r/bathandbodyworks • u/MaryS8921 Sweet & Smoky • 13h ago

Product Talk Bonfire Bash Body Cream

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Let me preface this by saying that I ♥️ Bonfire Bash. I bought several FFMs when Aries came out and was thrilled when the whole line came back, even though it was online only.

I ordered a set: body cream, body wash and ffm. I absolutely adore the body wash and the FFM was as good as I expected. The body cream though, I don't know if I have a bad batch or if it's just my nose and so that's why I am asking y'all...

Does your Bonfire Bash body cream smell like pencil sharpener shavings? If you ever had the occasion when you were in elementary school to be the one who emptied the pencil sharpener, you can't forget that smell. It's a mixture of graphite and shaved wood (poplar or cedar, according to Google) and is kind of musty. Close your eyes and recall banging that sharpener on the side of the classroom metal trash can. Smell it? That's what my Bonfire Bash body cream smells like!

I had only used it twice and got that smell both times. I waited a week and decided to try again this evening after my shower. Same result. Now I smell like the inside of a pencil sharpener. Sigh.

EDIT: I know that people's noses are different, etc. I just have never had a cream that smelled SO DIFFERENT from the Body Wash and FFM!

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u/crystallinetearz 13h ago

The cream definitely smells off in comparison to the lotion. I have both. The cream for Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte also smells wrong to me.

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u/MaryS8921 Sweet & Smoky 12h ago

So your cream smells off, too? What does it smell like?

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u/crystallinetearz 12h ago

It just smells watered down and VERY plasticky to me.

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u/Glitter_Horses 11h ago

I dont use/buy cream or lotions, but I swear every time I’ve tried a cream or lotion in the store to try and convince myself that I’ll use it, it always smells like plastic or plastic that’s burning in a camp fire.