Life Inside the Page 🪴: August 2026

Monday, August 31, 2026

Bath & Body Works New Wallflower Refills - Fall 2

Bath & Body Works Single Wick Candles 2/$20 Promo - Changed Fall 2

Q2 - Strength in Sales in Single Wick Candles and Wallflower Heaters when everything else was lower. - CFO Tom Javitch

2/$20 promo removed. $16.95/$18.95 sticker price now.

Bath & Body Works Today's Sale Info: Select Full Size Body Care $6.95 Fall 2

LEGACY ICONS are the body care items on sale. Fall fragrances and others are not included.

Bath & Body Works Today's Sale Info: FLASH SALE 20% Off 8/30 Fall 2

Bath & Body Works Fall Heritage Rewards Member Appreciation Tote Bag Bundle?

I've been wondering when we will be seeing that Rewards Member Appreciation Tote for Fall. We could see it out September 14th, as part of a bundle deal with the Sun-Ripened Raspberry Fine Fragrance Mist and Body Cream.

I do love a bundle.

Bath & Body Works New Everyday Luxuries Sneak Peek During Q2 Earnings Webcast Questions

ORCHID EFFECT Fragrance shown -- in a Fine Fragrance Mist bottle design that we have seen before...pretty. Not the same as the other EL fragrances came in...so the continuity of the collection is broken.

Packaging shown is light teal blue in color. So why is the Eau de Parfum shown in a pink glass bottle?? Will the Orchid Effect Fine Fragrance Mist come in the same pink color bottle? Did they use a Light Teal color bottle only because it was photographed next to the other pink color fragrance?

The Everyday Luxuries words could be in gold lettering for both words. Or neither. We want the fragrance to be long lasting, and the packaging easy to distinguish. I am glad the full Bath & Body Works name is on the packaging, that little round logo circle on the previous label doesn't do it justice.

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A Thought.

Go Into Home Office. Find that collection of clear bins FILLED with scents of the past that the influencer got to see, smell, and pick from. Okay, now go to the other GOOD ONES - those bins with the dust on them, the BEST scents -- really from the past...you know, those we ask for ALL OF THE TIME....the ancient ones. Head to the lab, call up the production team, hit the digital creators on the way and let's really make Next Year Productive.

I've listened to the webcast no less than 20 times to make my notes. I understand it. Now, Consumer First plan the biggest surprise ---- actual oldies and goodies --- show these generational demographics you're leaning into what those who have built the brand from the ground up since the 90's have known all along. Fragrance Memory is Everlasting.

NOTES:

Thank you 💙@Lachell1415 for sharing this APP Voting info! My phone no longer gets any of these updates since their updates won't work with my OS. Old phone ugh 😡

Bath & Body Works Friday's Sale Info: Entire Store Buy 3 Get 3 Free - Fall 2

Grab those things that don't usually go on sale. Wallflower Units, Hand Soap Decor Pieces, Hand Soap Sleeves, Candle Sleeves, Gift Sets, Gift Bags, Tote Bags, Cosmetic Bags, Cross Body Bags, Accessories, Liquid less Reeds, Reed Jars, Eau de Parfums,

Laundry and Kitchen Items are leaving by the end of the year so if you want to grab those now!

Bath & Body Works Q2 Webcast List

Bath & Body Works 2nd Quarter Webcast HERE

I shared a post yesterday, and I am going through my notes for more of the details. The link below takes you to the webcast. You add your name and email address and it plays.

Bath & Body Works Website Changes Noticeable Today (8/26/26) Fall 2

I check out the website first thing daily and I noticed that we now have a ticker tape running across the header of the site. Canada had this for a while, and I wondered when it would be for North America.

The detail on sales is now a drop down posting rather than a square box.

And the feel of the layout is also different how it flows when scrolling.

A new Footer has the New Logo.

There is a box to tick if you only want to shop in store BOPIS, which, I guess helps you know what your store has. My stores inventory is off at times, and a cycle count can't fix it if it's not there to fix.

5 New Scents Coming - Could Midnight Rouge Be One Too? No, that could " Possibly" be the Holiday Collection Name to go with Lasting Legacy (Men's).

I am ready to think holiday myself as I clean/destash my collections and came across all of my Christmas from Bath and Body Works stuff!

I am updating this webcast post and looking for more info... but below are a few links to the webcast, the photos, and the financials. I find it all interesting (accounting business major), but this quarter was a bit less informative regarding looks ahead.

