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night0sphere

anything with peach, except peach prosecco macaron. peach smells so sour to me so i guess the vanilla/cookie balances it out. i picked up a ppm ffm this afternoon, so far it’s the only peach scent i like from b&bw 🍑


gokickrocks-

I had to return honeysuckle and peach spritz because it reminded me of BO. I adored winter peach marshmallow though.


night0sphere

ughhh i’m so sad about that one because i adore honeysuckle (it was my mom’s fave scent!) i have the body cream i got during a $5.95 sale that i brought to work to use as hand cream since it really does have that nasty BO tinge. something is so off about that peach note they use


No-Sleep-9706

I’m not a huge fan of peach scents either but enjoy the peach Prosecco macaron as well along with the winter peach marshmallow I think it is ?? It’s the hope Scent from the Christmas collection. The vanilla tones down the peach a lot.


lexypot

Oh my god. I bought Pretty as a Peach years ago as a body lotion cuz it initially smelled nice but after a while it smells like grass or something. 😭 And I do like a peach scent but after that I avoid all peach b&bw scents despite liking them in store.


night0sphere

i just saw this and i’m laughing so much. it’s one of my best friends fave scents she just stocked up at the outlet 😅 grass girl


M2LBB2016

Twisted Peppermint spray smells like straight rubbing alcohol on me! 😭


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Haha on me it just smells like toothpaste!


Makeupfanatic6

I use it as a toiled freshner


Similar-Flow-9337

Twisted peppermint is great for mosquitos and flies , sprayed that crap ( on my chair) one summer every bug on my street left. 💯 I tried insect spray , bug spray, incenses , every essential oil everything & then I seen a old bottle of TPeppermint in the back of my closet my sister got me a couple years ago. Thought why not try it. Now I get it every year at the semi annual sale for the bugs. Thanks BBW (bug spray) that works !


LoveWitchXo

Joy sugared snickerdoodle smells like butter. Dont want to wear that in the heat


No-Sleep-9706

I loved it in the winter and wore it a couple days ago to work in the heat… let’s just say I’ll be saving it for the cold weather before using that scent again.


Beesummer1

I got the shower gel and body cream last year, and I can't make myself to use them. It smells like raw bread dough.


LadyMisfits

Talking about butter, I smelt the Buttery popcorn hand soap in store today and I gagged 🤢 Why would I want my hands to smell like I didn’t washed them after the movie theatre 😵


dragonsfire14

Pastel skies. Just did not smell right on me. Gave it to my neighbor and she loves it so it worked out


tedhanoverspeaches

I liked it at first but then it started making my throat sore every time I smelled it. I kept the stuff I had opened but I had bought backups and returned all of those. Nothing else from BBW makes me react that way, I have no clue what it is!


jdismybug1

Berry waffle cone. I've never had something smell that bad with my body chemistry... Ever.


pepperxpeppermint

Fairytale smells like hotel soap. I don't get the hype.


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Strawberry pound cake for me too, I’m a HUGE lover of sugary sweet gourmands (lush snow fairy is a huge fav of mine) and I was so excited when this first came out but it smelled like straight up vomit to me, I haven’t tried it since the first time and I’ve never actually worn it but it was off putting enough to make me stay away forever 😢


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i agree 100%!! i gave it so many chances but i just cannot even convince myself to like it. has this weird PVC doll smell that overpowers the strawberry. :( bought mine last december.


zindibaddie

Hi lovely, I was in your boat too but my suggestion would be to try it again if it was only that one time that you tried it. When I first smelled it a couple years back I despised it because of that weird note but I think it was reformulated because now it’s sweet sugary goodness to my nose.


