I enjoyed the collabs but totally agree with what you said about them and the heritage creator releases. Also so hilarious when you discussed raspberry mimosa to raspberry rose 😂
Enjoying all of your reviews! I’m just now becoming a year ‘round collector. I usually buy so much for the holidays, and gift a lot of them. Not this year. I’ve bought about 25 between November 1st- SAS. I picked a lot based on recommendations! I live in Michigan, so I don’t burn enough spring through early fall.
I SO regret not picking up at least one Sugared Lemon & Spice! Ughh 🙄 I either didn't smell it in store or thought nothing of it on cold. Then on Thanksgiving while in my mother in-law's kitchen, I smelled the most uplifting, zesty and simultaneously warm spicy cardamom scent that reminded me of their Ginger & Cardamom fragrance from 2017! It was so good. So I peeked over at her candle warmer and lo and behold, it was this!!! I was so pissed haha because within that same week they had just sold out online and at my store. I kept my eyes out for it on Candle Day, but no luck. I need to learn my lesson and stop writing off fragrances before I test them. I have a bad habit of doing that. Anyway, I agree with your assessments of Bath and Body Works and most of your faves from the year 😊. Mainstreet Bakery was a big no for me, though. Mainly for the fact that the wax turned black, which ruined the whole thing before it reached the halfway point. The fragrance wasn't all that great to begin with, but I was probably in the minority. I hope this year they surprise us with lots of impressive new releases and re-promotes. Looking forward to following your candle journey in 2025. Happy New Year!
LOVED your list. I think my #1 2024 fave was You, Me & The Sea. You’re right the black history month collection was the highlight collection, and I even liked the Sweet Sisters gourmand to be honest. My hope is that they start editing/building these collections out, instead of a completely different collections each year. For example, I would love if this Feb they bring back Gwen’s Note and You, Me, Sea - then maybe two new ones from Gonzolaz or even another perfumer. $6.00 Surf shop!! You lucky girl! I haven’t scored any great deals yet. Even when I was in the states. I’m really excited for the new neutrals. I’m wondering if you smelled Blush Amber & Peony when it came out last year? Perhaps too perfumey for you? I’m over the collabs. This is the one instance that I actually think BBW could learn something from Goose Creek. Btw happy new year sis. 💜🕯️😀
Happy New Year, Brother!! Funny you mentioned Blush Amber - watch for my video tomorrow!!!!!!! I picked it up in the NEW neutrals packaging 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 One question. What do you mean by BBW learning from GC? Doesn’t GC do a new collab every month? Do you mean that they are more savvy about the KIND of collabs?
@ Yes they are more savvy about the kinds of collabs - really giving their target audience what they want - loads and loads of nostalgic gourmands lol. Betty Crocker, Little Debbie, Pop Tarts, etc. I stayed away from those. But the Wizard of Oz and Beetlejuice collabs were sooooo interesting and really quite good. And sold out promptly. The Wicked Witch from WOO is probably my fave candle all year from them. If you weren’t allergic I’d send you one lol. The scent notes are Wild Lavender, Black Pepper, Crushed Cardamom, and Oud. Oh. My goodness. It’s amazing. Their tactic for the collabs, however, is similar to all their other candles - throw EVERYTHING at the wall. Then promptly lower the price to $9 on the ones that don’t stick. 😂 I bought 5 Blush Amber & Peony last year and will probably buy another 5 in the neutrals. Excited to hear your thoughts either way you’re leaning lol. IMO that’s another one that needs to be burned to appreciate.
Looks good. 👍 Thanks for sharing your thoughts & experiences on 2024 BBW candles. Sleeper for me: Cozy Sunday Night-so beautiful! I’m on my 4th of 4. Wishing you many happy fragrances & no hate burns in 2025! 🥳
You, Me, And The Sea was good. Palo Santo & Sage is a nice fragrance, the foaming hand soap is my favorite. Have yet to do Rainforest Jungle, nice scent on cold. I thought it was funny that they released the Hispanic collection during Fall, possibly out of the ordinary for them to do? Yeah? Hoping to burn Tropidelic during Spring. I'm excited for their Spring 1 candles and hand soaps to go on sale. Vanilla Coconut Surf was amazing, really enjoyed it last Summer. I'd get it in a room spray if they choose to make it. Nice video, I'll finishing watching later on tonight after work.
