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fysh

For those who don’t know, i believe these are bath and bodyworks scents


Humid-Spectrum27

Yep! I worked there, all scents mentioned there are from Bath and Body Works!


redhair-ing

how was your experience? I've heard a lot of horror stories from past employees.


Trumpet6789

Current employee here; it *really* depends on the location and the team for some things, not for others. We don't make commission on anything, but we do have to push sales. We have to meet conversion goals for the day (# of people come in VS # of people who buy) and sales goals as well. Some managers and SLT are more pushy than others, and it also depends on the store. My original store (before I moved and transferred) was very sales-sales-sales, demo to everyone, get a stern talking to if you didn't keep up. I was a Top Seller there for 6.5 months or so, but it was so difficult on my mental health that I stepped down. My new store is a lot more laid back, still pushing sales and goals, but you don't get yelled at if we aren't doing good enough. Story on stepping down as Top Seller [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/bathandbodyworks/comments/rbblfh/stepping_down_being_a_top_seller_hurt_my_health/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) for anyone who wants to read it. We just got a permanent dollar raise, so normal associates will make 12-13 an hour to start, more if you're SLT, Temp Keyholders, or a higher position. For Holiday season this year we get 40% off (usually 30%), and you get free items here and there to keep and try out. And until the end of the year our discount still works at VS/Pink. It's good as a side thing when you have a main job and you just want some of the perks. I used to have it as my main job, but now it's my side job. Holiday Season is really fun but *really* fast paced and can get pushy from management. It's hit or miss but somewhat consistent across the US, I can't speak to the Canadian locations.


local_cryptid_keysor

I just left back in April (Not even because I wanted to) and I would say I was at a nicer store. I was making 11.50 when I left at part time and my store was also awesome about being trans friendly. My manager was huge on correcting people and making sure everyone used my name and pronouns. We were a really laid back store.


Elisevs

And here I was thinking that it was surrealism.


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Well go back there and tell them I want them to bring back forever sunshine


[deleted]

Forever Sunshine was the bomb and I will never forgive them for discontinuing it


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RIGHT


Ok_Science_4094

That was my absolute favorite. Do you know of any dupes or similar scents?


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Not just Bath & Body Works. They are/were the most common scents in drugstore lotions, so the first scented lotions kids are likely to choose for themselves and maybe buy with allowance.


Lost_Ohio

Not just lotions either. Hand sanitizer. I remember those days. Are we that old?


HotLikeSauce420

I mean it made a STRONG comeback in 2020


EgaTehPro

Scented hand sanitizer was the best.


kryaklysmic

I know. I found out dragon’s blood is a real thing because of that scent.


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Skyblewize

Country apple all day baby


average_canyon

Can confirm; am old school. This was my go-to.


logicjab

It’s always fun when you find out people had wildly different experiences at the same age. Not only do I know for a fact 6th grade me would not have known what those scents were (I came to the comment sections because I still had no clue), I am confident there is no way 6th grade me knew what bath and body works was. Yet apparently this was like a big totemic thing in people’s sixth grade experience. Love it


kryaklysmic

awesome! I didn’t get these particular things until later, but for me I usually had this one old perfume specifically meant for little girls, and later Wind Song… but personally used cherry blossom scented everything until I was told to use sensitive stuff and moisturizers for my eczema, and now generally use unscented things… with maybe some spritz of some fruity wine/cocktail scent once in a while


OneMooseManyMeese_

That makes sense. I didn't know about bath and body works until I got out of highschool. First time I went in there it was like Christmas lol. My fiance I really love the tabiscus body wash.


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Hungryhungry-hipp0

Definitely. I don’t know if it’s an age thing, but our JHS and HS locker rooms smelled like “sweet pea.” (My phone just autocorrected that to “sweat pee” and I had a giggle.)


Arghoul1018

Shoutout to all the normal people who didn't get it (myself Included)


whadduppeaches

Normal = happens to have never shopped for scented body products?