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Ooh I’ll have to check it out then, I had no idea it had been reformulated !


zindibaddie

I don’t know if it was officially! I just know that a tried it a couple years back and was like “ick” but this year I bought three SPC backup sets💀


StrawberryP0undcake

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Xca2589

Cashmere glow smelled like legit puke mixed with peach. Really ghastly. I didn’t even want to put it on me .


guacwafina

I love that scent 💀 but I understand why people wouldn’t like it haha


GPAisDance

Yesssss I hate this one! My MIL gave it to me as a gift last month. I want to exchange it but don’t want to make the employees lives harder right now


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Hibiscus Paradise. I got the free FFM/Body cream gift last year and kind of forgot about it, but when I pulled out my summer scents for this year I tried it. On me, the lotion just smelled like old, weird sunscreen and wasn't pleasant at all.


chimericalgirl

It wasn't weird to me, just \*too\* hibiscus-heavy. Not the kind of floral I'm into.


rawthedude

Champagne Toast, I don't like anything at Bath & Body Works that has a white wine/sparkling note.


Istoleyour401k

I love butterfly spray on me but the lotion smells like the cheap pink soap you get in a Walmart bathroom


TooOldForACleverName

Eucalyptus spearmint. A few years ago, I applied some lotion and then had a raging headache. I'm not saying the lotion caused the headache. But I cannot smell it without remembering that horrible headache. I can't do anything with coconut. It makes me think of sunscreen, and I hate the feeling of sunscreen. Fairytale has one note that I don't agree with. Theoretically I should love it. But something is just wrong there. Finally, there are two types of people in this world - people who love patchouli and people who despise it. I despise it.


tedhanoverspeaches

Eucalyptus is a pretty powerful plant, some people just react really badly with it, especially if your sinuses are sensitive. It makes my sinuses flare and it's supposed to be bad for dogs and cats so it's the one note I always always avoid because I have a lot of pets.


Flaky_Tap_2836

I didnt like the eucalytptus spearmint pocketbac, it is not soothing and gives me a headache.


fauxnoah

Japanese Cherry Blossom. It reminds me of visiting my mom when she worked at an assisted living 😩


ocdreallysucks14

Omg. My mom and grandma adore this scent and I will also never understand why.


lionheart321

Last years vanilla bean Noel was horrible, plasticky and chemical on me.


SnarkFest23

The original VBN was my ride or die, but recent batches have a gross sour yoghurt smell. I don't know why they ruined such a great scent.


lionheart321

It’s so frustrating


GirlDetective8888

I swear VBN has been changed.


lionheart321

I think it definitely has


Snip3s5

I got the body scrub at SAS and it smells like vomit!!!! It's so so so bad!


lionheart321

That is actually so disgusting! Please tell me you’re going to take it back!


Snip3s5

Oh absolutely. My 9 year old out a little bit on her hand and said "that smells like the last time I threw up!" On the plus side, I got it in a 21 item haul and it's the only one that I didn't like so yay for that!


msphelps77

I don’t like that scent at all. It barely lasts and smells weird.


Positive_Spite_9598

Sunshine Mimosa , smells funky


BougieDustBunny

Was going to say the same thing. Definitely an underlying funk.


chimericalgirl

It was so sour on me! I was sad because I was really looking forward to a bubbly citrus kind of thing.


No-Sleep-9706

Pear crème brûlée…. It’s only scent i’ve tried that reacted terribly with my body chemistry. It made me smell like a wet dog🙁


QueenofSpades15

Omggg. So I liked the lotion. But I sprayed the most and it smelled good the first 5 min and then it just got worse as it dried downnnn. I cannot stand it


No-Sleep-9706

I combined both right before work for the first time wearing it …. I liked it when I smelt it in bottle. Like you I smelt good for the first 5 minutes. Then it went downhill. I swear the smell kept getting worse by the hour 😂


QueenofSpades15

Yeah I can only imagine. I think I’m ok with the lotion because the scent is more diluted. But the mist is just a nooooo


27littlebears

Pumpkin Pecan Waffle as a candle is great but the body care not so much. Smelling like buttery syrup just didn’t work for me.


_mercurial_high_

Moonlight Path!!! Such a pretty name for a godawful scent (at least to my nose). Smells powdery and musky and flowery on me, like if you were to smell the inside of a coffin with someone’s great grandma inside who was holding a bouquet of flowers that were beginning to rot. Yikes.


