Comments on: The Body Shop White Gardenia, Avon Chic in White ~ new fragrances

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:08:14 +0000

Chic in Black is really Little Black Dress, which came out in 2001. Here in America Avon reintroduced LBD w/ a new name. Little Black Dress is still availalbe in Europe by that name. I don’t think Avon could have possibly ‘ripped-off’ Creed then, as I don’t think Creed’s was introduced until ’05 or something, Unfortunately copy-cat marketing happens all the time, everywhere.

By: TwoPeasInAPod

TwoPeasInAPod — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:32:13 +0000

I loved their Indian Gardenia, too!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:57:35 +0000

No worries, I haven’t got a pond.

By: pyramus

pyramus — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:44:08 +0000

The Canadian line Fruits et Passion is exactly like that to me. Whenever I walk past one of their storefronts I’m assaulted by this cloud of olfactory hellishness that is present in the drydown of every single one of their scents. Their version of Guerlinade, I suppose, only dreadful. I guess they have a giant vat of F&P Generic Base that goes into all their fragrances.

By: Tama

Tama — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:41:08 +0000

Yes – Body Shop scents always turn cloying on me. The body products I can do pretty well , but the perfume oils have never worked – they are great and then just become nauseating.

Avon is the same – I can wear their scents okay but the ultimate far far far drydown is a bit chemically.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:57:39 +0000

Sorry, you know, after I posted I realized I goofed and meant Creed (Love in White, etc…).

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:53:21 +0000

I gave up….waited for the hubby to get home frome work ….he’s a big guy and it still took the two of us to get them out. He lifted them and I felt around underneath and cut roots. Never ever put umbrella reeds in a pond–you will never get them out! They weighed about 100 lbs and there’s nothing to grab onto that isn’t wet and slippery…yuck
The good news is that once I decided that the reeds had (temporarily ) won—I got cleaned up and then had a MUCH nicer SOTD :
AG Mandragore and a few spritzes of Le Labo Fleur D’Oranger layered on top! I smell fabulous now!

By: boojum

boojum — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:48:19 +0000

Bizarrely enough, that’s the experience I have w/the SL line. *ducking for cover* The scents start off fantastic enough, but dry down all too quickly on me to the same bland, too-sweet vanilla/amber/musky base.

By: boojum

boojum — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:45:08 +0000

…or a rip-off of Creed, and same story.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:20:05 +0000

I don’t think I try enough TBS or Avon scents to notice…