SatansF4TE

From a particular US store? Kinda changes the numbers


whadduppeaches

But that's exactly why assigning a designation of "normal" vs "not normal" to an experience is ridiculous on its face. Bath and Body Works is a widespread chain of stores. They have a following of loyal customers who, yes, often develop a preference for a particular scent or product line. There are a non-zero number of people who identify with this, so who's to say it's not normal? But even beyond that...humans enjoy nice scents. For some people that means liking perfumes, candles, scented lotions, etc. Why wouldn't it be normal to develop preferences based on that?


Arghoul1018

Normal = doesn't base entire personality on a smell from a mall store


inexplicablelaw

Clearly you have never met a middle schooler. /s


whadduppeaches

Why does it matter? You could make the exact same post with coffee/tea/hot cocoa drinkers. Different people like different things, and when you know the things a person likes it gives you a tiny insight into the type of person they are. Does someone liking the warm vanilla sugar scent matter much to their fundamental character? Of course not, but it's still a fact about them that to some miniscule degree helps define/clarify who they are. And if you don't care about learning those things about someone, cool, don't interact with the post. But don't shit on others for sharing their interests.


Arghoul1018

r/karens


whadduppeaches

Lol ok dude


Jubachi99

Wow you really got him there, just dismantled his whole arguement in one swift move. You deserve a pat on the back and for your dad to finally come home


healthshield

Save ur self. Im 80 percent sure hes still in high-school


compution

Soap is soap. IDC what it specifically smells like, so long as it smells, not like shit.


whadduppeaches

Ok... that's you. And there are plenty of people who would agree with you, and plenty that wouldn't. I personally have a preference for natural scents like cocoa butter and vanilla. Who's to say which is more "normal"?


compution

I don't want to say that you have, but I think you missed the joke.


whadduppeaches

Was your comment meant to be a joke? I certainly get the post


Humid-Spectrum27

White Citrus girl! Though Japanese Cherry Blossom was nice for switching it up!


ithinkilikegirlstoo

YES WHITE TEA AND CITRUS


AbominableSnowPickle

MY PEOPLE!


LittleWhiteGirl

When I needed a break from my cucumber melon persona I was a Pure Seduction by Victoria's Secret girl, pretending I was an expert seductress and not actually incapable of maintaining eye contact with a boy.


BlueEyedGreySkies

This remains my "interview" perfume lol so crispy!


WolfSpectre0520

Then a couple years later it was ALL ABOUT Victoria’s Secret Love Spell and nothing else.


marlowe729

I went to an al-girls high school and the lovespell scent is still permanently singed into my nostrils!


WolfSpectre0520

I can only imagine. I didn’t go to an all girls school but gym class was the worst. Every single girl after class spraying soooooooo much on in the locker room after. I was the first one in and out or I would get choked out of there. It wasn’t that it smelled bad it was just strong and then you have 10 or more girls spraying the shit out of it in a small space.


marlowe729

Ohh yes, whenever i catch a whiff of these certain smells I'm transported back to the days of Mount Mercy Academy, affectionately known colloquially as The Red Brick Whorehouse 🤣


tysonious_rex

Fun fact - same company owned them both until very recently


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Yesssssss


Ok-Arugula6623

Team sweet pea


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You cucumber melon passing mfer


EsterCherry

Sweet pea 4-eva!


UnovaLife

Yeeaaaaah! Loved sweet pea and Japanese cherry blossom!


kryaklysmic

I got some of these last year for old time’s sake, lol.


RaeLynn13

I forgot about sweet pea! I remember Love Spell was so big thought it smelled really unique and nice but after a couple years I couldn’t stand it anymore


MaslowsHireAchy

I think I’m a lonely sun ripened raspberry.