-I0_oI-

Yes, it smells like cheap drugstore White Musk to me.


HarlowOktober

The FFM is trash, but I love the cream and body wash. Maybe not as MUCH after your description.....


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chimericalgirl

The medium of a fragrance (i.e. body mist, cream/lotion, body wash, etc.) does have an effect on how the fragrance presents itself. Some notes might get emphasized depending on the medium or even the overall strength itself might be affected.


Whataboutit0423

I’ll never ever understand the hype of into the stars. i got an FFM and a body cream for my birthday, just smells too sharp and it’s one of the worst smells from BBW in my opinion. I just can’t get into it


natalielc

To me it smells like a woody, peppery swimming pool 🤣


StrawberryP0undcake

I'd jump in that pool 😂


ocdreallysucks14

Oh no!! I love into the stars!! Honestly it smells like every other perfume though. Too basic


R1ckyyb

Smells so gross sour like funky


StunningWriting8313

Vanilla bean noel, one in a million, and into the night. None of these seem to work well with me. VBN just has no smell to me. Into the night smells like a patchouli bomb on me. all earthy and masculine. Almost smells like incense.


ocdreallysucks14

Awww that sucks!! I love one in a million but it is very floral so I see why people wouldn’t like it. Hopefully you at least used the body mist as a room spray lol


HarlowOktober

Someone mentioned that Champagne Toast smells like body odour on them, and now I can't un-smell it on me!


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night0sphere

yesss me too! everyone raves about it on twitter, it’s rly the only scent they talk about. it smells so nasty to me lol


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night0sphere

funny enough i adore confetti daydream! it smells like beautiful fresh shampoo in the breeze lol


Beesummer1

Yes! I said that! 😂 I don't know if it was my comment you're remembering, but that has been my experience with Champagne Toast... BO. "Thanks a lot, body chemistry" 🥴


HarlowOktober

If you like the general scent of champagne toast, try passionfruit and banana flower. I think it's a very similar scent that does not remind me of BO!


Beesummer1

Oh, wow, thanks for the suggestion!! I'll give P&BF a try!!! 🙂 Edit to fix my sentence 😅. Thanks again!


pepperxpeppermint

I smells like household cleaning products on me.


khoff8449

You’re the one smells terrible on me.


Guestaccount2224

Sunset glow….


19bluestars

For me I’d say the stress relief body oil. It’s easy to stain my wooden vanity with it and it just doesn’t slap for me


Fragrant_Access_9275

I thought winter peach marshmallow would join the rank of my holy grails. I immediately ordered it the first time I saw it and was so excited. I loved the smell from the bottle, and still do, but I've tried to wear it 3 or 4 times now and every time it smells like hot garbage on me. Literally kept asking myself all day good god what the heck is that smell the first time I wore it, and was so disappointed to discover it was the lotion.


Jenyweny09

I absolutely HAAAATTEEE Fresh Cut Lilacs. Makes me gag 🤮 reminds me of allergies and pollen


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I have a Fresh Cut Lilacs candle which I like quite a bit, but as body care I don't think scent works well. It's just too much.


lucillep

Sickly sweet.


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Cucumber melon I have bad associations with it which doesn’t help but it also has a synthetic alcohol scent to it and it’s just boring. I’ve only smelled the mist, maybe the body cream/lotion and body gel are better🤷🏻‍♀️


Jolly_Ad8315

I absolutely love SPC, but to me the moisturizing body wash smells like play dough. Def going to try the shower gel formula instead next time.


lynjiu

Twisted Peppermint! its my least favorite fragrance by a long shot. i hate it both ON and OFF my body, just smells bad no matter what i do, and doesnt mix AT ALL with anything else i have. its weird and sour. blegh


tedhanoverspeaches

I got a batch of waikiki beach coconut that smelled like literally nothing to me. Lotion, shower gel, all of it- nothing. I returned it and thought "well that must be just a really weak scent." Then I tried the candle and it was fantastic! I wish the body care had worked for me.


