BATH & Body Works has catered fragrances, soaps and lotions to the masses for more than 30 years, however every so often, fan-favorite items get discontinued.
This week, lifestyle site BestLife made a list of some of the most loved products that are missed by shoppers – to the point that they even launched petitions to bring them back.
The first product listed is the Velvet Tuberose fragrance, which was launched in 2007 and was discontinued only years later.
In 2014, one fan, Melanie Wooden, started a petition for the company to bring back the product.
“I was distraught to be informed that Bath & Body Works has permanently retired their Velvet Tuberose fragrance line, and as I began spreading the word I noticed that other people loved the fragrance and wanted it back as well,” Wooden wrote in her Change.org petition.
1. Velvet Tuberose fragrance
“I am asking you -Bath & Body Works- to please rethink your decision and bring back Velvet Tuberose, even if only for one year so that the lovers of this scent might stock up!”
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“Please consider this plea- Velvet Tuberose was the most solid line of fragrance you had in store.”
Ultimately, the petition only garnered 28 supporters before it closed.
2. Country Apple fragrance
Another fan-favorite product discontinued is the Bath & Body Works Country Apple fragrance.
While the item can be found for purchase online with Amazon and Walmart, the manufacturer itself has brought it back for various promotions over the years.
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In 2015 and 2022, Bath & Body Works included Country Apple in nostalgic promotions to highlight favorites over the years.
3. Juniper Breeze
With the scent Juniper Breeze, at least one fan has taken to social media to share their distraught over its discontinuation.
“I feel really old and also sad that there’s generations of people who won’t know what Juniper Breeze smells like,” TikTok user “Thegirlnameskyle” said in a July 2021 video.
4. Art Stuff Collection
The next fan-favorite product on BestLife’s list is Bath & Body Works’ Art Stuff Collection.
The collection offered anything from roll-on glitter to lip gloss, shower gel, body splash, and spray-on glitter hair gel, according to the outlet.
While it has long been discontinued, Nylon teased in 2021 that several items of the collection could see a comeback.
“The roll-on glitter was always a fan-favorite — with kids and adults. So much so, that Bath & Body Works brought back a version of them for the Christmas 2019 Land of Sweets Collection,” Pam Pittman, Bath & Body Works Sample library manager, told the outlet at the time.
5. Bath & Body Works Shower in a Bottle
Another popular discontinued item is Bath & Body Works Shower in a Bottle.
The body wash and shower gel has raving reviews online, including from the Daily Beast who in 2018 called it “the next best thing to an actual shower.”
6. Coco Shea Honey Collection
In their nostalgic list, BestLife also highlighted how fans miss iconic products like Coco Shea Honey Collection.
The line was discontinued in 2018, but the products can still be found on eBay and other sites.
7. Pearberry
Pearberry was discontinued in 2013 but brought back in 2015 and 2019 as '90s scents revival.
A person on Reddit, AstronomyLuver, described the smell: "A crisp, clean, fresh, bright and delicious scent. Perfect for a nice warm spring day with a breeze. It reminds me of Cucumber Melon actually. Maybe even Sunshine and Lemons, Kitchen Lemon? Bright fruity scents."
8. White Tea and Ginger
White Tea and Ginger was launched in the 1990s, but it seems that the scent was replaced by the current White Tea & Sage.
While some products can be found on Amazon, some clever shoppers have found dupes of their favorite scents.
9. Butterfly Flower
One Reddit user, who goes by Gduoly, suggested fans of Butterfly Flower turn to dupes on Etsy or dry the company’s recent Wild Honeysuckle scent that is “similar.”
10. Kitchen Lemon soap
Beyond fragrances, many shoppers miss other skincare and cleansing products that have been discontinued such as the creamy luxe Kitchen Lemon soap.
One person from Reddit said: "The creamy luxe Kitchen Lemon soap was the best soap I've ever used."
Finding alternatives
If Bath & Body Works fans are struggling to find dupes or replacements to these or other favorites, one former employee revealed in June that discontinued scents are often repurposed for new products.
“Obviously, it’s not been stated by the company, but as being a previous employee and working there for five years, you tend to catch onto things such as repackaging,” former Bath & Body Works employee Kaitlin Tucker told The U.S. Sun at the time.
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One way to catch this is by looking at the products and the ingredient label order to see if they match a previous product.
“And even though they swap some of the words, they’re still very similar, and in the end; it’s just the same candle repackaged,” Tucker said.
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