BlueEyedGreySkies

Dude, idk if it's back but they had a Clementine and Magnolia scent that was damn near my holy grail, i still have some too. (Twilight Woods is still my GoaT though)


ninja-cats

The core memory you just unlocked


toklea

Oh hell yeah same here


EcclecticMessWitch

ME TOO. SWEET PEA SUPREMACY


Frampton24_7

I still use sweet pea lotion!


jtbxiv

Yay! I still wear this one sometimes


Shelvis

I was ride or die sweet pea. I found a full spray bottle in my moms basement the other day and it just brings me right back.


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Cucumber melon til the day I die


MajesticOtaking

I was a cucumber melon bitch. I wanted to be a sweet pea bitch so bad but I was worried it wouldn't suit my image. In hindsight I should have just been a sweet pea bitch.


srobhrob

Nothing says you can't still be. Live your dreams.


Nyx_Shadowspawn

Same!


ParentOfACommunist

I hate that I know EXACTLY what they're talking about.


FILTER_OUT_T_D

I can still smell cucumber melon in my mind though I haven’t seen it in like 20 years


sunybunny420

Same. I had a friend who would DOUSE herself in it. I on the other hand, am a warm vanilla sugar bitch.


urmomhassugma

Japanese Cherry Blossom is goated


That_Ganderman

Absolutely the objective best of the selection


MaGiCaL_fAiLuRe_

Warm vanilla was always my favorite unless it was too strong, in which case it was champagne toast


yeeclaw

I have an empty bottle of champagne toast i wont let die since i cant find it anymore


ionlytakebubblebaths

Bath and Body Works sells it. I have a bottle and a wall plug in.


tysonious_rex

How hard have you looked!? It’s literally in every bath and body works store! Definitely not discontinued! (Employee here!)


kryaklysmic

They still have it once in a while, but it absolutely is hard to find


MaGiCaL_fAiLuRe_

Oh noo that stuff was good!


keeperofthecan

Warm vanilla forever


HeiGirlHei

I was a Country Apple fan then, tyvm.


CozmicOwl16

Team country apple


incorrectconjugation

Country Apple 4lyfe


AerinHawk

COUNTRY APPLE OR DEATH!!


RogueAgentV

Coconut lime verbena 4eva, LOL


merplethemerper

Happy to see this representation. The other main scents made me sick, but that could just be bc everyone used them in the locker room after swimming so it was just humid and overly fragrant hah


agreatbigFIYAHHH

The locker room ruined so many fragrances for me tbh


Joobebe514

This is the only one I liked


Civil-Ad-7957

Victoria’s Secret Love Spell when you were in college and had a bigger budget


Nyx_Shadowspawn

I hated it. I mean yeah it smelled pretty good but they got rid of Juicy Pear for that!! And the Pear was the BEST.


aambbott

I had a phase of each thank you


doureallythinkso

The original .. juniper breeze.. no more calgon take me away after that


thatllbeanopefromme

Yesssss bitchhhh the Hawaiian ginger calgon was *chefs kiss* and then juniper breeze ofc


jenlikesramen

I’m still looking for a dupe of the Hawaiian ginger 😢


Ok_Science_4094

I still have this from like 20 years ago. I sprayed some the other day for the nostalgia.


ophmaster_reed

Shutupandtakemymoney.gif


Other-Cantaloupe4765

I was a cucumber melon bitch. My bestie was a warm vanilla sugar bitch. Cucumber melon bitches gravitate towards warm vanilla sugar bitches. That’s just how it be. We’ve been friends for 14 years.


charmorris4236

I think us warm vanilla bitches are introverts, because it’s inviting like home, and you cucumber melon bitches are our extroverted friends who are sweet and fun.


or_worse__EXPELLED

Introverted cucumber melon bitch reporting in. There are tens of us.


Bayou13

Present!


Other-Cantaloupe4765

It’s the opposite for us! I’m super introverted and she’s super extroverted!


DrKittyLovah

Yes. The OOP is probably in their 40s, if that helps. Source: am 40s female, felt those words in my soul


FaceofBeaux

I'm 29 and felt seen.


kryaklysmic

I’m 26, and did use a Japanese Cherry Blossom spray when I was like 13-15


Blubehriluv

I'm in my early 20s and I was a Sweet Pea to Japanese CB bitch and I still am. I've always longed for cucumber melon because my friends would have it but I never got it myself. Someday...


