Monday, March 20, 2017

The Bathing Garden: February Scent of the Month


The Bathing Garden releases one scent of the month on offer from the 1st through the end of the month and in case you are eyeing pretty much all iterations of the scent offered, the scent bundle is the way to go. There is a 6 week TAT for these so sadly, this particular fragrance, Blackberry Fudge, is not longer up but in the even Shannon releases this scent again I decided to go ahead and post about it. The bundle ran $28.50 plus $7 shipping and contained a full sized scrub, a full sized lotion, a clamshell and a half dozen egg shaped tarts in an absolutely adorable carton. 


Blackberry Fudge- Notes: Sweet candied blackberries blended with vanilla brown sugar fudge.
What an excellent blackberry in this! Sweet, slightly tart on the tail end and no floral or perfume notes to be had. The bouncy blackberries are swirled with thick, creamy vanilla butter fudge. It has almost a bakery density to it. Savanna had a friend come over while this was melting and exclaimed that it smelled like cupcakes in our house. Sadly, I let her down. No cupcakes in here. It threw medium to medium-strong in the high ceilinged living area and kitchen. It would probably blow me out of my bedroom so I doubt I will melt it there. 


The scrub is gorgeous. I love that the lone blackberry candy in the center has one tiny red sprinkle on it. That tickles me for some odd reason. I have been rubbing my way through my Ever Night scrub so this one will probably be on deck next since I opened it and since I used some of the lotion too. 


Same densely packed sugars that exfoliate the skin effectively and offer a healthy dose of aroma. Shannon's scrubs are some of my favorite. 


The lotion in this scent is not really wowing me. In the lotion format it becomes too milky and watery for my liking. I adore the formula so much though, I will use it up at any rate. It is cool to the touch, with a pudding stiffness that soaks into the skin wonderfully easy. There is a light sheen of moisturizing oils left but they eventually soak in pretty quickly. I will be using this up with glee over the next month.


This offering had me ordering pretty darn fast. Look at this egg carton. 


It holds half a dozen egg shaped tarts scented in Blackberry Fudge (there is a Golden Egg carton under the Spring release but I need to lay my nose on that scent before I buy 9 ounces of it). The label on this is cute but I am not sure how I feel about that egg/chicken pitcher (?). He is a funny looking guy.


Look at these. Will ya just look at 'em?! I think the brown dotties are bits of vanilla bean pod shavings but I could be wrong. They look like beautiful delicate Robin's eggs. They have flat bottoms which makes them nice for posing and they weigh 1.5 ounces each with a few 1.6 ouncers thrown in there. I melted a whole egg with great results. About a medium to medium-strong throw in a large room. 


There were a few free samples in the bundle, some Easter egg shaped tarts that I gifted to my sister and this mini scrub in Life Is A Circus (white birthday cake, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries).

I do have a nice Circus and Spring order that should be coming any week now. This one was placed two weeks prior to that one. Did you buy an Bathing Garden eggs? Scrubbing up with anything good? 

9 comments:

  1. THOSE EGGS! I'm LOOKIN AT EM'! Soo adorable. They would have me ordering too just for the eggs. The fudge scent would have me a little worried that I may not like it but the berries and brown sugar may lighten it up a bit to where I could like it. Very cute order, enjoy!

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    1. Aren't they the bee's knees?! I melted two of them but I am really digging the carton and presentation so much! The fudge is nice and rich in vanilla but it just comes off sweet and cake like. Not too much bakery. The blackberries help with that. If you decide you want to try let me know and I can send you an egg <3

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    2. Oh that would be too kind, I couldn't ask you to do that and take away one of your pretty melts. You should keep them for yourself so you have something nice to melt when Easter comes. ^.^ Your right I think it is vanilla bean pods that create the dots on top of each egg. How clever and realistic.. wonder if these could fool a Robin.

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    3. I have plenty!! A whole clamshell and half a dozen eggs :-) Let me send you some to try.

      I bet it could fool a Robin if they were a wee bit smaller. She did such a great job with them. I am so anxious to smell The Golden Egg and see if it is egg set worthy.

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  2. Lovely and they sound yummy, but I was worried about the fudge note too. I'd probably enjoy the scrub version more than the wax, almost finished with my Ever Night. Now I must wait 3 more weeks before my order arrives including my eggs, ohhhhhh torture!

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    1. Thankfully it is really just vanilla and not anything too crazy or heavy. I am about to tear into the scrub tonight and I am interested to see how it smells when wet and lathered. I miss Ever Night. I always say I will order more but I only get one and figure it will last. It doesn't. Three weeks!!! I think my next ones comes in about then too, maybe a little less. Excited for us!

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  3. Oh, that sounds fantastic! I love a true blackberry scent - just the fruit, none of that butter cookie business. How did I miss this? I'm pretty sure I actually never even clicked on the link for the scent of the month. Or maybe I did and got thrown off by the fudge note - I thought it was chocolate, not vanilla. I'm STUPID excited for my/our order now! And those eggs are simply to die for. I love eggs in decorating (I have THREE eggshell wreaths and they are divine!)

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    1. Same here. I used to like BJBC but now it just smells like a hot mess to me. Pass. If it was chocolate and blackberry I would have done a hard pass for sure too, but blackberry and vanilla I like. I will make sure you get to try it :-)

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    2. It's weird, right? (The BJBC, that is.) I always expect precisely that - a buttery shortbread cookie with a wash of blackberry glaze (oh my word, that sounds so delicious, I want to eat one right now.)

      I have no idea why I always equate the word "fudge" with chocolate when my favourite kind of fudge is indeed vanilla butter fudge, but the brain (and the nose) works in mysterious ways! You're too kind, friend, to share your stash - I know it's going to be yummy. :)

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