I was shopping for birthday presents for some of my friends when I stumbled across the Japanese Cherry Blossom range completely by accident. I hadn't realised but the Body Shop had a deal of buy two body mists and receive a hand cream free. So on arriving at the counter I was pleasantly surprised to be asked to pick which one I would like. As I was in a bit of a rush I quickly grabbed the Japanese Cherry Blossom hand cream and thought no more of it. That is until I returned home and opened it up to discover that it was the nicest smelling thing that my nose had ever come across. Sadly The Body Shop doesn't actually sell the hand cream as a stand alone product as far as I know (but if I'm wrong please let me know as I absolutely love the stuff) however this did lead to me buying two of the other Japanese Cherry Blossom products which will feature below.
Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Mist - $25.95
Escape to Japan with cherry blossom. A light spritz infused with Japanese Cherry Blossom. This romantic, captivating blend of floral and hinoki wood accords was inspired by a spring day in Kyoto.
After chatting to my friend, who is very into perfumes and such, I was a little hesitant to buy the body mist as she said that it didn't smell all that strong however I am ever so glad that I did buy it. The scent isn't overwhelmingly strong but you can definately smell it and it has a lovely fresh fruity/florally scent. I could smell this on me until about lunchtime when I ate an orange that overpowered the smell however that is about six hours worth of lovely smelling freshness which I think is pretty good. I am ever so pleased with this purchase because of the amazingness of the scent. It is probably my favourite one that I have found at The Body Shop which is saying a lot because I absolutely adore The Body Shop! I would definately recommend trying this!
Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Wash 250 ml - $20.95
I was actually super excited about this one as I thought 'Oh yay This will be long lasting, smell fabtastic and complement my Body Mist really nicely' however I was rather disapointed apon trying it. The smell was actually pretty different to the one I had quickly fallen in love with in the hand cream. It was deffinately less strongly scented and did not smell anywhere near as nice and florally as the hand cream and the body mist. Sadly I was disapointed with this and it has put me off buying Body Shop body wash's again which is a shame.
So those are my thoughts n the Japanese Cherry Blossom range (or some of it because I am most definately not rich enough to buy the whole range). I did buy some other things whilst at the body shop and will hopefully review those ones in a later post!
What scents do you like from the body shop?
xx Gem
p.s. As I do not have a camara that actually takes nice photos I have used the photo's from the Body Shop website
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