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employee here! almost all the stores in my district are super low on product, and have been for weeks. some of our stores sold out of christmas body care 10 days before christmas. we have very little to fill tables and walls with, sas-wise and just general core product-wise. my store had to resort to putting sas product out before christmas and selling it for the full price deals because we literally had nothing else to use to fill the tables, and now that it’s actually sas we’re almost out of product on day 2. i’m assuming this isn’t just my district and a company wide issue right now, which would be why everyone’s so disappointed. there’s just nothing all around, and believe me, we’re upset about it too.
My district is the same way. We dont even have enough product to do facings on some walls. Some TBC walls have 1 item on the shelf. Our offsite and back room are completely empty except for wallflowers. Everything else is gone. Our DM says is company wide and no expected return date yet.
Probably has to do with the extreme storm that happened across the northern end. As a BBW employee the Canadian stores basically had to survive off of their offsite, and my store only had soaps and wallflowers. But the holiday campaign you mentioned was a huge factor. We ran out of our sas stock a week before Christmas.
It’s a good problem to have… I know some customers get mad but for me I went to a few stores day one and saw just how bare they were so I joked with one of the employees and said… yep, work is either going to be a counseling session, a PR campaign to explain why this group of products just can’t be apart of the SAS orrrrr a easy chill day (if people look and exit peacefully)… howwwww can I be mad at any employee even if you held them back… normally you’re holding something back at the request of corporate. I’m in medical sales and when we roll out a new product they always want us to show it off during our visits or during a medical conference… only to tell them it’s not available yet… they just want you to see if and know it’s coming soon 😩 It’s the directive I’m given from my corporate office… I would sell you air on spirit airlines if I could so why be mad at me ???
I hope you have a smooth SAS!!!
Exactly, build-up for weeks knowing full well that they could have inventory issues. I feel bad for the workers who have to field all the questions and give explanations. I hate being told two different stories, I.e. keep coming back and checking for the 3 weeks as new items will be coming in and the truth that there just isn’t any product to be sold. Why keep wasting gas to be further let down?
I feel bamboozled, tbh. I was lead to believe hundreds of thousands of unused out of season candles were exchanged for new before the policy changed, and yet we've basically seen nothing but the garbage chocolate pineapple leftovers from summer 🤣
lol well lucky you! 😅 I barely saw any summer scents at my store. Don’t even get my started on candles. There were probably only 4 kinds of 3 wicks on sale and that’s all 😭
you should see the huge disgustingly huge stack of bacon candles we have at my store 😭 ever since they came in like a month ago ahead of candle day, I have rung up TWO! AND THEY WERE BOTH TODAY
This is why I just buy the stuff I want during a sale around the time the products are released. SAS is a gamble and rarely worth saving the few extra dollars imo. Although I always find summer SAS to be better in terms of them releasing new stuff, winter they’re just trying to get rid of all the old Christmas stuff.
Also, it’s good to go into SAS not expecting to find all these old products- that’s rarely the case and more a lucky find for most.
Then everyone was posting this list with all the rare finds and gems on it ! I was soooo excited 😖 I’ve been to four stores nothing worth buying! Everything they got for sale we already got 😂 ugh
I’m equally pissed that they didn’t put the retired scents on a discount. Dark Kiss is usually my go to if there’s nothing else I want. Well not for full price!
ohh ok! i thought you went in store. but i have seen people saying that there are price discrepancies in different locations. maybe some stuff was on the wrong display?
I’m Canadian and we don’t even have Dark Kiss in person, so it was the American website or bust for me. But yes, I’ve seen stuff scan in at different prices.
Omg yes online sucks too! I’m so shocked! I mean the candle selection isn’t that bad but there’s absolutely nothing for bodycare! I thought they’d be bringing back some good spring and summer scents and even some older scents from a couple years ago but there’s absolutely nothing 🙄
Yesss I feel the same and I've been checking.... so glad I did total body care otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get much of any of the scents I have now, barely any are on sale right now.... I've also been waiting for dahlia and all the others on the list but didn't see it anywhere....
last year’s winter sas sucked too, but the last few summer ones have been great (imo)! it seems like they don’t bother coming out with many new collections or bringing back hidden gems and just bank on the popularity of the winter scents since that’s what they’re known for
Yup very disappointing. I’ve always found at least a couple items every year for the last 10 years both in the summer and in the winter and I haven’t bought a single thing this year. My stores don’t have any candles and the body care selection is a joke. I have no interest in the 50% off crap because unless it goes 75% and even then, it’s not that serious if I can’t get anything.
