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Bath and body works vanilla bean noel

goldensrbest — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:57:12 GMT

I got my order yesteday ,they changed it does not smell the same at all, look forward to this every year,no more.

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Forbidden Fruit — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:06:52 GMT

The reviews on the B & BW website are 1 star. I checked the lotion out myself and the reviews are correct. Really poor judgment on the company. I think creativity is dead so they feel they need to tweak the current formulas. Bad move.

I have never understood why a company that has a fantastic product--cult following, big sales-- and then they change it. They all do it. It makes no sense to me.

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Chi-town girl — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:13:12 GMT

@goldensrbest - that's disappointing! I ordered 6 different seasonal scents ( not including the vanilla bean you ordered) during the recent one wick candle sale, my order is expected to be delivered today. Will post my review

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goldensrbest — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:16:05 GMT

I don't get it either ,why companies do this!!

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Mesmerized169 — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:26:49 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
I got my order yesteday ,they changed it does not smell the same at all, look forward to this every year,no more.

I've been reading the SAME comments all over in various Facebook groups too!

I've been less than thrilled with some of the B&BW scents lately, especially long time old favorites. It's like they cheapened out on the ingredients when they reformulated them. Similar to what another company or two had done that I won't name here LOL.

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Beacon girl — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:56:24 GMT

Oh No’ Vanilla Bean Noel has meant -amongst-other things of course-Christmas scent to me. I purchased it when it was just Vanilla Bean. Well, hope my Winter Candy Apple not different!

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Suzeecat — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:26:29 GMT

Bummer. I couldn't find that scent last year and was glad that it was back this year. I probably will skip it though, if it's not the same as in years' past. I got a scent last year that was a seasonal Christmas scent called "Love" that reminded me of Pink Sugar. I'm hoping to find it again this year.

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gidgetgh — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:31:41 GMT

Yeah, it's a shame. I saw some of the online reviews last week.

It used to be a favorite of mine, the shower gel. Then it started smelling, to me, like baby powder so I stopped using it. But the reviews this year are pretty bad.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:50:34 GMT

I have some lotions and body sprays that have been disappointing as well.

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Chi-town girl — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:02:30 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
I don't get it either ,why companies do this!!

@goldensrbest - it's probably a combination of reasons - top 2 most likely are pricing and availability for ingredients.

There continues be supply chain issues and cost of raw goods has skyrocketed.

Most companies are trying to maintain lowest price possible so they are swapping out raw ingredients to meet schedule and pricing targets

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Wendy Lou Hoo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 20:00:36 GMT

My favorite winter scent "Winter Candy Apple" has changed, too. The last time I ordered, the scent was very weak, not lasting at all. I doubt I will order that scent again.

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rnmom — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:25:14 GMT

Twisted Peppermint has been one of my favorite holiday scents for years. I always try to keep some of the body lotion and body spray on hand. Has anyone smelled that to know if it smells the same or not before I place a big order and stock up?

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gidgetgh — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:36:30 GMT

@rnmom wrote:
Twisted Peppermint has been one of my favorite holiday scents for years. I always try to keep some of the body lotion and body spray on hand. Has anyone smelled that to know if it smells the same or not before I place a big order and stock up?

@rnmom - I just brought in my yearly supply of Twisted Peppermint shower gel and foaming soap. Bought enough to last the whole year. Now I'm afraid to smell it, LOL.

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CorrTor — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:42:27 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
I got my order yesteday ,they changed it does not smell the same at all, look forward to this every year,no more.

my Initial reaction was NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. This is my favorite Christmas scent and I look forward to getting it every year. I already bought some of the hand soaps but I haven't used them yet. If this is true and they've changed this and other scents, it is VERY disappointing.

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goldensrbest — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 18:53:32 GMT

@CorrTor wrote:
@goldensrbest wrote:
I got my order yesteday ,they changed it does not smell the same at all, look forward to this every year,no more.
my Initial reaction was NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. This is my favorite Christmas scent and I look forward to getting it every year. I already bought some of the hand soaps but I haven't used them yet. If this is true and they've changed this and other scents, it is VERY disappointing.

It is very disappointing, wish i had not bought ,it seems like every body product has been cheapened,

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tsavorite — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:20:55 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
@rnmom wrote:
Twisted Peppermint has been one of my favorite holiday scents for years. I always try to keep some of the body lotion and body spray on hand. Has anyone smelled that to know if it smells the same or not before I place a big order and stock up?

@rnmom - I just brought in my yearly supply of Twisted Peppermint shower gel and foaming soap. Bought enough to last the whole year. Now I'm afraid to smell it, LOL.

I was able to test the Twisted Peppermint in store today and the lotion is great. Just like it is every yr! I then put on the fragrance mist and that only lasted 2 mins at most so not good on that one. I am sure the body wash will be nice too.

As for VBN....I didn't test the lotion out as the reviews are bad online. I am bummed out on it also. I will try it next time I am up there just to see if some stores may have gotten better product. If not I will wait until next year. Big bummer on this one as I love it also.

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rnmom — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:31:57 GMT

@tsavorite - Awesome, thanks for the update! I'm glad that the lotion at least smells good. Sometimes the scent is so strong with just the body cream that I don't even feel like I need the body spray, even though I do like to layer if I can.