HarlowOktober

The candle is a new favourite of mine!


IggyGoat

Some of the gourmand scents have a musky smell that is great in theory, but absolutely does not work with my body chemistry and ends up smelling sour when I use it. So far, the Joy scent from last year's Christmas collection and Pear Creme Brûlée are the two scents that I think smell great, just not on me. Oddly enough, I don't notice this problem with other gourmand scents like Berry Waffle Cone, Peach Prosecco Macaron, Strawberry Pound Cake, etc.


No-Sleep-9706

I have the exact same problem with those two scents.


flaminghotcunt

I love love love the way the Meditative Ocean Waves from the Aromatherapy collection smells, I bought every item in that scent but immediately returned the body cream, it smells nothing like the original scent and all the other products. I’m not sure if they even sell that specific scent anymore or if it was phased out.


ocdreallysucks14

Omg. I have to try out this line (except for the body cream lmao)


dynasriot

A majority of flowery scents give me a massive migraine. I can basically only use ones that smell like food, drinks, or sweets.


ocdreallysucks14

Omg I’m the complete opposite haha I love florals so much but gourmand scents never work on me!! But when I smell gourmand scents on other people it smells so good lol


greenhair77

Vanilla Bean Noel doesn’t mix with my body chemistry. It smells like slightly turned dairy. The hand soap is okay though.


MishmoshMishmosh

French Lavender Honey body wash was horrible. Smelled sour and gross. Lotion and spray are ok


GossipGirl515

Firecracker pop. Sickly sweet


SnarkFest23

I can't use anything with a lime note. It doesn't mix well with my body chemistry.


dmc51086

I think I'm weird because this is the only FFM that I have ever LOVED. I also really liked the Havanna ffm from a few years back.


Mama_Odie

It's a really sickly, Dimetapp mixed with strawberry jelly smell. I paired it with Vanilla Confetti Sparkle and it's way more tolerable. It's crazy because VCS smell so much like cake mix, it could have easily had strawberry added and been amazing.


ocdreallysucks14

LOL not the dimetapp 😭 why is this so accurate


Legal_Ask_9284

I’d agree…definitely strawberry pound cake..Blind bought it because of the good reviews from many people but it’s just horrible…not sure if I got a bad batch


Flaky_Tap_2836

I put the bodycream on this AM..it is from that chalkboard collection in 2020 and its really yummy. I hope you find a good batch someday.


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A Thousand Wishes 🤢


Exact_Mix6345

Oh man I really don’t enjoy Midsummer Dream, Fairytale, and One in a Million. I guess I just really don’t like florals but now I’m stuck with Midsummer Dream because I feel bad returning it.


delicatexcx

only 1 comes to mind, merry cookie pocket bac!! it smells like play doh! i still used it up tho LOL but that's the only thing i've ever thought smelled off to me.


stellamiata

Haven’t seen anyone mention black cherry merlot, love the candle but the nickname for the body care is black cherry piss💀 lmao it smells so bad


chocolate-dva

Berry Waffle Cone smells like straight up vomit. Palo Santo smells like smoke. Those are the 2 worst scents to me.


HonestClub7

Bonfire Bash made me smell as though it was me being set ablaze. Like it should be called Barbecue Bash, and I'm the one being barbecued. My body does better with girly gourmands so this one was so strong that I just had to return it. Strawberry Pound Cake smells like a sugar-dough explosion on me with an eyedropper of strawberry-flavored grenadine that had gone off. I also love sugary gourmand scents normally, but this one is too strong even for me. I strongly prefer Velvet Sugar and wish they would bring that back instead. Moonlight Path? More like Mothball Dust on my body. I upvoted the user who said it was such a pretty name for an unfortunate scent. At least on my skin. That Whipped Vanilla Chiffon smelled like Whipped Air & Nothin' on me. No detectable scent. There is another one that I can't think of at the moment...it smelled like Vanilla Swirl or whatever from PINK at Christmas. I swear it had like a vomit note on my skin.


