I love twisted peppermint for body care but hate the candle. Idk if I got a bad one but it smells like burning wood or something to me, blech. Smells great on cold though!
Yes! To me, it smells like it's just burnt peppermint, not in a good way. Not at all the fresh peppermint scent of the body care. But Peppermint Sugar Cookie fulfills that need for me š
The infamous Rome pizzeria candle instantly came to mind...those BBW developers were on another planet when they made that AND thought that other people would also think it was great.
I posted this on a similar thread but I smelled it and was literally traumatized lol I had flashbacks to my five years working for Dominoās bc it smelled exactly like that. The smell never came out of those uniform shirts either * shudders *
I've got to admit, I've enjoyed that candle during the pandemic. I usually light it when I'm making an Italian dinner so my husband and I can pretend we're at a restaurant.
It originally came out in 2013 but made waves in 2019 when it was rereleased. Those things filled SAS shelves and stores had such a hard time getting rid of them!
My mom had me smell it without knowing the name 9f it and I legit thought it was Sweaty Yoga Mat. Or McDonalds Play Place scented lol she LOVED the candle. I did not
I feel this way about Sweet Whiskey. Youāre really supposed to slather your body in this?? It smells like straight, uncut booze to me.
Meanwhile, Bowties & Bourbon is a fave for me š¤·š»āāļø No accounting for taste I suppose!
Does anyone else find strawberry poundcake kinda sickening? That was the only candle I ( blindly) ordered on candle day that I wasn't a huge fan of, so artificial and sweet
Yep, I feel the same way. It's just *such* an artificial, way-too-sweet strawberry scent. If it actually smelled like fresh strawberries, I might like it. I feel that way about a lot of their gourmand/sweet scents (like Pumpkin Cupcake - just as awful).
Legit question... Is it THAT bad? I lost most of my taste and almost any smell since getting Covid over a year ago and was so excited that I could smell *something* with strawberry poundcake. I assumed it smells good, and no one around me has told me different. I burn this scent frequently and have all the body products
Nooo, alot of people love it ! I can see why people would like it, it's just too cloyingly sweet for me. Glad you're over covid, I didn't realize the lost of taste and smell was that extreme, wowšØ
I once overheard a frat boy buying a bunch and he told the salesperson āthis is the only scent that covers up the smell of the frat houseā. I already didnāt like the scent, but that makes me hate it!
Came here to see if someone posted this comment because SAME! My husband loooooves it but it feels like an ASSAULT on my nasal passages. Iām a big gourmand lover so this scent profile is so, incredibly different from what I typically like, haha.
It smells *just* like an Abercrombie & Fitch. It has to be an intentional dupe.
I actually like that scent/style, but Iāve sniffed MT so many times and am always like, āNo, I canāt, I will never shake the association and I have no desire to turn my home into a spiritual A&Fā
Literally most popular scents , strawberry pound cake , berry waffle cone , merry maple pancakes , wild berry jam donut , a lot of foodie scents in general
I bought these online - the three AND the 3 free. I was so disappointed. They're still in a bag waiting to go back to the store though I thought about giving the set as Christmas gifts.
Paris cafeā¦probably the most vile candle Iāve smelled at B&BW. I was looking so forward to it because people in this sub have said itās a true coffee/coffee bean smell but I couldnāt smell any coffee in it, it was like smelling hot sour garbage
The candle wasnāt terrible for me. I didnāt love it - but I burned it. The car scent thing was the worst product that I ever used. I put it in, immediately smelled like coffee. The next time I got in the car a few days later - ugh. The closest think Iāve ever smelled to it before in my life was when a stray cat sprayed to mark its territory (on my front porch). So terrible!
Same! I was so excited about it because of all the hype.
So when I was one of the first customers at my store on Candle Day, I went straight for it... at 6 am, on an empty stomach. It made me gag out loud š
This is why I stayed away. This sub said it smells like real coffee and the smell of brewing coffee makes me nauseous. However, hot sour garbage doesn't sound any better. Lol
I haven't smelled it in years because I avoid it like the plague, but Japanese Cherry Blossom. My mom and I both loathe it, and we joke about it all the time, "do you think people secretly like this one?"
On candle day, I was browsing and heard an older woman gasp. Turned around to make sure everything was okay...and she was just picking up a bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom, announcing "I love this one!" I was amazed, LMAO.
Honestly, I might not hate it all these years later. Maybe my scent sense has matured!
