Real Talk About Bath and Body Works Candles

You see it all the time on social media Somebody will post a pic of candle, either new/testing or old. ...and that's it. The person won't say anything about it except a perfunctory "Look what I saw today" or "this smells really good" "or "this label/lid is cute"... that is if you're lucky. Essentially they avoid answering the question that is on everybody's mind - what does the candle smell like?" and will say everything but..if they say anything at all. And you do flat out ask what does the candle smell like, they completely freak out; their nerves get frazzled as if they're back in school and the teacher just asked them answer a math problem on the chalkboard. And this is their response... "I'm not good/I'm terrible/I suck at describing scents"  My face when people say that I'm sorry, but that's bullshit! If you have a working nose, a functioning brain and a basic grasp of your nati...

I feel as though I'm in minority of fall-enthusiasts who haven't quite completely jumped on the pumpkin spice bandwagon. I've already talked my my long disdain of pumpkin scents due to my first encounter with Shit Cinnamon Poopkin and have only until recent years starting burning anything remotely pumpkin-y. I'm all about apple for fall; I will gladly take apple-cinnamon and apple-caramel over pumpkin spice anytime. That said, for a guy like me, BBW is terribly lacking in apple scents with an obviously biased preference for pumpkin scents and it's really disappointing as there have been soooo many good apple scents over the years that have been neglected and forgotten.That said, this post is gonna briefly talk about them all. So let's start with these 4 way back in the Slatkin early day. They are all from way before my time so know next to nothing about them nor do I know if they have been repackaged as anything in recent years. Autumn Apple (200?) The...

As you may or may not know, yesterday was my birthday . And of the highlights of the day (which could be seen as fun or sad/pathetic depending on your attitude) was seeing the deluge of crew test candle pics inundating social media. My birthday would've been even better had gotten to actually sniff said test scents but a gurl can dream. Anyhoo, according to sources, BBW is paying attention to customer opinions and critiques and are trying hard to come up with collections this winter to satisfy every taste/palate/preference...dunno, why they are just now starting to do this but whatever. So at the moment, there 4 groups of scents testing. The first group are the WB core winter additions... Blue Cypress & Vetiver - Blue Cypress, Fresh Vetiver, Patchouli Leaves (sounds right up my alley. Oakmoss & Vetiver maybe?) Peppermint Rosemary - Fresh Peppermint, Iced Rosemary, Eucalyptus (I'm super intrigued about this one. It sounds like failed test scent Snow & S...

Products: candle Area used in: n/a Time Period: never, sniff-only Description: An unexpected blend of lavender, warm caramel and brown sugar with just a touch of salt. So ladies and gents...TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! And I decided to treat myself! I finally found a Slatkin era candle that has eluded my grasp for years - Lavender Macaroon! Some here's some history... It first came out in 2011 in 1wick form only in a French patisserie themed trio - there was French Caramel Cake (which we now know as Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake), Spiced Madeleine (aka Pumpkin Coconut) and Lavender Macaroon ....Macaron (Shame on you Slatkin and L Brand for making that mistake). The three were later brought back in the fall as autumn themed bakery treats - French Caramel Cake became Brown Butter Praline, Spiced Madeleine became Toasted Coconut and Lavender Macaron became Lavender Caramel (and as a 3wick) Most people were perplexed by this scent (I'll explain later) which obviously...

So my bf and I went to WB for the first time since the beginning of SAS; I was really hoping that my store would have the hookup with some late addition and new scents to sniff and sure enough it did. And of course we took advantage of Labor Day sales and the 25% coupon an got ourselves some goodies. I won't waste your time and mine going into what we bought (if you're interested, I posted our fall haul on IG) but rather will get straight to the point and the reason you're here - sniff reviews Just a headsup, I wasn't in top sniffing form because I've come down with a summer cold and everything was burning my really sensitive nostrils. I tried to sniff everything new but could only sniff quickly once or twice. That said, sickness aside, I think I've sniffed enough to write a decent review. Ok so here we go! Honeyed Pear - BBW has been on a major honey kick lately and they were definitely banking on it's popularity with this scent...which would be fine i...