The other day when I wrote about the Aura Cacia "Calm" oil, I didn't talk about the Peppermint "Cooling" oil.
As with the other version, I had a free sample.
When I opened it, I knew better than to get it everywhere, so I poured it all into a two ounce cup with a cover and took it from there.
The oil smells amazingly pepperminty. It's sharp enough to wake you up and know that you're sterile for a minute.
However, my smelly challenge at the moment is... I've got Bath & Body Works' "Eddie's Leather Jacket" foaming hand soap in my bathroom and the scent of that collaboration doesn't jive well with the mentha piperita. At all. In fact, I feel like this particular B&BW Stranger Things fragrance sucks on its own. I'm sorry for all the things that the retailer does with it's brand management, but hopping on the nostalgia train with the sci fi show about kids in the 1980s, I'm not totally sold on it.
The "Fragrance notes" are: "black leather, soft musk and smoked suede". It's currently discontinued from the B&BW site and Amazon seems to be out of it too. Some third party vendor was distributing it at one point, and another vendor has the candle version for $41.90 because they're including a charcoal scrub bar soap with it (which probably is not Bath and Body Works approved).
It was not my idea to get Eddie's Leather Jacket soap or anything else. It was gifted to me by someone because they thought I'd like it, due to the fact I was watching Stranger Things. I didn't like the smell of it when I saw it in the store, so I didn't buy it when I had the opportunity. I felt like it was something that I'd want to immediately scrub off my hands because I didn't feel clean with it. I don't feel clean with it as I type this. However, when I had the opportunity to buy a B&BW x ST product, I did buy the The Demogorgon Candle in the store, because it was the only one I thought smelled good. Yes, it has "Black Orchids, Spicy Cedarwood, and Dark Patchouli" as its "fragrance notes", so I'm going to be filling the air with patchouli again. Guess everything comes back to that? LOL. No, I haven't burned it yet because I'm working on the Flannel candle. Now that's sharp and clean scent too, but it gives me a headache after a while, honestly.
I know.. I've been (negatively) circling the aroma post with everything.
TL;DR: the hand soap I use in my bathroom doesn't jive with the Peppermint oil I put on my arms and legs. The mix of the two (very different) products is horrible. I want to take a shower because of this, but if it's just to wash off the hand soap, I don't want to waste a warm shower (considering it's 67° out right now and will drop another 10-15 degrees over night. I'm already in my long pajamas and ready for bed (at almost 6pm. Dude, I'm so old).
It's sad, really. I think the peppermint oil would be nice, but also, I'm thinking as it's sitting on me, it's not so great. I mean, there's no residue on my arms or legs so it has done its job by keeping me feeling clean (although rubbing my arms, I feel a bit staticy, which isn't the best feeling), but my room smells like a mix of things and I don't like that. I probably should have waited to open the oil when I was finished with the hand soap, but I just opened that the other day.
Since I have the cup marked, I think I'm going to wait it out. I'm going to finish the hand soap and not use the oil. I'll just keep using regular lotion to heal my hands and feet, and see how long it lasts me before I totally throw out the soap and start new with something else. I hate to be that type of greedy waster, but there's only so much you can take of a product, when you didn't buy it yourself. It's a nice gesture, sure, but I wish I was asked first. I buy the soaps all the time, but I am very particular about which ones I get. Everyone has their preferences, and I sometimes walk out of that store with a headache, but I know I've gotten things that I can stand and use.
Hopefully no one will send me to the Upside Down for this post...
Cheers;