E06 (Something Old, Something New)
There’s a factice bottle of Calvin Klein Obsession on a chest of drawers in Angel’s bedroom. This is a historically accurate choice: the best-selling perfume by Calvin Klein, created by Jean Guichard and launched in 1985, was still incredibly popular in the 1990s.
Pose S03E05 (Something Borrowed, Something Blue)
After much toiling and suffering, the big break arrives for Elektra (Dominique Jackson), who finally gets to live the dream of a lifetime – living in luxury. The perfumes on her elegant dressing table reinforce the idea.
Maybe a bit predictable, but a glossy black refillable atomiser of Chanel No. 5 never fails to impress.
The second fragrance, in the small black bottle, is much less mainstream. It’s the original version of Shiseido Zen eau de cologne, created by Josephine Catapano and first launched in 1964. The bottle, beautifully decorated by gold flowers, has an elegant shape, characteristic of Shiseido bottles from the 1960s/1990s.
Pose S03E03 (The Trunk)
In this episode we’re brought back to 1983, when Elektra (Dominique Jackson) is trying hard to achieve her goals and to help her three daughters (Blanca, Candy and Lulu). They share a dingy flat, but this doesn’t let Elektra down: it probably gives her a reason to fight and improve her condition.
The deep connection between Elektra and perfumes is nothing new: she name-dropped Caron Poivre in Season 1 and I spotted Givenchy Ysatis on her dressing table in Season 2. I’m glad we get to know her better through another perfume.
In the early 1980s she wears White Linen by Estee Lauder, a floral aldehydic fragrance created by Sophia Grojsman and launched in 1978.
In 1983 this was the advert of the perfume: model Karen Graham, portrayed by Victor Skrebneski, was wearing a chic white outfit with blue details and looked relaxed in an elegant mansion. The imagery conjured here is so different from the world of Elektra, but it represents a goal to reach – money, luxury, comfort.
On her dressing table there’s also an orange OPI nail polish.
Pose S03E01 (On the Run)
Lemar Khan (Jason A. Rodriguez), a former member of the House of Abundance, Ferocity, Evangelista and Wintour, is now the father of the House of Khan and he’s ready to challenge his former mother, Elekra Evangelista.
On his dressing table we can see a bottle of Thayers rose petal and witch hazel alcohol-free toner and a bright red nail polish by Sally Hansen.
There’s also a pump bottle of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula moisturizing hand wash.
Pose S03E01 (On the Run)
In 1994 Pray Tell (Billy Porter) works as sales assistant in the cosmetic department at Macy’s.
A factice bottle of Christian Dior Dolce Vita is displayed. This is an accurate choice because the woody fragrance, created by Pierre Bourdon and Maurice Roger, was launched exactly in 1994.
On the right side of the counter there’s also a bottle of Bijan by Bijan, a white floral eau de toilette created by Peter Bohm and launched in 1986.
Pray Tell is spraying Chanel No. 5 on customers and advertises the iconic product as a perfume that can “reawaken that passion.”
He’s spraying the eau de parfum, the 1986 version by Jacques Polges of the original fragrance created by Ernest Beaux in 1921.
Pose S02E10 (In My Heels)
There’s a jar of Pond’s dry skin cream on Jazmine Wintour’s dressing table.
Pose S02E05 (What Would Candy Do?)
Let’s take a moment to appreciate this screenshot: Elektra Wintour (Dominique Jackson) is gracing us with a rare smile and gives us the chance to get a closer look at her vanity.
The small bottle on it is one of the greatest perfumes of the 1980s, Givenchy Ysatis, an “opulent fragrance that smells like luxury” [1]. Created by Dominique Ropion and launched in 1984, it’s simply perfect for a fierce and unapologetic character like Elektra.
[1] As reported on Fragrantica. I can’t think of a better description.
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