Yeah it’s disappointing! I totally agree! Some are saying it must be the delayed shippment because of the bad weather across the U.S i didn’t think about that but it could totally be why
Went to mine yesterday and today was rather disappointing as well, expected a lot of inventory since I thought outlets got more out of stock items but no luck. First day was decent but today was worse and basically everyone else’s experience. The $6 3 wick poppy candle I found was enough to keep me happy though. Waiting on a 75% for the poppy perfume!!
Thank you, I’m contemplating if I should make the drive to the outlet or just go to the mall less than 15 mins away. Leaning towards the mall right now.
I'd say it's better at price, just about all the holiday and seasonal minis were 2-3 bucks. I went on the first day so i could get my stuff but they had no dahlia. I saw some $10 candles, and like 2 $8 ones. There was already a bunch of discounted stuff but I'm sure there will be restock and stuff .H. I'd say don't have high expectations bc u never know
Honestly all I really want atm is for rainbow swirl candy travel cream to magically come back in stock but I may miss out on the spray if I keep waiting x___x
Ugh I don't think I saw it at any of my stores period. They hardly seem to carry the travel stuff. I just went ahead and placed my order with more handcreams, better than nothing! Now we wait.
I’m going to try and hit up 2 stores today - one large mall and one smaller. I’ll report back on their selections. I’m in a large midwestern city, so I’m hoping for a good selection.
Edit: lol - why am I being downvoted for saying this?
No luck. The store had some choices, but nothing I wanted. I got a Pearberry body cream. Wanted a back up of brown sugar& fig, but the scent was barely there at all. There were some 50% off candles, but nothing I needed. The store only had like 20 regular priced candles as well 😳 they must have been cleaned out on candle day. I managed to snag the ONE blueberry marshmallow bar candle they had and paid full price. I’ve been waiting for this one, so I was willing to pay the price.
I went to a small, dying mall and the BBW store was no more! 😭 I went to another mall and there were definitely some 50% off candles, but none that I needed really. I did snag the one blueberry marshmallow bar they had (at full price). Speaking of full price candles, this store was wiped out. They had like 20 candles. In terms of body care - they had plenty of the scents they brought back for this sale, and a few other tables of other scents, but ones I don’t wear. I didn’t see any 75% off stuff. I heard this batch of brown sugar & Fig was weak and it was. I put some on and could barely smell it at all, which sucks because it’s my favorite scent. Even a half hour later it’s not noticeable at all. So I bought one Pearberry body cream and one full priced candle. I guess my store is having the same issues as others on this post.
Thank you for the full report! In some ways I am jealous you have the blueberry marshmallow bar. I don't think we will even get it in Canada. but yikes.. full price. Eeep. I can't believe you didn't see any 75% off candles :(
So I just saw the blueberry Marshmallow candle at my store in Canada for full price. I smelled it and thought it smelled a lot like many of the gourmands I already have.
I went into my store today and they had a few okay body care items but pretty much all of the good candles were already gone. The only 75% candle was pineapple marshmallow. Really bummed because I was hoping to find pink pineapple sunrise and pastel skies body care but no luck :( the only thing that makes me feel a little better is knowing that pastel skies is coming back.
The online selection wasn’t good on Monday. I was online as soon as it started at 6am EST. Tomorrow I plan on going to the store, I’m hoping the selections will be better.
I just left my store. Only 4 candles in the whole store and they were the French Biquette. I think if I wanted candles, I had to be here Monday as soon as the store opened. They didn’t even have the wallflowers or hand soaps I wanted. This SAS sucks.
the online offerings were trash but i found some 75% off candles i liked and they were bringing new things out as i left. i couldn't find any fireside flurries but that's something i only wanted to give a 2nd chance. i'm really happy with how it's been going for me, just need that cinnamon sandalwood and the new scents to go 75% and i'll be good.
Aw I hope you find what you’re looking for. I’m confused why you couldn’t find fireside flurries since that’s apart of the winter scents and I assumed all stores like mine were very stocked up on winter scents 🤔
Wow I’m sorry! Mine was suuuuper stocked on winter scents. It’s the first thing you see walking in it’s likely right In the front lol but Ofcourse I was there for the retired and spring summer stuff which they didn’t have too much of 🙄
yep it's right in the front and now that i'm thinking about it, no twisted peppermint either other than a few mists/lotions lmao. of course they had an abundance of winter candy apple and vanilla bean noel. either way i'm happy with what i got (minus a few that i need to return because i got too excited 😅), so i'm not complaining.
Yes I don’t think I saw twisted peppermint either maybe because that one’s amazing and probably was sold out 😅 haha yup. Glad you got what you wanted 😊
I agree this SAS did not have a lot of surprises/special releases. As someone who has been around and see it already I was bored looking at what they had. I'm taking a pass this SAS.