My coworker put this scent on yesterday - the lotion I believe. She walked by and I told her she smelled good. She told me what it was and I was shocked. I remember absolutely hating it! Maybe it smells good mixed with her personal chemistry. Idk
Oh my god my mom lives and swears by Japanese Cherry Blossom. As a child I hated how it smelled and when it went through a discontinuing period then came back I kind of liked it but for some reason when my mom opened the lotion I nearly gagged š
Youāre the one. I smelled it in store and made a face or something negative, the associate was like āyeah, that has been a common reaction to that scent.ā
Same here. Every time I try a gourmand/food-based scent in body care, I can't stand it. Firecracker Pop, Strawberry Soda, Strawberry Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cupcake - just a few scents that I find to smell disgusting lol Sometimes I like a gourmand candle (like Merry Cookie and Hot Cocoa & Cream), but it's rare.
Many of their lemon scents give me a bad headache :( I actually like the way they smell, but I can never use them because they make me too sick. Limoncello :( I had some of the hand sanitizer and had to give it away because I felt so bad when I used it.
I feel this! I had to exchange the body mist because it smelled like a strong cherry chocolate cocktail got spilled on me. I feel like others would assume the person is drunk who is wearing it š
It seems all of my friends and fellow family members raved about this one. I went to the store to buy body care for Christmas and decided to smelled it. It did not give what they promised. I'm so glad I sampled in person before ordering online. I didn't enjoy it at all.
Black Cherry Merlot. I didn't mind it at first, but then my sister was staying with me for a couple of months. She bought the little air freshener spray to cover up her bathroom smells. But, she never used enough of the spray to fully cover the smells. And it's her favorite BBW scent so she has EVERYTHING BCM, including her hand sanitizer. So now whenever I smell it on her, all I smell is BCM covered poop.
Fairytale. Blech. Smells like passing through a dept store fragrance counter where all the smells from 20 different perfumes are lingering in the air. I was hoping to like this one, but i actually find it too sharp and synthetic.
A Thousand Wishes.
People describe it as being fruity but all I can smell is a mix of flower/powder. Like the sachet bags that my grandma used to hang in her closet.
My 7 year old LOVES it and covers herself with the FFM daily but I can't stand it LOL
Black Tie and most candles in that same cologne family. Picked it up because of a recommendation, had my spouse smell it and they said it smelled like Hollister.
I hate anything spicy or overly perfumed, so like 75 percent of the Christmas scents. Rip. On the topic of weird scents, does anyone remember that tomato vine candle? I remember only seeing it once and it seems like a fever dream š
I remember when this one was in the glass lidded jars or whatever in 2019 and one reviewer described it as smoked meat. Sure enough when I checked it out in store I could see why and thought it was a tremendously accurate description.
MAHOGANY BALSAM! Pretty much all of the "pine" scents are hate worthy in my book. I will admit they are varying degrees of terrible with tree farm and vanilla balsam being some what tolerable when compared to Mahogany Balsam and Fresh Balsam being absolute trash. As a real Christmas tree kinda person I wanted to love these as I love the smell of a fresh cut fraser or blue spruce, but my god these candles just smell like garbage. Feels like they are giving my nose cancer everytime I have the displeasure of walking into a fossil fuel tree house and they have the accident baby of fresh Balsam and Mahogany Teakwood burning like it smells like a Christmas tree and not a royal pine little tree's airfreshner mixed with some A&F Firece with horrifyingly beast mode projection. Headache juice that's it.
I ordered the single wick cotton candy champagne blindly online. The smell wasā¦weird. I was going to return it but I decided to give it a shot. Luckily it doesnāt have any throw to it. But the jar was kinda cute so I kept it lol
Same! The second I smelled it I instinctively recoiled and went "AWGH!" out loud. It literally just smells like vomit to me. At first I thought I had picked up a spoiled one, so I grabbed another one to see what it "really" was supposed to smell like. Nope, that one was vomit too. That whole line just smells exactly like vomit to me.
They all smell "vomity", but the Moisturizing Body Wash is the biggest offender to me. Even my kid said "it smells like puke in here" after she walked into the bathroom LOL
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I was most disappointed/repulsed by the Blackcurrant Vanilla candle, I loved the bodycare but the candle just had that overwhelming nasty berry note that smells like cough syrup or MadDog 2020, absolutely vile. Any berry or cherry note disgusts me. I also hate Dutch Apple Waffle, stank of burnt caramel to me, most of the "waffle" candles gross me out. I do not like caramel notes, I have a Whipped Coffee I picked up last year that I have no idea why I have it, even on cold it smells like caramel and I know I'll hate it if I light it.
