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The Crown S05E04 (Annus Horribilis) and S06E08 (Ritz)

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This episode is set in 1992: Princess Margaret (Lesley Manville) is sitting at her vanity and she’s writing a letter to her former lover Peter Townsend. Among the several objects on the table we can see a Guerlain flacon montre, but the aerial shot makes it impossible to identify it.

One season and almost one decade later (this episode is set in 2001), we can see Margaret sitting at the same vanity but now we can finally tell more about the flacon montre.

The teal disk tells us it contains Mitsouko eau de cologne.

In the same scene, Margaret is putting on some lipstick. The product in question is Elizabeth Arden Lip Spa.

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The Crown S05E07 (No Woman’s Land)

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I am disappointed by the selection of beauty products that the show’s prop masters have put on Lady D’s dressing table. In general, this vanity looks sad (which makes sense) and old (which really doesn’t). None of the products and perfumes she used has been featured here, not even Penhaligon’s Bluebell, one of her signature scents [1].

The lipstick in the gold case is by Clarins. It’s sitting on a round compact probably by Christian Dior.

The white box with a funky red pattern is an Avon nail polish. This was a weird decision: what is a product from the 1970s doing here? Did the prop masters know this was Lady Diana’s vanity? Or they believed it belonged to one of her old relatives?

There’s also Braun Independent cordless styler.

On the far right there’s a nice aqua box by Estee Lauder. Although probably not totally accurate, at least it seems plausible.

[1] This particular detail hurts the most. Why were other Penhaligon’s perfumes featured in Seasons 1 and 2 and not here, where one authentic touch was so much needed?

Thanks to Scentimentalist for the Braun, Clarins and Dior id.