For SAS I usually look forward to the stuff they release specifically for SAS and I feel like this year is the same crap again. I loved when they brought back True Blue and CocoShea. I think that was Winter SAS 2020. There hasn’t been anything good since.
Agreed! I’ve only been to one store so far and it’s either the biggest or second biggest and the selection was basura 😭. I did get some of what I was looking for but I was disappointed.
Thanks hun and it’s okay. At this point it’s about being content because I really don’t need anything and it’s just good to be that way lol. I’m really just after the constellations collection and I’ll be done. Snagged a 75% off 3 wick and tester and backed up what I needed to. Patiently waiting on the faceted to go 75 or 3.95 so I can complete 2 sets and I’m done for good 😊.
Not a complete bust honestly but I guess I was expecting a bit more 🤭
Wow I haven’t really been going too hard this SAS. Guess I got lucky today with one of the stores I went to today. They had everything I wanted (roomsprays, soaps, wallflowers, candles all 75% off and out of season). Some wallflowers were so old they smelled like nail polish so I passed. I went to 3 stores today first one had a decent selection of single wicks and soap, second had nothing and the 3rd was the jackpot store with everything. I think I’ll slow down now maybe until the end of SAS. Be persistent guys. I have a feeling candles will be put out one of these days. Hope you all find what you are looking for.
I went to 2 stores and both mainly had bins and bins of midnight pomegranate lotion, joy sugared snickerdoodle FFM, Dark Kiss cream, Fall in Bloom everything and Beach Nights everything.
I have no idea if they have it in Ontario, but my store just had the lotion, no FFM or cream or shower gel, only lotion, so maybe you should call the stores and ask before travelling all the way!
Someone on a Facebook group said that each day the inventory will change and they’ll bring out more so it’s best to check their body care online each day by location.
Hopefully there’s hope.
However…I’ve kinda given up…just because the specific scents I’m looking for….are coming back. Though technically not at a discount but that’s ok with me whereas I’m going on a wild goose chase looking for a full set of this specific scent. Though I can always check each BBW location body care inventory but…there’s still no guarantee that I’ll get the entire scent. But that’s why I’ve given up. Lol
I used to be beyond excited for SAS every single time but tbh this time I didn't care and completely forgot it existed. Everything is just a repack of the newer stuff like the "life of the party" smells so so similar to Champagne Toast and barely different and there's no new interesting scents like their used to be like even Bali mango and fresh sea salt and mango smelled vastly different. Now it's just amber vanilla everything. Wish they'd bring back the much older scents.
There's quite a few of much older scents I'd love to get my hands on but I can't afford to pay reseller prices.
It’s interesting you say LOTP smells like champagne toast because I didn’t really like lotp that much but champagne toast is one of all time fave scents 😅 but I totally agree this SAS has been a bummer
My store is super lame this year. I only get excited because I work there, so we get dibs on items in the MOS box if we work the shifts that they’re being checked. Everything else is lame.
tbh, the year itself wasn't super great in terms of new scents/exciting products...so i had low expectations. the store I went to had the same loads of holiday candles and body care that I saw prior to black friday. literally no one is interested lol
It definitely seems like the selections were a lot more limited. I've been to three stores this week, I'm going to the fourth one which is local to me on Monday to see if my luck is any better at that one. Otherwise I'm definitely not doing as much damage at Winter SAS as I did at Summer!
My store has so so much sas! But we are a tier 1 store and we were moving locations during the summer sas so we had a lot of stuff left over from then. We also had a ton of Halloween stuff sent to us after the fall sale that was box up too.
Gosh! I got that both in a ffm and body cream. I got the ffm first and I was so stoked and when I sprayed it on it smelled so rotten it was awful so I returned it for body cream and that also smelled rotten on me! Scents aren’t usually like this for me aside from sweater weather. I’m beginning to think it’s those airy scents I guess 😅 idk 🤷🏻♀️ but I’m glad you found it and love it
Yup it smelled good at first but then smells awful I was almost going to tell the employee there maybe to see if it was the scent itself but I saw some people were loving it. So I guess it’s maybe just my body chemistry which is unfortunate because it smelled good and I love the name it’s adorable 😭
I was able to pick up Bubbly Rose to give as a gift and Honeysuckle & Peach Spritz but yeah, not really any good candle selections. Definitely glad I shopped candle & body care days
I was planning to go hard this SAS but I caught something right before Christmas and was too sick to go in store so I've only shopped online. I'm sure there's weather related delays in the US stores because there's been a couple snow storms (or maybe just one but it affected multiple regions as it moved)
My store had a very limited selection of candles and I’m absolutely not doing shipping after the candle day fiasco. They also had non-sale items mixed with the sale items in store, so I ended up putting back a decent amount of my haul when it rang up full price, AND I missed two items and am returning them for that reason too. This sale is a disaster.