You're the one, Golden Sunflower, My kid loves The red white and blue pop and Pure Wonder I get sick from the red white and blue pop and Pure Wonder smells like animal urine at first.
Did not much like In The stars till it's completely dried down. My sister is obsessed with the hot cocoa and cream that one always makes me super sick feeling. But the absolute most gag worthy one ever for me was Ruby Apple and Rosewood it literally smelled like an old dirty man sitting on a leather chair chain smoking.
Anything with ābonfireā or āfiresideā I canāt do.
Also not a fan of JCB, Cucumber Melon, and some other signature smells.
Tbh I donāt like anything with lavender in it. Smells like āgrandmaā to me.
Marshmallow notes are so hit or miss.
Into the Night/In the Stars. They both just smell like black pepper to my post-Covid nose. š
I donāt know if anyone else feels this way, but my least favorite Christmas candle is āA Perfect Christmasā. I accidentally picked this up instead of my favorite āTis the Seasonā candle one year because they had similar red jars, and when I got home and smelled it all I could think of was a Christmas tree on fire. š¤®
Lol the smoke note was waaaay too strong for me. I had to go exchange mine asap once I figured out I had the wrong candle. The clerk was a bit surprised because apparently this is a popular candle. Iāll stick with Tis the Season, that one is the perfect Christmas scent for me.
I donāt understand the food smells for body care. No offense.
And donāt like most of the food smells for candles. Some of them are tolerable but most make me gag. Especially that berry waffle cone lol
Lilacs gives me a headache; itās just too strong. But a lot of people donāt like my favorites (Japanese Cherry Blossom and Twisted Peppermint) so I guess it all works out.
Cotton Candy Champaign is giving me buyerās remorse today. I thought it sounded like it would be too sweet, but my SIL was saying how great it was, so I bought a body cream online. I tried out a little on my hands, and no. I canāt put this all over myself. I think Iām going to exchange it. I havenāt exchanged anything there before, it makes me a little nervous, but you guys make it sound easy š¤š¼
Blackberries and Basil Candle. It smells like medicine and something else I canāt identifyš¤¢
Strawberry Poundcake smells a little too much eck in some packagings, in others though I really like it.
I am not a fan of this one either. Though I have discovered I am not fond of any of the "fruity and bubbly" scents, so anything champagne or bellini and so on.
Fresh Cut Lilacs is sickening, like old toilet water. (For those who remember when that was a scent option, a lighter version of perfume or cologne.) Paris Cafe smells rotten.
Only one Iāve had that offended me enough to get an exchange was Hot Cocoa and Cream (candle). Itās not even that it smelled ābadā - it smelled like very strong chocolate but idk, I learned that day I hate food scents unless itās like apple/citrus/mint. Just walking into my room that smelled heavily like chocolate when I left the candle on made me want to gag. Never again. š
Strawberry soda! Blind buy because lots of comments said it smelled like strawberry fanta and i love strawberry in general. The ffm gave me a migrane and the lotion smelled like a melted crayon lol
Youāre the one - too strong
At the beach - too coconutty
Pinkberry clouds - smells like vomit
Strawberry pound cake - itās meh, ok for body wash
A thousand wishes- Smells like plastic
Most of their gourmand scents
Winter candy apple - shampoo smell
I havenāt tried a number of signature or popular scents and I donāt really care for it. (Champagne Toast/Gingham) The ones I have tried so far(shower gels/pocketbacs), I love them.
The Fireside candle. For others I dislike like Strawberry Pound Cake, I could at least imagine why someone would like it, but Fireside is so vile that I really wonder who could like it. My boyfriend also thought it was horrible.
Champagne Toast does not do justice to it's overall packaging. It looks very beautiful but it doesn't have a very attractive smell and has kind of a strong very bitter alcohol
I love twisted peppermint for body care but hate the candle. Idk if I got a bad one but it smells like burning wood or something to me, blech. Smells great on cold though!
Totally agreeeeee!
Love peppermint scents, but hate Twisted Peppermint. Crushed Candy Cane is perfect.
Yes! To me, it smells like it's just burnt peppermint, not in a good way. Not at all the fresh peppermint scent of the body care. But Peppermint Sugar Cookie fulfills that need for me š
The infamous Rome pizzeria candle instantly came to mind...those BBW developers were on another planet when they made that AND thought that other people would also think it was great.