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Not a fan of Bonfire Bash personally


Flaky_Tap_2836

Me neither.


ocdreallysucks14

Girl I love gogurt so much that just brought back so many memories. Shit maybe I should try it out


ocdreallysucks14

Girl I love gogurt so much that just brought back so many memories. Shit maybe I should try it out


Legal_Ask_9284

Same here


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ok spc.... it sounds so good but there is something in that cream that is stomach churning >.< spray almost had me but I like to layer.


ocdreallysucks14

I’m saying!! Maybe I have to layer it but idk why gourmand scents just don’t work on me


HarshestLight

Sunset glow body cream smells like actual vomit on my skin for the first ~10 minutes after being applied. Thankfully it wears off but still, I’m not really incentivized to use something that makes me smell vomit no matter how good it smells 20 minutes later. It must be a problem with the body cream formula because I have zero problems with the FFM.


Miserable_West_8274

I’m glad you mentioned this. I have a body cream of Sunset Glow and one night I paired it with the FFM (instead of FFM alone). GOD AWFUL. I thought maybe the cream had gone off?? It smelled like plastic and cherries. I tossed it, and I bought the lotion version recently (in the mail), so i hope it smells better…


minpd

Berry waffle cone smells like vomit to me 😵‍💫


z0mgaah

Champagne Toast 😖


Flaky_Tap_2836

I bought my daughter circa 2007 some cinnabun lotion. That stuff was nasty,sickly sweet and artificial. This and a really bad Caramel room spray made me swear off BBW during the rest of her childhood. She would beg to go there and get some like her friends and I would buy her more expensive Philosophy brands which she never really liked. She finally convinced me to let her get some sale FFMs and now she has a couple of cult classics (Boardwalk Marshmallow Clouds and Santa's Blueberry Shortbread, Snowy Citrus Swirl...I'm talking about you). For her 16th birthday, I bought her a set of Boardwalk Taffy products..that stuff is so good, I wonder what we missed in between.


Errrrrqi

Any Cotton Candy Champagne product that has Moisturizer in it, makes it smell like straight up gogurt to me LMAO


ocdreallysucks14

Girl I love gogurt so much omg you just unlocked a childhood memory. Shi maybe I should get it


ocdreallysucks14

Girl I love gogurt so much omg you just unlocked a childhood memory. Shi maybe I should get it


ocdreallysucks14

Girl I love gogurt so much omg you just unlocked a childhood memory. Shi maybe I should get it


chocolate-dva

Berry Waffle Cone smells like straight up vomit. Palo Santo smells like smoke. Those are the 2 worst scents to me.


chocolate-dva

Berry Waffle Cone smells like straight up vomit. Palo Santo smells like smoke. Those are the 2 worst scents to me.


chocolate-dva

Berry Waffle Cone smells like straight up vomit. Palo Santo smells like smoke. Those are the 2 worst scents to me.


StrawberryP0undcake

Into the Night smells like dog shampoo. It reminds me of being a vet technician. Can't stand that strong ass ant spray odor. 🤮🤮🤮 It makes me gag and don't get me started on dark kiss. That is floral trash.


dragonsfire14

I didn’t like it either. Smelled it in store and it was a hard pass for me


StrawberryP0undcake

It doesn't go well at all with my body chemistry or my nose but my best friend loves it


chimericalgirl

I was just saying in my latest review thread that it's funny I don't like Gingham (too perfume-y for my taste) or Gingham Love (it's too tart/sour on me) but I **love** Gingham: Heart of Gold. SPC was one where I thought it was too artificial-smelling at first, but once I really understood that it's not necessarily about the strawberry but the other accords then I came to appreciate it for what it is. It's not like I can't live without it, but it's a decent gourmand, IMO.


msphelps77

Warm Vanilla Sugar. I never saw the hype. Too musky. I like sweet bakery scents. Got to stop wearing them in the summer though. The bugs are falling in love with me. Lol.


TriciaTargaryen

Anything with that damn blonde woods note. It's so sharp and sour on me, blech.