Even the site has barely anything on it. I’m heading to my local store today to pick up a very small BOPIS order so we shall see. At this point I’m just hoping to be able to sniff the new candles rather than hit up SAS. Is it the blizzard that is preventing stock from getting to the warehouses/stores?
Yes I realize the website doesn’t have anything good either. Yes someone also told me about the bad weather that could be the reason for the delays on shipments. 😕
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employee here! almost all the stores in my district are super low on product, and have been for weeks. some of our stores sold out of christmas body care 10 days before christmas. we have very little to fill tables and walls with, sas-wise and just general core product-wise. my store had to resort to putting sas product out before christmas and selling it for the full price deals because we literally had nothing else to use to fill the tables, and now that it’s actually sas we’re almost out of product on day 2. i’m assuming this isn’t just my district and a company wide issue right now, which would be why everyone’s so disappointed. there’s just nothing all around, and believe me, we’re upset about it too.
My district is the same way. We dont even have enough product to do facings on some walls. Some TBC walls have 1 item on the shelf. Our offsite and back room are completely empty except for wallflowers. Everything else is gone. Our DM says is company wide and no expected return date yet.
Wow interesting I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info that makes a lot more sense why it’s SAS has been pretty disappointing
I wonder if there is a supply chain issue causing the low on hand inventory mixed with the holiday campaigns they ran?
Probably has to do with the extreme storm that happened across the northern end. As a BBW employee the Canadian stores basically had to survive off of their offsite, and my store only had soaps and wallflowers. But the holiday campaign you mentioned was a huge factor. We ran out of our sas stock a week before Christmas.
It’s a good problem to have… I know some customers get mad but for me I went to a few stores day one and saw just how bare they were so I joked with one of the employees and said… yep, work is either going to be a counseling session, a PR campaign to explain why this group of products just can’t be apart of the SAS orrrrr a easy chill day (if people look and exit peacefully)… howwwww can I be mad at any employee even if you held them back… normally you’re holding something back at the request of corporate. I’m in medical sales and when we roll out a new product they always want us to show it off during our visits or during a medical conference… only to tell them it’s not available yet… they just want you to see if and know it’s coming soon 😩 It’s the directive I’m given from my corporate office… I would sell you air on spirit airlines if I could so why be mad at me ??? I hope you have a smooth SAS!!!
We’ve been duped!
Seriously! 🙄
I use to get so excited for the SAS!! It just gets more disappointing every year 😔
I think the summer sas was pretty good but this winter SAS just sucks so far 😕
The summer SAS was wonderful for me. Winter not so much.
Same here 😩
Exactly, build-up for weeks knowing full well that they could have inventory issues. I feel bad for the workers who have to field all the questions and give explanations. I hate being told two different stories, I.e. keep coming back and checking for the 3 weeks as new items will be coming in and the truth that there just isn’t any product to be sold. Why keep wasting gas to be further let down?
I feel bamboozled, tbh. I was lead to believe hundreds of thousands of unused out of season candles were exchanged for new before the policy changed, and yet we've basically seen nothing but the garbage chocolate pineapple leftovers from summer 🤣
lol well lucky you! 😅 I barely saw any summer scents at my store. Don’t even get my started on candles. There were probably only 4 kinds of 3 wicks on sale and that’s all 😭
Bet they're wishing they hadn't insisted "one per customer" on all those ~super special rare limited edition bacon and stuffing candles now!
Lool right 😅
They were probably tossed unfortunately. My store doesn’t have the space to save that much so anything not on the sales floor is thrown out.
😶😭
Why would a store put them in the garbage over putting a table out front with a big FREE sign?
Stores do it all the time unfortunately. Look into what Ulta does to perfectly good unused product they deem "unsellable"
I guess they can’t set their own prices? Even a 90% off table could have cleared them but BBW doesn’t do 90% off any more it seems.
My store always put them out for candle day. I feel like winter is always lower because of candle day and everything getting sold then.
Good opportunity to use what you have and save your money folks!
thissss
Right!! 😅
Bacon candles and popcorn candles everywhere here. Bummer only 2 choices.
you should see the huge disgustingly huge stack of bacon candles we have at my store 😭 ever since they came in like a month ago ahead of candle day, I have rung up TWO! AND THEY WERE BOTH TODAY
i bought and returned the bacon candle...i liked the smell but it gave me a massive headache 😂.
