Philosophy Iced Gingerbread Cookie Duo by Philosophy, Body Wash + Shower Gel / Foam Review

4

My first Philosophy experience!

UPDATE 12/21/14: I have come to the conclusion that this product is just much too thick for the packaging that it comes in. I became so frustrated with the product not coming out of the bottles, that I ended up tossing out the lotion and recycling the bottle (the lotion wasn't a great scent anyway) and putting the body wash into a hand soap pump by the sink; however, even this pump is having a har...read mored time distributing the product. I definitely wouldn't use the body wash as a shampoo; I just don't thick the consistency would leave hair very clean or soft. I actually think it would work best as a bubble bath. Upon further examination, it wasn't separated at all but rather very "swirled" like what you would see in a moisturizing soap or a bubble bath. Honestly, I am just so disappointed in this product that I don't think I will be purchasing any of the body lotions or shower gels from Philosophy in the future. Also, to add, the body lotion was just as moisturizing as BBW. The consistency is thicker than the BBW lotion but not quite as thick as the cream, but it should be in a tube. It would be SO much easier to use both products if they were in a tube................................ Every Christmas I have been wanting to try a Philosophy holiday product! And every year, I keep putting it off; I don't know why. I think maybe the price was a little intimidating?? Anywho, I picked up this set online for under $30 and I thought it would be a great way to try out TWO products. The set comes with 8 oz of body lotion in Sugary Cinnamon Icing and 8 oz of Spiced Gingerbread Cookie shower gel. First, I have to preface that I am a fragrance JUNKIE! It is like crack for me. LOL (Not that I know what crack is like!) I have at least 40 large candles in a stock pile all year round, and at least 12 fragrances shower gels and body creams in my bathroom at any given time. I am not necessarily PARTIAL to Bath and Body Works, but I love their 3-wick candles and I tend to stock up at their outlets, semi-annual sales and of course, the coupons! I have honestly never met a fragrance that I have hated; just some that I love and some that I like. However, there is something about this body lotion that is such a turn off. Although moisturizing (and just as much as BBW), it smells a little bit like Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing or maybe even Maple Cream Cheese Icing; it doesn't fit the name of the fragrance on the bottle and there is something slightly sour or tart (hence the cream cheese?) in the fragrance. It doesn't appear old in any way, but just an observation with the scent. The shower gel, in my opinion, has a strange consistency. It just wasn't as fluid as I imagined it would be. I shook the bottle but it still seemed a bit separated. I love gingerbread but this fragrance just wasn't spot on either. Lastly, the packaging is horrible. For how expensive this product is (compared to drugstore AND BBW), I have to constantly shake the bottle to be able to get product out. I squeeze it and a bunch comes out, but then it stops and I have to squeeze again and nothing - and this is when the product is more than 3/4 full so there should be no issue with product coming out of the bottle. I have never had this issue with any other lotion. I would definitely not purchase this set again and if I do purchase another Philosophy product, it will definitely be in store where I can test the packaging AND the fragrance.

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