The Smell of Summer

Sometimes on my way home from the grocery store, if I spent less than I thought I would, I'll pop into Bath and Body Works. The welcoming and weirdly knowledgable staff along with the shelves of samples and delicious scents makes B&BW one of my favorite stores.

Earlier this summer I went in and, while browsing, found the scent.

Country Chic is a heavenly body spray with top notes of sparkling lemon, grapefruit, pear, crushed leaves, and marigold. It's mid notes are just as delectable: raspberry, jasmine petals, day lily, gardenia, and orange blossom. 

I personally don't smell the dry notes (peach nectar, vanilla orchid, a hint of Praline & Patchouli, Cedar Wood, Amber Wood, Skin Musk) but I'm sure they add the perfect backdrop to my beloved sparkling lemon and gardenia. 

Last Saturday on my grocery trip I stopped in and picked up the Country Chic Shimmer Body Mist. Since then I've been using it almost everyday, which is highly inappropriate since I'm currently taking Finite Math and Child Maltreatment classes.

For a less "Look at me I sparkle and shine!" option, I also picked out the Triple Moisture Body Cream and, since at that point I had earned myself a third and free (WHOO!) product,  the Creamy Body Wash.

Now all I have left on my wish list is this yummy looking Country Chic Body Scrub.

Yum! 

Believe it or not this isn't the only scent I wear. It is certainly my primary scent. But I always like to keep two others on my dresser in case a romantic evening or sweet and flirty social event warrants a switch up. Since I can't actually spend every dime I make on haul from Bath and Body Works, I usually like to buy my alternate scents in travel sizes. This makes helps with the price and, honestly, I don't use these scents enough to justify anything more. 

My favorite sultry scent, at the moment, is Secret Wonderland. A friend gave me some of her Secret Wonderland Lotion one time (travel sized--great minds think alike), and I hunted it down this summer. It's ingredients of note are strawberry, raspberries, jasmine, and vanilla.

The perfume is much too big an indulgence for me at the moment, but I can't help loving the gorgeous, magical looking bottle. 

See what I mean? If I was a sea monkey I would absolutely want to be living in that bottle. Although maybe I'm taking the name Secret Wonderland a bit too literally.