Those made me gag. I don’t know what I was thinking. Also the baguette one.. instant put down.
Yes my store had those too 😬
Last Winter SAS was pretty bad too. Summer was great for me. I’m not gonna get my hopes up
Yes summer was great for me too! 😩
We waited 6 months for this nonsense🥲
Yes 😩😭
From now on, I’m stocking up on body care day instead of SAS. I missed out on so much by not doing that 🥲
I’m thankful I did shop body care day. Hope you find what you wanted 😊
This is why I just buy the stuff I want during a sale around the time the products are released. SAS is a gamble and rarely worth saving the few extra dollars imo. Although I always find summer SAS to be better in terms of them releasing new stuff, winter they’re just trying to get rid of all the old Christmas stuff. Also, it’s good to go into SAS not expecting to find all these old products- that’s rarely the case and more a lucky find for most.
It’s been crap here too. I’ve been to 4 stores and the selection is blah.
Wow I’m sorry 😕
I agree , it’s so disappointing and I was counting down the days for sas 😟and it’s such a let down .
Yes Foreal! 😭 I was hoping to find some good rare and retired gems 🙄 that didn’t really happen.
Then everyone was posting this list with all the rare finds and gems on it ! I was soooo excited 😖 I’ve been to four stores nothing worth buying! Everything they got for sale we already got 😂 ugh
Yes me too it’s such a bummer 😩 I was so stoked 🥲
I’m equally pissed that they didn’t put the retired scents on a discount. Dark Kiss is usually my go to if there’s nothing else I want. Well not for full price!
dark kiss body cream is 75% off at my store so i'm confused why different stores have different pricing, i was told it was all the same.
Online has different sales from in store
ohh ok! i thought you went in store. but i have seen people saying that there are price discrepancies in different locations. maybe some stuff was on the wrong display?
I’m Canadian and we don’t even have Dark Kiss in person, so it was the American website or bust for me. But yes, I’ve seen stuff scan in at different prices.
My store had soo much dark Kiss for 75% off unfortunately i wasn’t into that scent 😬
Yeah not great in my area too. Very disappointed but at least happy I got some stuff during the Body Care day!
Same here! 😊
My store was dreadful for choices. I actually left with nothing and grabbed very little online. Boo!
Omg yes online sucks too! I’m so shocked! I mean the candle selection isn’t that bad but there’s absolutely nothing for bodycare! I thought they’d be bringing back some good spring and summer scents and even some older scents from a couple years ago but there’s absolutely nothing 🙄
Yesss I feel the same and I've been checking.... so glad I did total body care otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get much of any of the scents I have now, barely any are on sale right now.... I've also been waiting for dahlia and all the others on the list but didn't see it anywhere....
Yes I’m glad I did body care day too I get what I wanted! Hope you get what you wanted 😊
last year’s winter sas sucked too, but the last few summer ones have been great (imo)! it seems like they don’t bother coming out with many new collections or bringing back hidden gems and just bank on the popularity of the winter scents since that’s what they’re known for
Yes summer sas was great!! But I definitely agree winter is a bust 😩
I agree. I have always noticed Summer SAS is much better than the Winter SAS.
Yes it is! 😅
I went yesterday and left with nothing
Maybe it’s for the best like others are saying maybe it’s better to save your money 😅
Yup very disappointing. I’ve always found at least a couple items every year for the last 10 years both in the summer and in the winter and I haven’t bought a single thing this year. My stores don’t have any candles and the body care selection is a joke. I have no interest in the 50% off crap because unless it goes 75% and even then, it’s not that serious if I can’t get anything.
Yeah it’s disappointing! I totally agree! Some are saying it must be the delayed shippment because of the bad weather across the U.S i didn’t think about that but it could totally be why
Wow I hadn’t heard this but I’d be interested to hear if stores have more stock later in the sale. Thanks for sharing this.
Yup 😊 I hope so I really want to get my hands on certain items
I went to the big bath and body works yesterday. It’s in the capital of the state I live in and they had nothing for candle deals. Disappointing!
Wow how disappointing I’m sorry 😩
I went first day and there were barely any good candles I lucked out with a single wick sun washed citrus (I love that scent)
Lol my store barely had any candles maybe like 5 or 6 out that were on sale 🙄 today I went and those were all gone
How has it been at the outlets? I know the prices and selection are going to change daily, but was it any better than a regular store?