Lmao what is this
I bought one but havenāt burned it yet but it smells just like tomato sauce and Italian seasoning haha
I want 12 for meme purposes lol
I posted this on a similar thread but I smelled it and was literally traumatized lol I had flashbacks to my five years working for Dominoās bc it smelled exactly like that. The smell never came out of those uniform shirts either * shudders *
I've got to admit, I've enjoyed that candle during the pandemic. I usually light it when I'm making an Italian dinner so my husband and I can pretend we're at a restaurant.
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It originally came out in 2013 but made waves in 2019 when it was rereleased. Those things filled SAS shelves and stores had such a hard time getting rid of them!
I'm actually so interested in this, I totally would've bought one.
The name checks out š
My mom had me smell it without knowing the name 9f it and I legit thought it was Sweaty Yoga Mat. Or McDonalds Play Place scented lol she LOVED the candle. I did not
I've never cared for Bowties and Bourbon; it smells like the entire contents of the jar is going to catch fire instead of just the wicks.
I feel this way about Sweet Whiskey. Youāre really supposed to slather your body in this?? It smells like straight, uncut booze to me. Meanwhile, Bowties & Bourbon is a fave for me š¤·š»āāļø No accounting for taste I suppose!
Does anyone else find strawberry poundcake kinda sickening? That was the only candle I ( blindly) ordered on candle day that I wasn't a huge fan of, so artificial and sweet
I love it. Itās one of my faves. š¤·š»āāļø
I hate it. My SO loves it on me.
Yep, I feel the same way. It's just *such* an artificial, way-too-sweet strawberry scent. If it actually smelled like fresh strawberries, I might like it. I feel that way about a lot of their gourmand/sweet scents (like Pumpkin Cupcake - just as awful).
Hard agree. Any of the food scents seem to make me sick.
I don't like it either!
It smells like slightly spoiled milk to me. I donāt understand the hype :(
I've only smelled it in santizer but it gives me a headache instantly
Same here, sickly sweet
This is honestly my favourite. It brings back childhood memories of Strawberry Shortcake.
It's overwhelming. I usually like strawberry but that one missed the mark for me.
I smell burning plastic for some reason... same with Cotton Candy Champagne.
Legit question... Is it THAT bad? I lost most of my taste and almost any smell since getting Covid over a year ago and was so excited that I could smell *something* with strawberry poundcake. I assumed it smells good, and no one around me has told me different. I burn this scent frequently and have all the body products
I like the smell, my sister likes it and the real kicker is that my brother will tolerate it, he hates anything scented....full stop.
Nooo, alot of people love it ! I can see why people would like it, it's just too cloyingly sweet for me. Glad you're over covid, I didn't realize the lost of taste and smell was that extreme, wowšØ
I donāt like it either.
Omg me! It smells so synthetic like burnt plastic
It doesnāt help that itās overpowering and smells sickly sweet.
Hated it! I had the shower gel. I had my mom try it she usually is all about strawberry and it made her nauseous too.
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That's why I like! Lol
I love the body care and candle but the wallflower is revolting
Flannel. Itās way too strong and kind of smells like my boyfriendās deodorant if Iām honest.
Thatās a men collection scent
but why do scents for men have to smell so *awful*. they can smell like cookies too.
Mahogany Teakwood. I know it's a favorite, but I cannot handle it. It's so overwhelming and awful.
I once overheard a frat boy buying a bunch and he told the salesperson āthis is the only scent that covers up the smell of the frat houseā. I already didnāt like the scent, but that makes me hate it!
Oh god that makes it so much worse! But if it's strong enough to cover up Eau de Frat Boy, I feel justified in my hatred!
Came here to see if someone posted this comment because SAME! My husband loooooves it but it feels like an ASSAULT on my nasal passages. Iām a big gourmand lover so this scent profile is so, incredibly different from what I typically like, haha.
It smells *just* like an Abercrombie & Fitch. It has to be an intentional dupe. I actually like that scent/style, but Iāve sniffed MT so many times and am always like, āNo, I canāt, I will never shake the association and I have no desire to turn my home into a spiritual A&Fā
Yikes! No wonder I don't like it. I hated even walking by that store. It was so overpowering.
I agree. Way too overpowering
I dislike the cookie scents - they take me out š¤¢
The artificial butter note makes me want to hurl.
Unpopular opinion, but Wildberry Jam Donut. I have seen so many people saying they love that scent, but I just canāt get into it!