Agree with you on most of this, but I absolutely loved Dressed in White. To me, it had a nostalgia that harkened back to the 2011 fragrances. The strength and throw was definitely not there. I hope to see it back again this year with a much better formula!
The BBW Spring "greenhouse" botanical/herbal collection that came out in January 2024 looked sooo pretty in terms of the labels! I never bought a single one, and I'm sad to hear they didn't do so well. Guess I'll check SAS to see if any are still around. My store had the regular Palo Santo (not + Sage) in DROVES for SAS. I mean, like an entire display of them. It's so nice; why don't people want it? I got the Rainforest Jungle as well pre-Candle day on a great sale, and am so glad I did! It's soo unique, and the label even grew on me. I don't pick up the alcohol note, but we'll see once it's burned. Since you are getting more lavender in the body care for Lav & Peppermint, I wonder if the same would hold true if they decided to bring Lavender Pine to body care? Then again, the reviews on the L&P candle are already stellar online (unless they're just fakes) Yep, BBW definitely has the most sooting of any candle company I burn. Gets annoying at the halfway point when the wicks start to dud out. Still can't finish an ancient Blueberry Maple Pancakes because it just refuses to burn down (should I return it? 🤣) I think one reason the Colabs weren't as successful is because candle people aren't necessarily TV people. Witness: Every.single.candle.reviewer I watch has NEVER WATCHED ANY OF THESE SHOWS! WTF? I'm over here like "How the hell have you NOT seen these shows?!" 🤣 Even though I've never purchased a single Goose Creek candle, I think their Colabs are more successful based on more long-term established IPs (Rudolph, Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Peter Rabbit) I think the laundry collection will do well. Price point sure is high compared to a grocery store, but they feel niche. I gave some as gifts and the recipients were super excited. I am LOVING the new glass soap dispensers. It's about time. I hope they offer more seasonal fragrances in the quart size refills instead of just the boring core line. Skincare- OMG, BBW used to be a top contender in this area in the 90s. The store was a true apothecary back then. Remember, they had to compete with The Body Shop, which was already doing a fantastic job. There was a blue marine face mask in the 90s that, to this day, was the best one I've ever used. They were doing colabs back then with leaders in their class to get the right product to the consumer (C.O. Bigelow, among many others). Today, they've just decided they're a synthetic fragrance company. Back then when there were only like 10 scents total, there was a lot more room on the shelves to stock specialty care next to the Country Apple and Juniper Berry. God, I'm old...sorry for this long rant!
I agree with all of this!! BTW the Palo Santo iteration came out for candle day, and then they turned right around and clearanced them all off. Weird. Maybe they have a super cool new package coming soon, but otherwise, 3 weeks in DECEMBER was certainly not enough time, let alone the season, to be marketing that candle. Unless there’s something defective about the pour, I don’t know why they are getting rid of them 🤷🏻♀️ I agree, the glass soap dispensers are great, and hopefully just the beginning of great new styles. And yes! Their body care used to be more reputable, but they got out of that game a while back, and I question trying to re-enter the market now. They should probably just go use on what they now do quite well. Skin care is over-saturated right now with very high-tech products. I doubt they could compete.
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Love these year in review videos!
I enjoyed the collabs but totally agree with what you said about them and the heritage creator releases. Also so hilarious when you discussed raspberry mimosa to raspberry rose 😂
Enjoying all of your reviews!
I’m just now becoming a year ‘round collector. I usually buy so much for the holidays, and gift a lot of them. Not this year. I’ve bought about 25 between November 1st- SAS. I picked a lot based on recommendations!
