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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:49 PM
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Favorite Bath and Body works scent/product.
Okay, I admit, I am addicted to nice smelling stuff. Not stuff so sweet you feel sick, or so flowery you sneeze, but really nice smelling stuff. Like, candles, lotions, incense, potpourri.

Bath and Body works had a sale last week, which is about the only time I can afford their stuff.

The Kitchen Spice wallflowers smell so good it makes me wanna eat them, but they probably wouldn't taste good. And the Peony lotion is a light scent, but it smells so purddy. Eucalyptus wallflowers are nifty, too.

Any other Bath and Body work addicts?
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:53 PM
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1. Eau de Gravitas
It smells like Fred Thompson.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:07 AM
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6. Ick.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 02:33 AM
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21. Smell of gravel nutt pitts?
Yep, sounds like Fred.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:37 PM
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41. Ick.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:56 PM
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2. They used to have a scent "Sparkling Green Apple"
or something like that. It smelled really good but it was discontinued.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:06 AM
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5. Why do they have to do that?
I suppose they have so many scents, they have to go with the ones that sell the most.

:shrug:
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:01 AM
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3. I like the coconut lime verbena
it's a good summer scent, a nice mix of citrus and the beach. Not too sweet and not too overpowering
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:03 AM
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4. Those are the ones I like!
They really have so many to choose from.

I got a Fresh Linen wallflower for the bathroom, but that one you can barely smell.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:46 AM
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11. That's my fav too


...if you haven't tried it yet, the Breathe Green is nice also.

Cheers
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:40 AM
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7. Moonlight Path.
Edited on Sun Jun-17-07 12:41 AM by Kool Kitty
Love it. The body lotion, the bath gel. Yummy scent and doesn't make me itch, the real deal sealer for me.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:19 AM
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16. That is a nice, clean smelling scent.
Not overbearing, but fresh.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:40 AM
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22. I second Moonlight Path
It has this amazing musky lavender scent that becomes a thousand times more delicious when it's worked into your skin.

Before this, my favorite was always Plumeria :hi:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:43 AM
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23. The wall plug-ins are great in Moonlight Path
makes the room smell wonderful
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:44 AM
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8. tabacco flower oil for the candle thingie
Smells soooooooooooo good
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:45 AM
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9. Here!


In the past 2 weeks $200+ and the sale has 2 more weeks, new one starts on Monday.

My favorite is the Coconut Lime Verbena, followed by Breathe Green.

Their big sales are Dec after X-mas and June, we stock up.

Cheers
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:45 AM
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10. they used to have one that smelled like pineapple, i loved that one, it's been
discontinued of course because i liked it.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:47 AM
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12. They have a new pineapple


...it just came out this summer.

Cheers
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:49 AM
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13. no way! i will have to check that out, thanks.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:54 AM
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14. Shampoo & hand cream: Orange Ginger.
Thank you Marriott hotel. :sublime:
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:58 AM
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15. I heard that the shampoo

....will be going on sale the final week. I'm not sure if it's all of them or just certain scents.

Cheers
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 08:17 AM
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29. Yup.
I just got some of that at the one I stayed at in Albany. Nice and subtle.

:hi:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:37 AM
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17. God, how can you stand their products?
They're pushing the most over-scented stuff on the market. And most of it contains some really nasty additives--crap you really DON'T want to get absorbed by your skin.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:40 AM
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19. IMHO Sephora is far worse
I gag when I walk past their store at the local mall.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:57 AM
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26. Do you happen to have any linkage handy regarding potentially
hazardous chemicals, and/or controversy surrounding B&BW? The Wikipedia article on B&BW reads almost like a press release from the company, and could really use some balance. I already did some editing--there were places where the Wiki article had called them "The ultimate personal care destination", etc. Not the least bit neutral.

Thanks in advance!
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 08:16 AM
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28. Here's a link to their 100% natural line
http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2250222&cp=2484525

I didn't dig for a chemical/controversy link.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:29 PM
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39. They show far less ingredients than other products I have used
And with far less chemicals, and many more natural ingredients. I haven't used their 100% pure line, though. Can you tell me what those additives are?