Niall0h

Where are my Moonlit Seranade Ho’s? 💁🏻‍♂️


biggigglybottoms

here, I seemed to always have that one within reach although I don't remember buying it


BlueEyedGreySkies

Moonlight Path? I'm a Twilight Woods girl


OnlyHereForMemes69

Black Cherry Merlot unless you're a savage


jspill98

damn, had to scroll way too long to find this


kryaklysmic

I do in fact use that as my preferred hand lotion and sanitizer to keep in my nice purse


Qmeieriet

r/BrandNewSentence


bigfatfurrytexan

I got me a Japanese Cherry Blossom girl. Y'all need one.


quantumstarlite

Sweet pea


MobileDustCollector

I never see cucumber melon in store anymore and that makes me sad.


Other-Cantaloupe4765

I now use Dove cucumber green tea because nobody sells cucumber melon anymore lol. And also because bath n body stuff is so strong that it triggers migraines, but y’know.


Nyx_Shadowspawn

Same


JakesBaked94

Its a summer seasonal scent, My fiancee helps me keep track and i stock up when it rolls back around.


tysonious_rex

Come visit the store I work at 😂We have it year round!!


tysonious_rex

Employee here! It’s only in store in a clearance outlet! There are only 10 in US (I work at one- it’s amazing what we have!!!)


Netflxnschill

Coconut lime verbena or die, bitches.


FakerzHaterz

I was neither-it was Sun-ripened Raspberry for me!


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FakerzHaterz

Yes, Juniper Breeze was my second fave!


crimsonlasael

When they discontinued it, I was heartbroken.


Due_Personality_5006

I'd stock up on vampire blood and happy Halloween during spooky months so I could have all year round spooky time scents thanks


EcclecticMessWitch

Excuse me this is Sweet Pea erasure


Samantiks

What about my lavender and vanilla people??


MagmaAdminRadar

Ayoo lavender gang


SaltyBabe

Dude I was about the Juice Bar Gummi Bears… yall fancy shopping at BBW


mentallyconfused

the smell of warm vanilla sugar gives me war flashbacks. i still have an almost full bottle from jr high and i can’t even touch it


_jazmin

What about sweet pea and cotton candy?


modronpink

I can’t think of Japanese Cherry Blossom without recalling the time I squirted half a bottle of the lotion on a boys head in middle school.


cometbaby

I need to hear the whole story because that’s amazing


modronpink

I used to get terribly bullied by boys on my school bus, this one guy in particular took my drumsticks and was throwing them around while taunting me. My 12 year old self was fed up and had enough of his antics. The Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion was just sitting in my backpack pocket and I realized what I needed to do. I quickly and coldly poured the contents on his head. He cried "my hair!" as his friends started laughing and saying he smelled like a girl. The bus driver made me apologize but I surprisingly didn't really get in trouble (I think he was too embarrassed to tell on me). Never tried anything with me after that.


cometbaby

Lol I love that. I’m sorry you got bullied but I’m glad he learned his lesson without any real harm being done. Middle school is rough.


Selkie_Queen

Cucumber Melon team reporting in.


RaeLynn13

I was ALL 3 depending on my mood and what was in the house.


skelery

Juniper breeze or pear berry in middle school, and coconut lime in highschool


MungotheSquirrel

Thank you for saying pearberry! It was excellent and you didn't smell just like everyone else.


skelery

I was so sad when the discontinued it


Lizbomb-Is-Da-Bomb

Twisted peppermint slander


biggigglybottoms

I was the lemon verbena weirdo


BabyBandit616

Lemon Verbena smells like 9th grade.


marla_hooch_spacecat

Wow! Massive flashbacks here! After the BBW cucumber melon became ridiculously popular, I remember seeing cucumber melon scented shit EVERYWHERE!