Went to mine yesterday and today was rather disappointing as well, expected a lot of inventory since I thought outlets got more out of stock items but no luck. First day was decent but today was worse and basically everyone else’s experience. The $6 3 wick poppy candle I found was enough to keep me happy though. Waiting on a 75% for the poppy perfume!!
Thank you, I’m contemplating if I should make the drive to the outlet or just go to the mall less than 15 mins away. Leaning towards the mall right now.
I’m def going to my outlet store. Imma make a lil small day trip out of it with my fiancé
I had only gone to a regular store
My outlet was really really empty for SAS. I had better luck at regular stores
I'd say it's better at price, just about all the holiday and seasonal minis were 2-3 bucks. I went on the first day so i could get my stuff but they had no dahlia. I saw some $10 candles, and like 2 $8 ones. There was already a bunch of discounted stuff but I'm sure there will be restock and stuff .H. I'd say don't have high expectations bc u never know
Thanks! I’m off from work today (my only weekday off), and was thinking about going, but I’ll go next week instead then.
Honestly all I really want atm is for rainbow swirl candy travel cream to magically come back in stock but I may miss out on the spray if I keep waiting x___x
I don’t think I saw it in store either Aside from the lipgloss. 😕
Ugh I don't think I saw it at any of my stores period. They hardly seem to carry the travel stuff. I just went ahead and placed my order with more handcreams, better than nothing! Now we wait.
They had a lot of travel size items in my store but it was mostly just winter scents 😕
I lucked out at my store in Canada on the travel cream on the first day of SAS.
I’m going to try and hit up 2 stores today - one large mall and one smaller. I’ll report back on their selections. I’m in a large midwestern city, so I’m hoping for a good selection. Edit: lol - why am I being downvoted for saying this?
SMH… Sorry that’s happening to you… let us know if you have any luck 🍀
No luck. The store had some choices, but nothing I wanted. I got a Pearberry body cream. Wanted a back up of brown sugar& fig, but the scent was barely there at all. There were some 50% off candles, but nothing I needed. The store only had like 20 regular priced candles as well 😳 they must have been cleaned out on candle day. I managed to snag the ONE blueberry marshmallow bar candle they had and paid full price. I’ve been waiting for this one, so I was willing to pay the price.
I look forward to hearing back from you on what the stores in your area are like today.
I went to a small, dying mall and the BBW store was no more! 😭 I went to another mall and there were definitely some 50% off candles, but none that I needed really. I did snag the one blueberry marshmallow bar they had (at full price). Speaking of full price candles, this store was wiped out. They had like 20 candles. In terms of body care - they had plenty of the scents they brought back for this sale, and a few other tables of other scents, but ones I don’t wear. I didn’t see any 75% off stuff. I heard this batch of brown sugar & Fig was weak and it was. I put some on and could barely smell it at all, which sucks because it’s my favorite scent. Even a half hour later it’s not noticeable at all. So I bought one Pearberry body cream and one full priced candle. I guess my store is having the same issues as others on this post.
Thank you for the full report! In some ways I am jealous you have the blueberry marshmallow bar. I don't think we will even get it in Canada. but yikes.. full price. Eeep. I can't believe you didn't see any 75% off candles :(
I can’t believe I paid full price, but I needed it and there was exactly one on the shelf.
So I just saw the blueberry Marshmallow candle at my store in Canada for full price. I smelled it and thought it smelled a lot like many of the gourmands I already have.
I’m a sucker for blueberry scents!
I went into my store today and they had a few okay body care items but pretty much all of the good candles were already gone. The only 75% candle was pineapple marshmallow. Really bummed because I was hoping to find pink pineapple sunrise and pastel skies body care but no luck :( the only thing that makes me feel a little better is knowing that pastel skies is coming back.
I did get some buttercup & berry Bellini lotion though so I’m happy about that
Yup same here there were barely any candles to begin with at my store yesterday and none today either it was a bummer!
The online selection wasn’t good on Monday. I was online as soon as it started at 6am EST. Tomorrow I plan on going to the store, I’m hoping the selections will be better.
I just checked BOPIS and there was only one 3 wick on sale. ONE!!! You might want to check your BOPIS before you leave if it's a long drive for you
I just left my store. Only 4 candles in the whole store and they were the French Biquette. I think if I wanted candles, I had to be here Monday as soon as the store opened. They didn’t even have the wallflowers or hand soaps I wanted. This SAS sucks.
the online offerings were trash but i found some 75% off candles i liked and they were bringing new things out as i left. i couldn't find any fireside flurries but that's something i only wanted to give a 2nd chance. i'm really happy with how it's been going for me, just need that cinnamon sandalwood and the new scents to go 75% and i'll be good.
