I was eagerly anticipating trying out these four new scents from Bath and Body works so I made my way to my local store shortly after opening. And surprise, none of their employees even knew what I was talking about. Dude, are you serious?! Company has four new scents coming out but you don't have a clue? Finally, one of the salespeople had to go ask a manager and told me that they just received the new lotions(full line comes out on 20th). They let me smell it and I wasn't too impressed. Malibu Heat smelled like several other fragrances they already have, at least in a lotion form. I will definately try the body spray because I am hoping I will like it better. Sorry, gals, I couldn't smell the other 3 floral ones because they haven't even unpacked it yet...Grrr..I guess I will just have to wait until the 20th..
I also sampled Diane Von Furstenburg new fragrance. She is the designer who pretty much pioneered the printed wrap dresses in the 70s. Anyways, I got sample with my recent Sephora order and well, I can't stand it. Its doesn't smell good to my nose at all. The notes from Fragrantica list musk, patchouli, myrhh, violet and frangipani. I love frangipani but I can't smell it in this scent at all. This is very 70s scent to me-my mom used to wear Fendi and Anne Klein for years, which are both chypre scents, and while I always thought it smelled nice on her, I can't stand either one on myself or smelling it on other people. Diane Von Furstenburg smells just like Fendi to my nose-its not a "young" scent by any stretch of imagination and because I associate it with my mom( and several older female relatives who wore same kind of scents also), this smells "older woman" to me. Sorry, Diane, I like your dresses but can't stand your perfume.
I did like one scent I sampled this weekend at Sephora-Dolce and Gabbana L'Imperatrice. I saw several videos on YouTube with girls showing their fragrance collection and several of them had this scent.
Wow, I was impressed and fell in love with it almost immediately. It has notes of watermelon, kiwi, pink cyclamen and musk. I think I smelled this scent on several women before and remember thinking "mmm, this girl smells good". Its a sophisticated fruity scent that smells like a beautiful woman. Sorry, can't explain it better than that but you got to try it! Its kind of pricey but I will getting a bottle of this in the future
That's rather odd they didn't know about the new scents. I thought they had a promo on the 14th for the Garden ones... at least in Canada and the U.S.
ReplyDeleteI may still get the Malibu Heat, as despite being generic, it still sounds interesting to me, and I like the bottle. I shall at least sniff and try the Garden ones.
Too bad about the Diane Von Furstenburg perfume.
Mousewings: I am definately sampling the body spray of Malibu Heat when it comes out because I still have hopes for it! Can't wait until the weekend to try all the others too!
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ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you had such an unpleasant experience at your Bath & Body.
I know if you were to walk in my store, I would have greeted you & IMMEDIATELY asked which WILD GARDEN Scent you would like to try first.
Let me tell you,
They are all wonderful -
The turquoise, Wild Apple Daffodil, is clean and refreshing, perfect in the new glowing body scrub for showers.
The dark pink, Wild Berry Tulips, is sparkling and very flirty. I highly recommend it in the Shimmering Mist for a glamorous fragrance.
Last but not least, the golden, Wild Citrus Sunflower, my personal favorite, its clean, fresh, exciting, and bright like a sunny day. I love it, and recommend it in the Triple Moisture Cream for a fragrant and softening moisturizer.
As for Malibu, the picture on the bottle is beautiful, I love the packaging, the scent......I am growing on, rather quickly. The more I wear it, the better it gets, it just smells like a hot day at the breezy beach which definitely makes it a great scent for daytime. I am hoping when the full-line comes, they will give us a new Signature SPF cream, wouldn't that be perfect!? I am excited for the Fine Mist & hopefully an Eau De Toilette bottle, I think the perfume would only make it hotter.
Sincerely,
Connor Patrick