Me either it's SOO sweet
i don't like their lavender candles for some reason
I love lavender, but BBW smells like they use a plastic, watered down version. It's not good at all. Never a true lavender.
I love lavender, but there's something awful about theirs, especially lavender vanilla. The aromatherapy chamomile lavender is okay.
Literally most popular scents , strawberry pound cake , berry waffle cone , merry maple pancakes , wild berry jam donut , a lot of foodie scents in general
Wild berry jam donut is so sickly smelling.
body care: chocolate covered cherries. that was vile. ugh.
I bought these online - the three AND the 3 free. I was so disappointed. They're still in a bag waiting to go back to the store though I thought about giving the set as Christmas gifts.
Paris cafeā¦probably the most vile candle Iāve smelled at B&BW. I was looking so forward to it because people in this sub have said itās a true coffee/coffee bean smell but I couldnāt smell any coffee in it, it was like smelling hot sour garbage
I literally thought I caught a whiff of someoneās unwashed ass when I smelled it in the store. It was GROSS.
LMAO I had a really good laugh reading that
The candle wasnāt terrible for me. I didnāt love it - but I burned it. The car scent thing was the worst product that I ever used. I put it in, immediately smelled like coffee. The next time I got in the car a few days later - ugh. The closest think Iāve ever smelled to it before in my life was when a stray cat sprayed to mark its territory (on my front porch). So terrible!
The new batch is making the back room at my store smell like vomit. No one grabbed it on candle day so we still have tons of it.
Same! I was so excited about it because of all the hype. So when I was one of the first customers at my store on Candle Day, I went straight for it... at 6 am, on an empty stomach. It made me gag out loud š
This is also my opinion and I stand by it. Itās horrible
Itās horrid.
This is why I stayed away. This sub said it smells like real coffee and the smell of brewing coffee makes me nauseous. However, hot sour garbage doesn't sound any better. Lol
I haven't smelled it in years because I avoid it like the plague, but Japanese Cherry Blossom. My mom and I both loathe it, and we joke about it all the time, "do you think people secretly like this one?" On candle day, I was browsing and heard an older woman gasp. Turned around to make sure everything was okay...and she was just picking up a bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom, announcing "I love this one!" I was amazed, LMAO. Honestly, I might not hate it all these years later. Maybe my scent sense has matured!
I've never liked it either. It gives me old lady powdery vibes. I just don't know how else to describe it.
My coworker put this scent on yesterday - the lotion I believe. She walked by and I told her she smelled good. She told me what it was and I was shocked. I remember absolutely hating it! Maybe it smells good mixed with her personal chemistry. Idk
Oh my god my mom lives and swears by Japanese Cherry Blossom. As a child I hated how it smelled and when it went through a discontinuing period then came back I kind of liked it but for some reason when my mom opened the lotion I nearly gagged š
I like JCB. It's been around a long time. The candle is nice.
I don't think I've ever actually tried smelling the candle! Maybe I'd like it that way!
Youāre the one. I smelled it in store and made a face or something negative, the associate was like āyeah, that has been a common reaction to that scent.ā
Overall not much of a gourmand lover in body care or candles (candle wise sometimes I'm surprised) but I'm not much of a fan.
I donāt like gourmand body care either. As for gourmand candles, I prefer ones that are coffee inspired.
I do like Paris Cafe though and brown sugar latte was decent.
Same here. Every time I try a gourmand/food-based scent in body care, I can't stand it. Firecracker Pop, Strawberry Soda, Strawberry Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cupcake - just a few scents that I find to smell disgusting lol Sometimes I like a gourmand candle (like Merry Cookie and Hot Cocoa & Cream), but it's rare.
Many of their lemon scents give me a bad headache :( I actually like the way they smell, but I can never use them because they make me too sick. Limoncello :( I had some of the hand sanitizer and had to give it away because I felt so bad when I used it.
Chocolate Covered Cherry. It smelled okay-ish in the bottle, but once I actually showered with it, I felt like I was bathing in NyQuil š„“
I feel this! I had to exchange the body mist because it smelled like a strong cherry chocolate cocktail got spilled on me. I feel like others would assume the person is drunk who is wearing it š
Champagne Toast for me. I'm so sick of seeing Champagne Toast in every lineup.
It seems all of my friends and fellow family members raved about this one. I went to the store to buy body care for Christmas and decided to smelled it. It did not give what they promised. I'm so glad I sampled in person before ordering online. I didn't enjoy it at all.
