My first Bath & Body Works shopping experience in the
Dubai Mall was a sensory overload! All those rave reviews we hear from over the pond, saying how amazing
the B&BW scented candles are, well they are all true! Boy are they true!
The oh so cute packaging 'sleek glass containers' and the array of scents
*insert heart eye emoji here* aghhh I need more *insert crazed Megan Leigh face
here*.
Unfortunately us Brits annoyingly don't have a chance to
purchase them here in the UK, but when I was browsing in my local B&M
HomeStore, as I regularly do, I just love a good bargain home store! I stumbled
across what looked like a B&BW candle look alike.
At first glance you could easily mistake the B&M Essence
candle range for a Bath and Body Works candle. The packaging is almost
identical: from the glass containers, to the seasonal decorative labels and
even the silver leaf embossed lid; which really dupes Bath and Body Works
Autumn collection with their copper leaf embossed lids.
Well the big ol difference here is the B&M Essence candles
cost just £2.99 compared to Bath & Body Works $25 AND we can get them in
the UK, hooray!
I purchased three scents of the B&M Essence candles:
When unlit Essence Marshmallow
Fireside is a more smoky than sweet scent and when lit it has a strong
scent of cooking spices which I'm really not a fan of, so sadly this one was a
miss.
Brown
Sugar Allspice is exactly that; a warm sweet spiced
scent. This is probably my favourite.
And lastly Radiant Red
Maple, which is the sweetest from the candle range that I purchased. It
really reminds me so much of Yankee Candle Tarte Tatin - which is a sweet
cinnamon apple scent.
Now I purchased these candles a few weeks ago and wanted to thoroughly
test them out before I posted a review. Since then I have popped into B&M
and seen they still have all these scents available PLUS a Christmas range
agghhhh!!!
In my store there were four Christmas scents available &
the packaging again is so SO similar to Bath and Body Works. The lids are now
engraved with a large snow flake and the labels are this time a total knock off
of B&BW; you can't deny that. Unfortunately I only liked one of the scents
(although it took a lot of will power to not buy them all just because of the
cute packaging) I picked up 'Winter Mist' and I am so excited as I have found a
110% spot on dupe for a B&BW classic. I'll have that review up next.
This is a totally different kind of review for my blog which
is normally solely beauty, but I really have a love for home wear so wanted to
share this with you all.
Girl Bath and Body is available where I live and I still wish I could get these dupes, they sound amazing and I hate spending a lot of money on candles! Hope the Holiday collection is great, too x
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Haha that's brilliant. Candles can be so expensive, so finding a good bargain one is always great! x
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