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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Review: Vanilla Bliss Moisturizing Hand Soap and wallflower bulb from Bath and Body Works

This is available in foaming, deep cleansing and moisturising soaps from Bath and Body Works. It is only in the soap line at his time, not body care. Vanilla Bliss soaps are almost identical to Frosted Cupcake from the home fragrance line, especially the Frosted Cupcake wallflower. There is a little more musky vanilla than the Frosted Cupcake candle, but it is basically the same as the Frosted Cupcake wallflower bulb. Vanilla Bliss shares the same musky-bakery scent that you may be familiar with from Homemade Cupcakes, as well, I love it personally.

The website describes Vanilla Bliss as “An island blend of vanilla bean, sugarcane and sandalwood.” The sandalwood is giving the deep musky vanilla-ness to the scent, and the vanilla bean in this is quite a bit more rich and sugary than the vanilla in something like Warm Vanilla Sugar from Bath and Body Works or indeed many of the other vanillas on the market. I think this description of the scent is fair, although the word “island” is a bit strange as there isn’t really anything tropical that I am personally detecting. As usual, these words are just marketing and have little to do with the contents of the product. I would describe Vanilla Bliss as a sweet, rich and creamy bakery-vanilla, mixed with milky ice-cream with true vanilla bean notes.

Being a gourmand lover, I really enjoy this hand soap. The moisturizing formula for this is rich, creamy and the scent lasts for a long time on your hands. I believe it is probably at least seasonal, if not for this year only. It came out a couple of months ago and as always with Bath and Body Works, unless it sells well it will probably soon die out.

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