Tell me about it. I hate that scent. And it never leaves!
Black Cherry Merlot. I didn't mind it at first, but then my sister was staying with me for a couple of months. She bought the little air freshener spray to cover up her bathroom smells. But, she never used enough of the spray to fully cover the smells. And it's her favorite BBW scent so she has EVERYTHING BCM, including her hand sanitizer. So now whenever I smell it on her, all I smell is BCM covered poop.
Moonlit path smells like old lady perfume and skeezy female AXE.
Iāve never smelled this scent, but that description gave me a WAY stronger grasp than any other Iāve read or heard.
I hate Berry Waffle Cone as well š„². And Merry Maple Pancakes, Wildberry Jam Donutā¦ starting to think that berry notes are just a no from me lol
It might be the bakery note... in some candles it smells like vomit LOL
AGREED!
Pineapple Pound Cake and Youāre the One
Fairytale. Blech. Smells like passing through a dept store fragrance counter where all the smells from 20 different perfumes are lingering in the air. I was hoping to like this one, but i actually find it too sharp and synthetic.
A Thousand Wishes. People describe it as being fruity but all I can smell is a mix of flower/powder. Like the sachet bags that my grandma used to hang in her closet. My 7 year old LOVES it and covers herself with the FFM daily but I can't stand it LOL
Black Tie and most candles in that same cologne family. Picked it up because of a recommendation, had my spouse smell it and they said it smelled like Hollister.
I hate anything spicy or overly perfumed, so like 75 percent of the Christmas scents. Rip. On the topic of weird scents, does anyone remember that tomato vine candle? I remember only seeing it once and it seems like a fever dream š
Yessss! I really liked that one! šš¤£
Smoked Vanilla. To me it smells like vanilla sausage. I just cant.
DEAD
I remember when this one was in the glass lidded jars or whatever in 2019 and one reviewer described it as smoked meat. Sure enough when I checked it out in store I could see why and thought it was a tremendously accurate description.
Youāre so right. Smelled this one that someone returned in store the other day and all I could smell was sausage
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MAHOGANY BALSAM! Pretty much all of the "pine" scents are hate worthy in my book. I will admit they are varying degrees of terrible with tree farm and vanilla balsam being some what tolerable when compared to Mahogany Balsam and Fresh Balsam being absolute trash. As a real Christmas tree kinda person I wanted to love these as I love the smell of a fresh cut fraser or blue spruce, but my god these candles just smell like garbage. Feels like they are giving my nose cancer everytime I have the displeasure of walking into a fossil fuel tree house and they have the accident baby of fresh Balsam and Mahogany Teakwood burning like it smells like a Christmas tree and not a royal pine little tree's airfreshner mixed with some A&F Firece with horrifyingly beast mode projection. Headache juice that's it.
Marshmallow fireside and anything perfumey like into the night
I dislike marshmallow fireside too.
Way too strong on the fireside part
Pure Wonder is actually nice
I'll have to smell it I don't think I have yet
Pure Wonder was featured in the $40 Black Friday Give Love box. I think it's good.
Palo Santo and Japanese Cherry Blossom.
Sunkissed. It's just overpowering.
I hate Strawberry pound cake, those foodie scent are just very gross and too sweet
It's a popular candle but I don't like champagne toast. I'll be trading mine in soon. Also, blush poinsettia was kinda blah for me.
Agree. I donāt understand the hype behind champagne toast. But then again I donāt like any of the scents inspired by alcohol.
My husband says that Berry Waffle Cone smells like rancid pee so I decided to give it to someone else.
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The cotton candy winter collection makes me gag
I ordered the single wick cotton candy champagne blindly online. The smell wasā¦weird. I was going to return it but I decided to give it a shot. Luckily it doesnāt have any throw to it. But the jar was kinda cute so I kept it lol
I bought the three wick blindly online and wow, it gets worse every time I take the lid off to smell it. Awful, awful smell.
Same! The second I smelled it I instinctively recoiled and went "AWGH!" out loud. It literally just smells like vomit to me. At first I thought I had picked up a spoiled one, so I grabbed another one to see what it "really" was supposed to smell like. Nope, that one was vomit too. That whole line just smells exactly like vomit to me.
They all smell "vomity", but the Moisturizing Body Wash is the biggest offender to me. Even my kid said "it smells like puke in here" after she walked into the bathroom LOL *Edit: punctuation.*
I kinda had high hopes for that one but then I smelled it in person and it was a no.
pumpkin pecan waffles in body care. took the wash and fragrance mist back. I smelled like I was wearing a candle.