Bath & Body Works The Reserve Collection Online - Fall 2

A Few Personal Thoughts: Regardless of where the products are placed in the store for display, I felt like it should have included a few other things to complete the exclusive feel I thought they were going for. Accessories kinds of things. Be it a tray, socks, bathrobe, slippers, a throw, ...something! Fill in the emptiness of the showcasing of this collection.

And I don't care for the pink color in the collection. Pink is great, many like pink, I get it. The other colors feel very organic, and fluid, and HOME...then there is Pink. I would have liked the green more if it was the dapple speckled jar tone like the blue, ivory and brown.

I have not seen the reeds in person, nor smelled them, and I am only accustomed to liquid fluid and bamboo reeds, so this is new to me. But not new enough to buy a matching vessel to stick the dry reeds into. Very expensive $30.

Bath & Body Works The Reserve Collection In Store - Fall 2

A Personal Thought Note: It is great seeing new items come to the store. This collection showed on the octagon display ---looks very empty...like it was picked through, when it just launched yesterday. I wandered around it checking out the sizes of the candles and the other offerings and knowing these scents, and these products are excluded from simple sales promos turned me around, and I left.

Bath & Body Works 50% Off Sale Begins Today (8/24) Fall 2

Bath & Body Works As Expected - The Four Fall Fragrances Returned Today - As Online Exclusives

Sunday, August 23, 2026

✨MAYBE IT IS JUST EASIER TO TELL US WHAT YOU CAN USE A REWARD ON --- ✨THE LIST IS SHORTER ✨

Bath & Body Works More Body Care To Come - Fall 2 (8/24?)

Fall 2 starts tomorrow, Monday 8/24. After the two floor set releases 8/13 and 8/17 this last one should give us all of the items that was scheduled to come that we know of from the product guide. Hopefully.

THE RESERVE COLLECTION

Bath & Body Works Fragrance Layering (Blend Bar) Collection Out For Fall 2 (8/24)

Life Thoughts: 8/22

I returned a few items to the store this morning from the Nightmare collection --- which helped a few of the workers who did not/could not grab anything on release day -- get something from that launch.

They missed out on getting anything because the supply sent to my store was low...on everything. And between orders and shoppers, all that remained was a few forms of body care.

The things returned were the zero and oogie pocketbac holder, and the wallflower house. I have hundreds of wallflowers that are new with tags and barely used --- all sorted by season in plastic bins not being used --- as my using them has dwindled down to almost nothing now. They tend to fall out of the receptacle in my older home, so I give up. And I thought why keep a new one when there is de-stashing/trashing to come. So back to the store with Jack's house.

It seems that the Zero Hand Soap Holder was a popular item so much so that it sold out quickly and is currently one of the main things that is searched for and being 3d printed and shown when completed. Why are you showing them! I personally didn't have interest in that to buy, and there is no way I would ever 3d print that copywritten item. If you think Disney is tough on leaking info and photos, I am sure doing that is much worse.

I thought about this collab release over the past few days and what would have made it better. Here is what I came up with:

*Put the collab on the front center table at the gate/doors.

*Make it a big table regardless of the sku quantity. The tiny half of the rounder table was Ridiculous and not big enough and putting it in the back of the store was equally silly. Not all stores did that, I know, and look at those videos with the larger table --- people trying to get something / anything like hyenas picking off of a carcass. So now you can imagine the half of a round table shopping experience. 😁

*Make enough product of the items you have seen sell out on prior releases. HOME DECOR and ACCESSORIES. Exclusivity is great, but the negativity that is following this release is overshadowing it.

*Product Limits? I know that the company has already implemented limits of 9 on some items to purchase and for this collab, some were a limit of 5. The registers were crazy when the collab table was cleared in a matter of 5 minutes, so the managers are happy to sell the items and make their hours/day quotas. But if your promo for days before a drop of a Candle pedestal (that got everyone excited to get) that you sent only two to a store and tons of people want it ---- ??? --- and it's not there at open??? Unhappy customers for sure and missed sales for a lack of products.

*The company has to know that its workers want those items too...right? I read a few posts on social from workers who said they spent hours setting up the collab and they were in the store early that morning of release (not working) at opening to get what they wanted (the pedestal) just when the gate went up before customers came in and they didn't care who knew. Maybe ask the employees what they wanted to get and make sure there is enough for those who work hard to sell the items and deal with the customers. Maybe let them get their picks the day before release???

*Candle Pedestals seem to be one of the most desired products. When you offer them in collabs and for big holiday/seasonal drops --- make more!

I am hoping that with every new collab release, something not thought of is discovered to make the next experience better. Will anything about this release be discussed on Wednesday during the 2nd quarter webcast? I hope so and I look forward to hearing all of the thoughts about it, and what will come out next --- for Holiday 2026!