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Bath and Body Works Twilight Woods Fragrance
This is my favourite warm and cozy scent, it makes me think of fluffy sweaters on a snowy night.
I bought this on my last trip to West Edmonton Mall, as there is only one Bath and Body Works that is even remotely in my area, and it’s not somewhere I normally go. But since it was at the mall, and I’m the sort of person who can spend hours just smelling everything at a place like The Body Shop, you can imagine what this was like for me! Definitely wasn’t impresssed with the crazy amount of antibacterial crap though. It’s handy for travel, flying etc, but we don’t need it all of the time. There’s no harm in getting sick sometimes, it’s good for our immune systems. I avoid antibacterial products at all cost, unless I’m on ship. Then I’ll use antibacterial hand soap, and no more. *end rant*
Anyway, back to the perfume! According to Bath and Body Works, Twilight Woods has base notes of oud wood, skin musk captive, vanilla milk and warm woods. Mid notes are creamy frangipani, soft mimosa, wet honeysuckle, wild freesia, apricot nectar. Top notes of juicy berry, sparkling mandarin, a hint of coconut. It’s housed in a flat rectangular bottle with a purple/maroon/brown gradient, which has a clear, leafless tree silouette. It looks much nicer then it sounds! Has a tall, silver cap to protect the sprayer.
Firstly, lookwise, this bottle is weak for me. I love the colours and the tree silouette, but the square bottle and cap seem cheap, and kind of out of place for a warm, more sensual fragrance like this. It just seems like someone spent a lot of time thinking about the colours and design, but then got a budget cut on the bottle. It seems like a bit of a cop out to me. And I would have expected gold-tone fittings, not silver. I love the picture and colours, but putting something that smells this nice into a square, uncreative bottle like this is a bit of a shame.
Despite the unappealing bottle, I do like the way it smells. I wouldn’t say that I can smell all of the notes that are described on the website, but I’m no trained nose either. I just know what I like. I definitely get the musk and vanilla base notes, I think they’re very big components of the fragrance. There are some warm fruit notes that I also smell, like the apricot and coconut, but to me it is overwhelmingly vanilla and musk, with a side note I’d almost described as warm cotton towels fresh out of the dryer. Hence my emphasis on warm and cozy. It’s a very warm, welcoming scent that makes me think of all things cozy, comfortable and content. I enjoy this perfume very much, it’s a nice wintertime scent, and perfect for cold weather, cuddling on the couch or going for a stroll.
My Perfume Collection
I’m going to write a little series of posts on my current perfume collection. I hope to in the future broaden my fragrance horizons, and this is what I have so far. I’m far from a huge aficionado, but I will try my best to describe in laymen’s terms what I smell and what I like from my collection. I don’t generally read reviews on perfume, unlike make up. I think scent is a very personal thing, and the only person who can decide if it is good or bad, suitable or offensive, is the person who is wearing it. The scents we wear speak volumes about us, and they’re an excellent way to subtly tell people what you’re all about.
My current collection consists of:
-Bath and Body Works’s Twilight Woods
-MAC Cosmetics Asphalt Flower
-The Body Shop Japanese Cherry Blossom
-Armani Code for Women
-YSL Parisienne
-philosophy the fragrance
-Aquolina Pink Sugar Hair Perfume
-Saje Namaste natural perfume oil
-Vera Wang Look
-Tocca Cleopatra
Tarina Tarantio Sparklicity Shimmer Dust
Because I’m such a wimp for pretty packaging, and like any girl, I have an occasional weakness for sparkly things, I couldn’t help but pick this up. It’s great for adding some subtle sparkle to your hair to make you feel girly, some glitz to your collarbones and chest, or anywhere you want to put it!
It’s packaged in a glass bottle with a frost like finished. The cap is a silver plastic, and has a pink squeezer pump attached to it. It just looks so pretty, it’s perfect for decorating your vanity with it’s vintage glam appeal. It dispenses silvery micro-glitter which pretty much stays where it’s put. Thanks to this, there’s nothing in the bottle besides glitter, so you’re not wasting your money on fillers like alcohol. It is light enough to float in the air, so you can spray your own glitter cloud and step right on in.
Ins and Outs
In
-etsy.com! God, I’m finding so many things I want to buy here. A few things I’m fancying include this boyshort tankini and gorgeous wrap dress. I’m a sucker for dresses, particularly long ones (guess I’m a bit of a romantic at heart).
-Sparkly things. Totally loving Tarina Tarantino right now. I love my Sparklicity Shimmer Dust (which has a review on the way), and I’m drooling over her large pave crystal heart necklace, preferably in Volcano.
-Gala Darling. Most inspirational and loving blog ever. I’m totally jumping for her ‘Radical Self Love’, and I’ve already snatched one of her podcasts to listen to. She’s so positive, inspirational and just reminds you of what you already know. She’s the one who inspired me to get into Tarina Tarantino.
- Getting an invite to a MAC release party. I feel loved. Enough said.
-Passing my Automation and Control midterm. Ah, sweet relief!
-Getting new drivers license card. I’m so glad I’ve finally got it. I always had such an anxiety problem when it came to driving, but I’ve finally overcome it and got my license. It feels great, to be liberated from my fear.
Out
-Overwhelming loads of classwork. I’m tired of never having a weekend or evening to myself. I want to relax, have fun, do needed cleaning and laundry! Is that so much to ask?
-Trespassers in my backyard. Come back again, and I’m going to drive this steel toed boot so far up your ass you’re not going to be able to get it out. Not joking, don’t you dare disturb my personal space without permission.
-Finals. I hate that I seem to have them every two weeks or so, and reports, labs, sketches and describes are all real bummers.