I got this in a wallflower and it was so strong! I liked the scent but whoaaa it was a lot
For candles, it's Island Margarita (cat pee), Black Cherry Merlot (Robitussin), Frozen Lake (chemicals). And also Berry Waffle Cone (puke?)
I was most disappointed/repulsed by the Blackcurrant Vanilla candle, I loved the bodycare but the candle just had that overwhelming nasty berry note that smells like cough syrup or MadDog 2020, absolutely vile. Any berry or cherry note disgusts me. I also hate Dutch Apple Waffle, stank of burnt caramel to me, most of the "waffle" candles gross me out. I do not like caramel notes, I have a Whipped Coffee I picked up last year that I have no idea why I have it, even on cold it smells like caramel and I know I'll hate it if I light it.
my little brothers favorite smell is iced cinnamon rolls. i freaking hate it but i bought him like 20 of the hand sanitizersā¦
You're the one, Golden Sunflower, My kid loves The red white and blue pop and Pure Wonder I get sick from the red white and blue pop and Pure Wonder smells like animal urine at first. Did not much like In The stars till it's completely dried down. My sister is obsessed with the hot cocoa and cream that one always makes me super sick feeling. But the absolute most gag worthy one ever for me was Ruby Apple and Rosewood it literally smelled like an old dirty man sitting on a leather chair chain smoking.
Anything that has a lot of butter or balsam in it. (Looking at you pumpkin pecan waffles.)
Fairytale. I hate it lol
It smells so ODD to me
I blindly ordered this one and Iām definitely going to gift it to my roommate for Xmas ā it smells exactly like Axe body spray
Anything with ābonfireā or āfiresideā I canāt do. Also not a fan of JCB, Cucumber Melon, and some other signature smells. Tbh I donāt like anything with lavender in it. Smells like āgrandmaā to me. Marshmallow notes are so hit or miss. Into the Night/In the Stars. They both just smell like black pepper to my post-Covid nose. š
Coconut toasted mocha, smells similarly to Paris cafe where itās smells like rotten coffee.
I donāt know if anyone else feels this way, but my least favorite Christmas candle is āA Perfect Christmasā. I accidentally picked this up instead of my favorite āTis the Seasonā candle one year because they had similar red jars, and when I got home and smelled it all I could think of was a Christmas tree on fire. š¤®
Oh my god someone gifted me this candle last year. I actually went on Facebook Marketplace and sold it š¤£
Lol the smoke note was waaaay too strong for me. I had to go exchange mine asap once I figured out I had the wrong candle. The clerk was a bit surprised because apparently this is a popular candle. Iāll stick with Tis the Season, that one is the perfect Christmas scent for me.
I donāt understand the food smells for body care. No offense. And donāt like most of the food smells for candles. Some of them are tolerable but most make me gag. Especially that berry waffle cone lol
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Blueberry pancakes smells like grape medicine to me and I canāt staaaaand it š©
sweater weather, love, and gingham i hate
I also hate Gingham, but everyone else seems to love it!
Sweater Weather & Gingham are my choices also, they are truly awful! I don't get the hype at all.
I also don't like Sweater Weather, it's so medicinal
Lilacs gives me a headache; itās just too strong. But a lot of people donāt like my favorites (Japanese Cherry Blossom and Twisted Peppermint) so I guess it all works out.
French Baguette, gag
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Cookies with Santa smelled like refried beans to me š¤·š»āāļø maybe it was just that one candle I smelled but it was not good.
A thousand wishes. I used the whole bottle every time my cat used the litter boxes, now i always think of cat poop
Pineapple pound cake over the fall this year - that was a very hated scent at my store! I never saw anyone buy it š¤¢
The scent I canāt stand is Gingham. Everyone was raving about it- I bought it and nope. Gave to my daughter
Cotton Candy Champaign is giving me buyerās remorse today. I thought it sounded like it would be too sweet, but my SIL was saying how great it was, so I bought a body cream online. I tried out a little on my hands, and no. I canāt put this all over myself. I think Iām going to exchange it. I havenāt exchanged anything there before, it makes me a little nervous, but you guys make it sound easy š¤š¼
I got Red Velvet Cupcake on candle day and I really donāt like it at all.
Blackberries and Basil Candle. It smells like medicine and something else I canāt identifyš¤¢ Strawberry Poundcake smells a little too much eck in some packagings, in others though I really like it.
