Thursday, October 13, 2011

The Body Shop Spiced Pumpkin Bath & Shower Gel (Special Edition)

Fall is my favorite season. I love the weather, the food, the family time, the holidays and the shopping… But mostly I love the smells of the season. Crispy leaves blowing in the wind, fresh baked goods, cinnamon, pumpkin, apples and cider Mmmmmmm. So naturally I was super excited to see a fall seasonal scent at The Body Shop!

Spiced Pumpkin Shower Bath & Shower Gel is an excellent example of fall in a bottle. It’s hard to describe the scent exactly; it’s not like blatantly pumpkin, despite its name. But it is blatantly delicious. It’s kind of like an appley, cinnamony, clovey, pumpkiny mash-up. The combo is very potent, almost to the point of being too strong, but not quite getting there. But its so delicious you don’t care about that. And because it’s a fall scent combo, it can stand to be strong. I almost want to heat it up in a mug and drink it.

Also Spiced Pumpkin is part of The Body Shop’s Originals collection (which is totally funny since it was just created this year and the rest of that collection is from when The Body Shop first started) which is cheaper than their regular shower gel line. I wonder if that means they’ll keep it around? Since it’s a fall scent I figured it might just be seasonal but I think it’ll do well so maybe they’ll keep it. Fingers crossed!

So, in conclusion, if you love fall, you’ve got to get your hands on some Spiced Pumpkin Bath & Shower Gel from The Body Shop. It’s a great way to incorporate the season into a part of your day where you can’t be outside in the awesomeness that is fall.


Scent: 4.75 (Delicious! But strong.)
Health: 3 (It does have sulfates and colorants….but it’s too yummy to care. Lol.)
Ethics: 4.75 (The Body Shop does a lot with Fair Trade, Eco-Friendly Products and Charity.)
Price/Value: 4.5 ($5.99 regular price at The body Shop, and TBS always has sales so it’s even cheaper!)
Does what it says: 5 (It’s kind of hard to mess up a shower gel. I’ve never tried it for a bath but I’m sure it’d be good.)

Overall: 4.5 (Overall it gets you clean while indulging the senses. Yum!)