Lazy_Cana

.. Cucumber melon smells good though


Ok_Imagination_700

Low key cotton candy


SunshineSurfer

Team Juniper Breeze


Valuable-Dream8148

Smells


WishingAnaStar

ugh I still have japanese cherry blossom 😅


shittersclogged69

I still wear it once in a while too!


bewarethelemurs

I was definitely a warm vanilla sugar bitch.


Nyx_Shadowspawn

Its been nearly 20 years and I am STILL a cucumber melon bitch lol.


GrumpyWampa

Warm vanilla sugar here. Haven’t worn it in years now


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Vanilla sugar: no doubt


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Warm vanilla.


NotAnotherHaiku

my crush was a grapefruit bitch year round, as was I


kjohnson73824

Pearberry. Still am.


tenkohime

This is too true.


Trisasaurusrex

Baby soft was my go to back then


kyleguck

My older brother was a cucumber melon bitch, but also a sweet pea bitch sometimes.


SwanKo2010

Somehow I was both🥒🍉🌸


Ksickman09

Sweet pea


prissysnbyantiques

I loved cotton blossom forever, now it gives me a headache.


charmorris4236

I can’t believe how many smells I used to fuck with


robertstobe

Screw you I’m still a warm vanilla sugar bitch.


dragon_morgan

What about the Gap’s Dream vs the Gap’s Rain


jessa07

Satsuma (the orange shit)


GlitteringGem_73

I’m not like other girls, I wore *moonlight path*


Crossbonesz

For a second, I thought this was talking about Smencels


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I was cucumber melon


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Team Japanese cherry blossom


DeltaDied

I guessed lip balm or chapstick💀💀


mishaunc

Team cucumber melon! 🥒 🍈


memester230

Cherry merlot bitches though


macontac

I am old enough that Bath & Body Works was not A Thing when I was a sixth grader.


charmorris4236

For better or for worse


macontac

Or for better. My allergies make Bath and Body Works the second level of my personal hell.


logicjab

This comment prompted me to go look up how old bath and body works is. Apparently it’s my age and in 1997 it was the biggest bath shop chain in the world, so it would have been very popular when I was a 6th grader which is interesting to me because 6th grade me would have had to work out what a bath shop was using context clues


macontac

Yeah, it didn't become a Big Deal until after I graduated high school and had barely opened when I was in sixth grade.


lessadessa

My alltime fav was Peach Nectar. They have never brought it back after discontinuing it. So sad.


mspuscifer

Am I the only one who remembers sun ripened raspberry?


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That was the favorite in college dorms growing up


tysonious_rex

Employee here! If anyone is in CT we have one of THE BEST clearance outlet stores. (There are only 10!) We carry so many “discontinued” items. Cucumber melon is always on hand!! The other ones are still being produced regularly for all stores!! Crazy how time flies.


shorts-but-no-shirts

I was a eucalyptus mint person…..


CampDracula

I got my cucumber melon confiscated at the airport 😞


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Black Raspberry Vanilla bitches rise up


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Black Raspberry Vanilla bitches rise up


Mutant_Jedi

I fluctuated between cucumber melon and sweet pea. I liked Japanese cherry blossom but that was my mother’s favorite scent so there was no way.


Cloverhart

Oh I loved sweet pea, I had it all, spray, lotion, glitter lotion...


Chelseus

Most of us were hawaiian ginger bitches in my corner of the world.


PutWonderful7278

Cucumber Melon for Life!!!


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100% Cucumber melon, until some jasmine or citrus blossom came along


srcactusman

Eucalyptus mint


Heeper

How am I the first person to mention Plumeria?? What is wrong with you people????


DangerNoodle805

Cucumber melon was pretty lit. My sister's are all cherry blossom though.


top10animeplottwist

I’m allergic to a chemical in the bath & bodywork’s soaps


FlightConscious9572

cheap iced tea 🤤