When Bath and Body Works released their Bold Blooms Body Care
Collection for Mother's Day we saw it available in only four fragrances.
Black
Cherry Merlot, Champagne Toast, Whipped Vanilla Cream, and Fresh Cut
Lilacs.
Which were the four fragrances that I saw listed on the store's
paperwork. I would think, and this is just my opinion, that if you
choose a collection name such as Bold Blooms, you would pick scents that
are...well, Blooms.
With a vast amount of florals
available to them to choose from such as Rose, Gardenia, Jasmine,
Lavender, and Peony the collection could have been more authentic to the
collection name and still be great for Mother's Day gift-giving. But
the fan favorites Black Cherry Merlot and Champagne Toast usually get
tucked in somewhere with a new label and they were added.
The
store sudden closures made the only resource to purchase the collection
online...which meant, no opportunity to try before you buy. I ordered
the scents and tried them weeks and weeks after they launched with the
slower shipping times.
The Black Cherry
Merlot and Champagne Toast were the same, lovely scents they are. The
Whipped Vanilla Chiffon may smell okay when sprayed on a piece of paper
but on me...Yuck. I don't even know what to call it on me except Yuck.
It doesn't agree with my chemistry at all and while it has somewhat of a
familiar smell to it, to me...I can't figure out why it is included.
Fresh
Cut Lilacs...is Beautiful...and spot on Lilac scent...in the
bottle...and again not on me. Ugh. Which makes me sad because it is a
lovely fragrance.
While checking out secondary sales sites I
found a fragrance called Blooming Garden and I immediately recognized
the packaging as Bold Blooms. I ordered it to see what fragrance it may
have been thinking that it must have been a tested scent that failed to
launch with the others. The Body Lotion and Body Cream were the only
two forms available and I received them in two days.
The scent
notes on Blooming Garden were: fresh-picked poppy, spring waters, and
sky blue amber. It's not a bad scent,...and took some getting
accustomed to...but it reminds me of something we have had before. It's
not a fragrance I would try on in a store and then buy as aquatic
scents aren't my thing but now it is part of my collection as I try to
figure out what it really is.
Our stores
have not yet opened so there has been no Semi-Annual Sale shopping here
for me, but I am following many on social media who are posting their
finds. I have been sent a few photos recently and along with the online
add of the Blooming Garden Body Cream, some stores started to add that
item to their shelves for the sale ( with some having it at regular
pricing ). So I thought yes, great...it was a tested scent and perhaps
other forms of it will show up too.
Back on
June 9th, a friend @rockgirlmaxim84 sent me a photo of her store's
shelf with the Bold Blooms Collection on it. I, I can't even explain
how I missed seeing the share...or the photo...or what was on the
photo. It wasn't even the day I went to the eye doctor and was dilated
for hours...haha, so I have no excuse how I missed sharing it...but I
did.
And the reason I mention that is
because I was asked yesterday did I know anything about the scent Hello
Beautiful being in the Bold Blooms Collection packaging. Hmmm, no. I
don't think so.
So my friend @taylorgrewe_ sent me a photo of her
SAS purchase and sure enough...there is a Fine Fragrance Mist in the
Hello Beautiful scent with Bold Blooms packaging.
Interestingly
enough, she was kind enough to show me it next to the Black Cherry
Merlot packaging...and they were the same. Which also happens a lot.
Maybe they try to find the best scent for the packaging they are going
to use.
I shared Taylor's photo and Jenn
mentions that she shared a pic with me earlier in the month and that
scent was on it...in a Body Cream!!! Oh, no...so I look at the message
sent and photo and sure enough...both body creams were there.
Then
friend @tiffanypena16 comments she has the Hello Beautiful in the Bold
Blooms packaging in a Shower Gel!!! and she sent her photo to be
shared. I really love this community!!!
This
leads me to think that somewhere, at sometime before the stores closed
and the Mother's Day Collection came out, this collection had some other
scents and forms made to possibly go with it.
And that is the
type of thing that makes me enjoy archiving this brand as much as I do.
We see new collections of products come out every month and in a few
months from now, or years when someone finds one of these random scents
for sale somewhere and inquires where it came from...it will be written
down to answer that question.
As always,
huge thanks to all who help me see those things that I may never get in my area to know about. Your help is appreciated.
Bold Blooms Collection:
Super Smooth Body Lotion
Shower Gel
Ultra Shea Body Cream
Travel Size
Hand Cream
Available in:
Fine Fragrance MistSuper Smooth Body Lotion
Shower Gel
Ultra Shea Body Cream
Travel Size
Hand Cream
Pocketbac
- Black Cherry Merlot - dark cherry, black raspberry, sumptuous merlot
- Champagne Toast - bubbly champagne, sparkling berries, juicy tangerines
- Fresh Cut Lilacs - lilac bouquets, dewy greens, soft spring air
- Whipped Vanilla Chiffon - wild vanilla bean, spun sugar, white peach blossom
*Also Tested -
- Hello Beautiful - White blooms and sunshine - say hello to beautiful spring! White Gardenia, Jasmine Petals, and Magnolia Blossom.
- Blooming Garden - Enjoy Spring's fresh florals just picked in the morning dew. Fresh-picked Poppy, Spring Waters, and Sky Blue Amber.