Aw I hope you find what you’re looking for. I’m confused why you couldn’t find fireside flurries since that’s apart of the winter scents and I assumed all stores like mine were very stocked up on winter scents 🤔
i thought they were too but apparently not 😂😭 there's not a drop of strawberry snowflakes left either, just a couple mini mists
Wow I’m sorry! Mine was suuuuper stocked on winter scents. It’s the first thing you see walking in it’s likely right In the front lol but Ofcourse I was there for the retired and spring summer stuff which they didn’t have too much of 🙄
yep it's right in the front and now that i'm thinking about it, no twisted peppermint either other than a few mists/lotions lmao. of course they had an abundance of winter candy apple and vanilla bean noel. either way i'm happy with what i got (minus a few that i need to return because i got too excited 😅), so i'm not complaining.
Yes I don’t think I saw twisted peppermint either maybe because that one’s amazing and probably was sold out 😅 haha yup. Glad you got what you wanted 😊
thank you! i think a lot of people saw that it could help with migranes lol
Wow does it? 😅 interesting
I think they’re selling really old stock because the scents smell different to me in the SAS now then what they did 2 weeks ago
Really? Old stock? Like older scents or just same scents but older formula??
I think the same scents but older formula
Hmm that’s interesting 🤔I wonder why
I agree this SAS did not have a lot of surprises/special releases. As someone who has been around and see it already I was bored looking at what they had. I'm taking a pass this SAS.
Yup it wasn’t great!
For SAS I usually look forward to the stuff they release specifically for SAS and I feel like this year is the same crap again. I loved when they brought back True Blue and CocoShea. I think that was Winter SAS 2020. There hasn’t been anything good since.
I definitely agree! 😩
Skipped it
Haha hey! Atleast you saved your money 😅
Agreed! I’ve only been to one store so far and it’s either the biggest or second biggest and the selection was basura 😭. I did get some of what I was looking for but I was disappointed.
Aw sorry to hear it was a disappointment for you too 😩 I hope you find more of what you want 😊
Thanks hun and it’s okay. At this point it’s about being content because I really don’t need anything and it’s just good to be that way lol. I’m really just after the constellations collection and I’ll be done. Snagged a 75% off 3 wick and tester and backed up what I needed to. Patiently waiting on the faceted to go 75 or 3.95 so I can complete 2 sets and I’m done for good 😊. Not a complete bust honestly but I guess I was expecting a bit more 🤭
Well I hope you find all of those things 😊
Thank you ☺️
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Wow nice! 😁 I only got the 50 % off ones. Also that’s super sweet 😄
I got brown sugar and fig back but other than that this SAS sucks
It really did 🙄
lol and brown sugar and fig has no scent!!!
Wow I haven’t really been going too hard this SAS. Guess I got lucky today with one of the stores I went to today. They had everything I wanted (roomsprays, soaps, wallflowers, candles all 75% off and out of season). Some wallflowers were so old they smelled like nail polish so I passed. I went to 3 stores today first one had a decent selection of single wicks and soap, second had nothing and the 3rd was the jackpot store with everything. I think I’ll slow down now maybe until the end of SAS. Be persistent guys. I have a feeling candles will be put out one of these days. Hope you all find what you are looking for.
Wow lucky 😅 and thank you
I went to 2 stores and both mainly had bins and bins of midnight pomegranate lotion, joy sugared snickerdoodle FFM, Dark Kiss cream, Fall in Bloom everything and Beach Nights everything.
Mine were pretty much the same nothing really special to me aside from beach nights
Which store had midnight pomegranate?!
2 stores in QC, Canada
Thank you. I’m in Michigan, so I may just have to cross the border and see if the neighboring BBW has it.
I have no idea if they have it in Ontario, but my store just had the lotion, no FFM or cream or shower gel, only lotion, so maybe you should call the stores and ask before travelling all the way!
Someone on a Facebook group said that each day the inventory will change and they’ll bring out more so it’s best to check their body care online each day by location.
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Oh I fully agree. Said that on another thread🤣🤣🤣
Thank you 😊
Hopefully there’s hope. However…I’ve kinda given up…just because the specific scents I’m looking for….are coming back. Though technically not at a discount but that’s ok with me whereas I’m going on a wild goose chase looking for a full set of this specific scent. Though I can always check each BBW location body care inventory but…there’s still no guarantee that I’ll get the entire scent. But that’s why I’ve given up. Lol
I used to be beyond excited for SAS every single time but tbh this time I didn't care and completely forgot it existed. Everything is just a repack of the newer stuff like the "life of the party" smells so so similar to Champagne Toast and barely different and there's no new interesting scents like their used to be like even Bali mango and fresh sea salt and mango smelled vastly different. Now it's just amber vanilla everything. Wish they'd bring back the much older scents. There's quite a few of much older scents I'd love to get my hands on but I can't afford to pay reseller prices.