I googled Bath and Body works and harmful additives, and this article came up that Bath and Body works is a company that is not using PVC, a harmful plastic, in their products.

http://www.besafenet.com/pvc/about.htm

As for the scents, in the lotions, I tend to go for their more subtle fragrances, and the wallflowers don't give me a headache or smell too flowery as do many of the Glade plug ins.

:shrug:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:37 AM
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18. The long discontinued Walnut Scrub
I miss that stuff.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 02:15 AM
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20. Warm Vanilla Sugar
Edited on Sun Jun-17-07 02:30 AM by Viva_La_Revolution
yum.

edit: I told myself I would never spend money in one of those stores, but the bottle I recieved as a gift is empty. :(

It's sitting here on my desk, mocking me...
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:11 PM
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36. You should e mail them or call customer service.
I would imagine they would take care of it. Unless the person who gave it as a gift liked it so much, they used it themselves.

:D
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:19 PM
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38. lol!
smartass. :P
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Sheltiemama Donating Member (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 05:37 PM
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42. Ditto
I rarely go in there because it's a migraine waiting to happen, but I love Warm Vanilla Sugar. It's the opposite of what I usually am drawn to, which is light, citrusy scents. But it just works with my body chemistry. I wear it all fall and winter long.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:45 AM
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24. I wore "Peace" all the time until it was discontinued
I bought every bottle left I could find. (I have two left)

I also like Moonlight Path and Romance as fragrances.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:47 AM
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25. I'm not fond of Bath & Body Works.
For some reason, everything they sell has a weird underlying scent. No matter what the scent is supposed to be, that underlying scent is there. :( It gives me a headache, so I have to avoid it.

Many of my friends love that store, and they can't understand why I don't. :shrug:
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:44 PM
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34. It's that odd


...it's one of the only scents I can tolerate. Most perfumes give me a bad headache and stuff-up my nose, so for me this is it or it's 4711.

So yes, I do understand why you can't tolerate it....there's just something that doesn't agree with your system.

Cheers :toast:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 08:10 AM
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27. I liked the Cherry Blossom
Before that it was Warm Vanilla Sugar and Juniper Breeze.
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Lady President Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:35 AM
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30. White Tea & Ginger
I live in Columbus, OH, home to B&BW, so I have to admit to being addicted to the products. There is also an outlet mall with a B&BW store that I try to hit a couple times a year. It is far cheaper than the regular store in the mall.

Currently, my everyday favorite is White Tea & Ginger. It's lighter than most of their scents, but it has a nice clean, slightly spicy smell.

For really dry skin, I love, love, love their C.O. Bigelow brand of Lemon Body Lotion. It helps my dry hands tremendously, but I cautiously dole it out because it is expensive!
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:14 PM
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37. Some of their stuff is pretty pricey.
They have a face cream I want to get because it isn't harsh, but it costs 40 bucks.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:07 PM
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31. Aromatherapy only
My general favorite was the cool citrus basil but that is discontinued, though Bath and Body Works does bring it back periodically...and I increase my stash accordingly.

The other products I get a headache from...except the Bigelow products.

I've found my niche with the Aromatherapy, my faves are the lavender, orange ginger, eucalyptus spearmint, and grapefruit peppermint -- and I have since learned to make my own from essential oils.

Now I have some Sandalwood Rose products that give an awful headache...anyone got ideas what I can do with them>??
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:41 PM
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32. Cool Citrus Basil


...is back right now. I just bought some body wash and lotion.

Cheers
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:54 PM
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35. I LOVE the eucalyptus spearmint!!
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:35 PM
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40. Glade plug ins gave me a headache.
Edited on Sun Jun-17-07 01:37 PM by nytemare
Is the scent overbearing, or too flowery? I have used incense oil to refresh potpourri, but if we are talking about a scent that gives you a headache, that may not be a good idea.

And, I just love eucalyptus. It is like a cool autumn night. Crisp and clean.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:44 PM
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33. I love their body splashes and body washes
Lemongrass Sage is my all-time favorite. Also love Cherry Blossom, Mango Mandarin, Coconut Lime Verbena, Wild Honeysuckle & Pink Grapefruit.
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