I live in Michigan, so I don’t burn enough spring through early fall.
Man oh man LOVED You, me, and the sea + Gwen's Note + Anna's Garden; have a crate of each from that beautiful collection!
What a collection!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Thank you @gwengonzalezperfumer
Gwen's Note is fabulous for sure as well as You, Me & The Sea and Anna's Garden. I'll be burning Gwen's Note soon. It's perfect for the Winter months!
I SO regret not picking up at least one Sugared Lemon & Spice! Ughh 🙄 I either didn't smell it in store or thought nothing of it on cold. Then on Thanksgiving while in my mother in-law's kitchen, I smelled the most uplifting, zesty and simultaneously warm spicy cardamom scent that reminded me of their Ginger & Cardamom fragrance from 2017! It was so good. So I peeked over at her candle warmer and lo and behold, it was this!!! I was so pissed haha because within that same week they had just sold out online and at my store. I kept my eyes out for it on Candle Day, but no luck. I need to learn my lesson and stop writing off fragrances before I test them. I have a bad habit of doing that.
Anyway, I agree with your assessments of Bath and Body Works and most of your faves from the year 😊. Mainstreet Bakery was a big no for me, though. Mainly for the fact that the wax turned black, which ruined the whole thing before it reached the halfway point. The fragrance wasn't all that great to begin with, but I was probably in the minority.
I hope this year they surprise us with lots of impressive new releases and re-promotes. Looking forward to following your candle journey in 2025. Happy New Year!
LOVED your list. I think my #1 2024 fave was You, Me & The Sea.
You’re right the black history month collection was the highlight collection, and I even liked the Sweet Sisters gourmand to be honest. My hope is that they start editing/building these collections out, instead of a completely different collections each year. For example, I would love if this Feb they bring back Gwen’s Note and You, Me, Sea - then maybe two new ones from Gonzolaz or even another perfumer.
$6.00 Surf shop!! You lucky girl! I haven’t scored any great deals yet. Even when I was in the states.
I’m really excited for the new neutrals. I’m wondering if you smelled Blush Amber & Peony when it came out last year? Perhaps too perfumey for you?
I’m over the collabs. This is the one instance that I actually think BBW could learn something from Goose Creek.
Btw happy new year sis. 💜🕯️😀
Happy New Year, Brother!!
Funny you mentioned Blush Amber - watch for my video tomorrow!!!!!!! I picked it up in the NEW neutrals packaging 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
One question. What do you mean by BBW learning from GC? Doesn’t GC do a new collab every month? Do you mean that they are more savvy about the KIND of collabs?
@ Yes they are more savvy about the kinds of collabs - really giving their target audience what they want - loads and loads of nostalgic gourmands lol. Betty Crocker, Little Debbie, Pop Tarts, etc. I stayed away from those. But the Wizard of Oz and Beetlejuice collabs were sooooo interesting and really quite good. And sold out promptly. The Wicked Witch from WOO is probably my fave candle all year from them. If you weren’t allergic I’d send you one lol. The scent notes are Wild Lavender, Black Pepper, Crushed Cardamom, and Oud. Oh. My goodness. It’s amazing.
Their tactic for the collabs, however, is similar to all their other candles - throw EVERYTHING at the wall. Then promptly lower the price to $9 on the ones that don’t stick. 😂
I bought 5 Blush Amber & Peony last year and will probably buy another 5 in the neutrals. Excited to hear your thoughts either way you’re leaning lol. IMO that’s another one that needs to be burned to appreciate.