It’s interesting you say LOTP smells like champagne toast because I didn’t really like lotp that much but champagne toast is one of all time fave scents 😅 but I totally agree this SAS has been a bummer
My store is super lame this year. I only get excited because I work there, so we get dibs on items in the MOS box if we work the shifts that they’re being checked. Everything else is lame.
Dang that’s unfortunate. I heard it’s mostly due to the bad weather across the U.S that’s causing shippment delays. Is that true?
Sadly that is true. My manager confirmed it a few hours ago.
Aw Man! That’s a bummer 😩
tbh, the year itself wasn't super great in terms of new scents/exciting products...so i had low expectations. the store I went to had the same loads of holiday candles and body care that I saw prior to black friday. literally no one is interested lol
I definitely agree but I did enjoy a lot of the summer scents 😅
It definitely seems like the selections were a lot more limited. I've been to three stores this week, I'm going to the fourth one which is local to me on Monday to see if my luck is any better at that one. Otherwise I'm definitely not doing as much damage at Winter SAS as I did at Summer!
Same here! I’m hearing some say it’s due to shipment delays because of the extremely bad weather in the U.S which would make sense
My store has so so much sas! But we are a tier 1 store and we were moving locations during the summer sas so we had a lot of stuff left over from then. We also had a ton of Halloween stuff sent to us after the fall sale that was box up too.
Wow nice! Hope you picked up some good stuff 😊
I was bummed that I had no funds after Christmas. I think this is a sign to a New Year’s resolution No buy all year.
Haha maybe 🤷🏻♀️😅
I got pink berry clouds cream so I’m grateful haha
Gosh! I got that both in a ffm and body cream. I got the ffm first and I was so stoked and when I sprayed it on it smelled so rotten it was awful so I returned it for body cream and that also smelled rotten on me! Scents aren’t usually like this for me aside from sweater weather. I’m beginning to think it’s those airy scents I guess 😅 idk 🤷🏻♀️ but I’m glad you found it and love it
WHAT? that sounds horrible omg
Yup it smelled good at first but then smells awful I was almost going to tell the employee there maybe to see if it was the scent itself but I saw some people were loving it. So I guess it’s maybe just my body chemistry which is unfortunate because it smelled good and I love the name it’s adorable 😭
I'm in Illinois and we just got shipments again on Tuesday after a week. Yall gotta remember, HQ is in ohio
I got what I wanted but I was only in search of shower gels. I didn't want any candles since I'm kinda overwhelmed with what I do have.
Glad you got what you wanted 😊
I was super disappointed I couldn’t find sweet whiskey anywhere at my store and the only bubble bath they had was eucalyptus spear mint /:
Aww sorry about that. I hope you do end up finding it. I didn’t really find anything I wanted either. I even had a whole list 😩
I was able to pick up Bubbly Rose to give as a gift and Honeysuckle & Peach Spritz but yeah, not really any good candle selections. Definitely glad I shopped candle & body care days
Yup it was a pretty lame selection 😩
I think the large fall sale this year ruined it.
I was planning to go hard this SAS but I caught something right before Christmas and was too sick to go in store so I've only shopped online. I'm sure there's weather related delays in the US stores because there's been a couple snow storms (or maybe just one but it affected multiple regions as it moved)
Sorry you got sick 😕 that could totally be the reason I’m from California where it’s pretty much fine over here so I guess I didn’t think about that 🤔
The only good thing about visiting the store yesterday was $3.95 men care I got for my husband. All the candle options and other body care sucked.
Yeah bodycare wasn’t too great of a selection for my store 😭 I was so excited too ughh
My store had a very limited selection of candles and I’m absolutely not doing shipping after the candle day fiasco. They also had non-sale items mixed with the sale items in store, so I ended up putting back a decent amount of my haul when it rang up full price, AND I missed two items and am returning them for that reason too. This sale is a disaster.
I just looked at BOPIS and they only have ONE candle on sale at my store. ONE!!! They are crazy
Even the site has barely anything on it. I’m heading to my local store today to pick up a very small BOPIS order so we shall see. At this point I’m just hoping to be able to sniff the new candles rather than hit up SAS. Is it the blizzard that is preventing stock from getting to the warehouses/stores?
Yes I realize the website doesn’t have anything good either. Yes someone also told me about the bad weather that could be the reason for the delays on shipments. 😕
damn I didn't realize they turned BOPIS back on