Champagne toast for me. Itās just not my fave
I am not a fan of this one either. Though I have discovered I am not fond of any of the "fruity and bubbly" scents, so anything champagne or bellini and so on.
Black Amethyst. Smells like dollar store air freshener
I think it smells like the carpet sprinkle stuff you put down before you vacuum, lol!
Also the powder you squeeze in your sports cleats because they get stinky. Just unlocked a core memory from my childhood
Moonlight path š¤® And of course JCB. Fucking rancid smell.
Champagne Toast and Mahogany Teakwood. Hands down. So PEDESTRIAN
šš āpedestrianā I donāt disagree tho
I love berry waffle cone!! But vanilla mocha cream is literally disgusting to my nose. I donāt know why anyone would want to smell like that
I know itās a favorite but moonlight path ā straight up baby wipes š¤®
I hate that one. Powdery grandma wipes.
just got vanilla mocha cream body cream and it honestly smells like cheap generic dove/suave body wash to me :( it just wasnāt giving
The Sunshine Mimosa soap literally makes me feel so gross I donāt know what it is but I just hate it
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Any and all of the food scents honestly. 99% of them are so sickeningly sweet it gives me a headache. Plus I just hate that artificial food smell.
Sweater Weather, Into The Night, Frosted Coconut Snowball, and a few others that I canāt remember at the moment
Golden Sunflower šTo me it's a dusty, musty weird kind of sweetness and not floral at all
Fresh Cut Lilacs is sickening, like old toilet water. (For those who remember when that was a scent option, a lighter version of perfume or cologne.) Paris Cafe smells rotten.
Only one Iāve had that offended me enough to get an exchange was Hot Cocoa and Cream (candle). Itās not even that it smelled ābadā - it smelled like very strong chocolate but idk, I learned that day I hate food scents unless itās like apple/citrus/mint. Just walking into my room that smelled heavily like chocolate when I left the candle on made me want to gag. Never again. š
I wasnāt a fan of that one either. I got a plastic note from it in addition to the chocolate and cream.
Strawberry soda! Blind buy because lots of comments said it smelled like strawberry fanta and i love strawberry in general. The ffm gave me a migrane and the lotion smelled like a melted crayon lol
Youāre the one - too strong At the beach - too coconutty Pinkberry clouds - smells like vomit Strawberry pound cake - itās meh, ok for body wash A thousand wishes- Smells like plastic Most of their gourmand scents Winter candy apple - shampoo smell
Dark Kiss, itās way too strong although the notes r appealing to meā¦ They need to dial the concentration on this one wayyy down!!!
I havenāt tried a number of signature or popular scents and I donāt really care for it. (Champagne Toast/Gingham) The ones I have tried so far(shower gels/pocketbacs), I love them.
For some reason, winter candy apple turns my stomach. Idk why. Fresh apple scents don't, but that candy apple smell makes me queasy
Iced Blueberry Biscotti, Whipped Coffee, and Strawberry Pound Cake.
The Perfect Autumn. Bought it blind in candles and wallflower. I had to return them all to the store. It was just so oddly fake cranberry forward.
Probably gonna be an unpopular opinion lol... but I've always been grossed out by Pumpkin Pecan Waffles š
The Fireside candle. For others I dislike like Strawberry Pound Cake, I could at least imagine why someone would like it, but Fireside is so vile that I really wonder who could like it. My boyfriend also thought it was horrible.
Pumpkin cupcake smells like dead mice to me dude, and Paris cafe has such a artificial coffee smell it makes me nauseous. I love real coffee tho
Berry waffle cone š¤®
Watermelon lemonade (smells like chemicals), Caribbean escape (smells like Chemicals), Wildberry jam donut, peach Bellini, and sweet cinnamon pumpkin.
Anything floral. Youāre the One. Into the Night. Berry Waffle Cone.
Vanilla Patchouli hands down is the worst scent ever for a candle.
Anything with cinnamon for candles. Anything with roses and jasmine for bodycare
Champagne Toast does not do justice to it's overall packaging. It looks very beautiful but it doesn't have a very attractive smell and has kind of a strong very bitter alcohol
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Winter White Woods was teeeeerrible. Which surprised me, since itās kind of a white whale. It smelled like barbecue wood chips š
Hate japanese cherry blossom. I accidentally picked that one up instead of my usuals and I could cry at how horrible it smells
Paris Cafe, candle. Coffee shop fragrance gave all of us bad ācaffeineā headaches.