Looks good. 👍 Thanks for sharing your thoughts & experiences on 2024 BBW candles. Sleeper for me: Cozy Sunday Night-so beautiful! I’m on my 4th of 4. Wishing you many happy fragrances & no hate burns in 2025! 🥳
Hahahaha - wishful thinking on the no hate-burns 😜
You, Me, And The Sea was good. Palo Santo & Sage is a nice fragrance, the foaming hand soap is my favorite. Have yet to do Rainforest Jungle, nice scent on cold. I thought it was funny that they released the Hispanic collection during Fall, possibly out of the ordinary for them to do? Yeah? Hoping to burn Tropidelic during Spring. I'm excited for their Spring 1 candles and hand soaps to go on sale. Vanilla Coconut Surf was amazing, really enjoyed it last Summer. I'd get it in a room spray if they choose to make it. Nice video, I'll finishing watching later on tonight after work.
Agree with you on most of this, but I absolutely loved Dressed in White. To me, it had a nostalgia that harkened back to the 2011 fragrances. The strength and throw was definitely not there. I hope to see it back again this year with a much better formula!
Many people liked it! I was very disappointed it wasn’t an orange blossom fragrance - which would have been very traditional 😉
The BBW Spring "greenhouse" botanical/herbal collection that came out in January 2024 looked sooo pretty in terms of the labels! I never bought a single one, and I'm sad to hear they didn't do so well. Guess I'll check SAS to see if any are still around.
My store had the regular Palo Santo (not + Sage) in DROVES for SAS. I mean, like an entire display of them. It's so nice; why don't people want it?
I got the Rainforest Jungle as well pre-Candle day on a great sale, and am so glad I did! It's soo unique, and the label even grew on me. I don't pick up the alcohol note, but we'll see once it's burned.
Since you are getting more lavender in the body care for Lav & Peppermint, I wonder if the same would hold true if they decided to bring Lavender Pine to body care? Then again, the reviews on the L&P candle are already stellar online (unless they're just fakes)
Yep, BBW definitely has the most sooting of any candle company I burn. Gets annoying at the halfway point when the wicks start to dud out. Still can't finish an ancient Blueberry Maple Pancakes because it just refuses to burn down (should I return it? 🤣)
I think one reason the Colabs weren't as successful is because candle people aren't necessarily TV people. Witness: Every.single.candle.reviewer I watch has NEVER WATCHED ANY OF THESE SHOWS! WTF? I'm over here like "How the hell have you NOT seen these shows?!" 🤣 Even though I've never purchased a single Goose Creek candle, I think their Colabs are more successful based on more long-term established IPs (Rudolph, Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Peter Rabbit)
I think the laundry collection will do well. Price point sure is high compared to a grocery store, but they feel niche. I gave some as gifts and the recipients were super excited.
I am LOVING the new glass soap dispensers. It's about time. I hope they offer more seasonal fragrances in the quart size refills instead of just the boring core line.
Skincare- OMG, BBW used to be a top contender in this area in the 90s. The store was a true apothecary back then. Remember, they had to compete with The Body Shop, which was already doing a fantastic job. There was a blue marine face mask in the 90s that, to this day, was the best one I've ever used. They were doing colabs back then with leaders in their class to get the right product to the consumer (C.O. Bigelow, among many others). Today, they've just decided they're a synthetic fragrance company. Back then when there were only like 10 scents total, there was a lot more room on the shelves to stock specialty care next to the Country Apple and Juniper Berry. God, I'm old...sorry for this long rant!
I agree with all of this!! BTW the Palo Santo iteration came out for candle day, and then they turned right around and clearanced them all off. Weird. Maybe they have a super cool new package coming soon, but otherwise, 3 weeks in DECEMBER was certainly not enough time, let alone the season, to be marketing that candle. Unless there’s something defective about the pour, I don’t know why they are getting rid of them 🤷🏻♀️
I agree, the glass soap dispensers are great, and hopefully just the beginning of great new styles.
And yes! Their body care used to be more reputable, but they got out of that game a while back, and I question trying to re-enter the market now. They should probably just go use on what they now do quite well. Skin care is over-saturated right now with very high-tech products. I doubt they could compete.
Main street bakery was fabulous
I have to pay better attention thru out the year for collection releases! I feel like i mostly shop fall winter for some reason
Most people do 😉
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