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ktroni'll admit it: i still haven't gotten over the need for a bottle of the bath and body works lotion now and then. after a long month of ever-more crackly skin since my last bottle ran out, i caved and went shopping.
and was shocked and horrified to find that they now have a fancy-schmancy $20 line of lotion. ok, so they give you a free tomato face-wash if you buy it, but still... tomato?!? and i always thought $9 was a touch excessive, but it's oh-so-yummy-smelling and addictive... also disappointing, they've got the traditional stuff down to only six or seven scents, thus eliminating most of my favorites.
i ended up deciding i was sick of cucumber melon and rasberry... and that the "coconut lime verbena" didn't smell as much like sunscreen as i thought at first sniff. so i bought it.
then i got home and thought for a bit... ok, coconut, fine. lime, fine. but what the hell is verbena?!?
thank you, dictionary.com:
still not sure what that adds to the flavor-title, except possibly giving the lime more power to overcome the sunscreen-scentedness?
and was shocked and horrified to find that they now have a fancy-schmancy $20 line of lotion. ok, so they give you a free tomato face-wash if you buy it, but still... tomato?!? and i always thought $9 was a touch excessive, but it's oh-so-yummy-smelling and addictive... also disappointing, they've got the traditional stuff down to only six or seven scents, thus eliminating most of my favorites.
i ended up deciding i was sick of cucumber melon and rasberry... and that the "coconut lime verbena" didn't smell as much like sunscreen as i thought at first sniff. so i bought it.
then i got home and thought for a bit... ok, coconut, fine. lime, fine. but what the hell is verbena?!?
thank you, dictionary.com:
ver·be·na n. Any of various New World plants of the genus Verbena, especially one of several species cultivated for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers. Also called vervain. Any of several similar plants, such as the lemon verbena.
still not sure what that adds to the flavor-title, except possibly giving the lime more power to overcome the sunscreen-scentedness?
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Praising the name of verbena...
Date: 2004-01-30 07:18 am (UTC)About three weeks ago I decided to try a little retail therapy. Fortunately for me, Bath & Body Works was having their semi-annual sale at this time too. I love the red, apothecary style bottles of the aromatherapy infused Ylang-Ylang & Myrrh lotion. So I have this scent in the bath soap, the shampoo, the conditioner, the foaming milk bath and the lotion. And it was all so cheap- unbelievably cheap.
Whereas my Lavender Vanilla lotion is supposed to make me sleepy, the theme for the red bottled products is sensuality. I can only hope this is true.
Re: Praising the name of verbena...
Date: 2004-01-30 07:36 am (UTC)and i missed the year-end sale :( but i'll have to remember to check out the aromatherapy part of the store next time...