My mall near home has both a Bath and Body Works store and a Victoria’s Secret. Although I love the body shop and nicer brands…I am a poor starving college student and don’t always have the money to buy the good stuff. So when BBW has a sale, I stock on up.
I’ve been such a loyal fan to BBW…I’ve probably bought something in 75% of the scents that they’ve made in the past 8 years. I’ve been using it for sooooo long; I’ve gotten quite tired of it.
So now I find myself wandering over to Victoria’s Secret…
I find there scents to be quite nice for a change. There signature scents are mostly good, a couple are a little soapy. My favorites are the infamous love spell, pure seduction (smells like sexy fruit punch!), and vanilla lace. I love their their pink line even more! Pink soft n’ pure is a recent addition to my shelf, and I loooveeee the new flirty and sweet scent they came out with. Cozy and warm isn’t half bad either! Beauty Rush lotions make me drool all over…

I think this BBW girl has finally lost her loyalty.
My question to you is: which store’s line do you prefer? Is there a special subsection (Like BBW’s aromatherapy or V.S dream angels collection) that has won over your affection? Do you stock up on these places? What do you buy?
cherry blossom / 42 posts
I go to bath and body, but do not buy their branded products. I use C.O. Bigelow products religiously.
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I don’t really care for either, but recently I went into Bath and Body Works and I really like their Mango Mandarin scent. I hope they don’t cancel it anytime soon =P.
rose / 807 posts
BBW has more scents that work with my body type.
Victoria’s secret is okay…sometimes it smells too overwhelming or combined.
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I am a huge fan of both… and the interesting thing is that they are both under the same corporation. At least I believe this to be true because I have a Victoria’s Secret card and I can use it at Bath & Body Works. Kind of like I can use my Old Navy card at Gap and Banana Republic because they are all under the same corporation.
daffodil / 1540 posts
i don’t like most things at bath and body works, it makes my skin feel funny and since i have such bad winter skin it reallllly hurts. =/ not to mention walking in there gives me a headache. so, victoria’s secret. ha.
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I like both. And all the BBWs I’ve been in also carry the Pink scents. =]
BBW recently changed what their bottles looked like.. so I went in and stocked up on all the old ones, since they were so cheap.
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Victoria secret has bad quality products. Try Miss Dior Cherie. Very nice scent.
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I have BBW products, but I don’t go out of my way to purchase them. I find scents where ever I find them and I have yet to step foot in a Victoria Secret.
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bath and body works
winter candy apple
you can only get it at christmas time, its all i ever use
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I love love love both
I think VS has a sweeter smell to everything, while BBW has like the natural smell of things you can find all around.
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I love VS Scents, they are superior. My faves are Love Spell, Romantic Wish, all the Pink scents, and Strawberry Fizz Body Mist. The only thing I’ll still purchase at BBW is Vanilla Bean Noel @ Xmas.
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I don’t like Victoria’s Secret much. Their cream doesn’t last more than a year in a bottle, if you rarely use them. Bath Body Works is alright, I like their Moonlight Path scent. Now I use Dior’s Cherie now. Very soft and feminine.
orchid / 184 posts
I have an entire cabinet stocked full of BBW. No, not lotions and crap. Soaps, mostly. In fact, I have a stockpile of Vetyver, probably my favorite BBW gelatin soap of all time, which hasn’t been made in years, still going.
dahlia / 2747 posts
i looooove both. i use vs more for lotions though and bath and body for shower gels.
orchid / 140 posts
I love BBW! Dancing Waters smells so good. It’s my perfume and everyone compliments me about it. =) Plus, I think VS is a bit overrated. Especially Love Spell. I’ve never really liked that smell.
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I don’t like either line as I don’t find them to be particularly moisturizing.
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Haha, it’s funny because BBW and VS are sister companies. But as a BBW employee, I love BBW’s stuff a lot more.
rose / 855 posts
I like Victorias Secret more, but both stores smell like cheap whores.
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I like VS better. Sometimes, BBW products are a little overpowering.
daisy / 734 posts
I use Japanese Cherry Blossom from BBW- i’ve gotten tons of props about smelling good.
I’ve never tried Victoria’s Secret though.
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@looloo11268@xanga - They are affiliated with each other! I work at VS and we get our discount at both stores! YAY! Personally, I prefer Victoria’s Secret scents, especially the Dream Angels line (there’s anew one called Enchanted, I am in loooove!!), but I also like Bath and Body Works!!
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I used to love Victoria’s Secrets’ stuff, but I’ve converted to BBW.
Fuck yeah.
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Victoras Secret is prob. better but I use Sweet Pea Body Spray from BBW. One bottles lasts FOREVER. I am sick so sick of the scent . It’s been like… two years, but I am determined to finish the bottle. Then I will move on to Love Spell. I heard it smells so good. Although there is this special hand lotion that I just cannot get enough of at BBW. I can’t remember what it is called.
hydrangea / 51 posts
Bath & Body Works is okay, I like their Vanilla Bean Noel (only available during the holidays) and their Aromatherapy Sleep products… specifically the Eucalyptus Spearmint. My boyfriend swears by the Lavender Vanilla Aromatherapy Sleep pillow mist (hahaha). I prefer Victoria’s Secret, especially their Dream Angels and Pink collections, but the Vanilla Lace is my all-time favorite from there.
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Although i shop at both, Victoria’s fragrances always seem to catch my sense of smell. Love Spell is most deffinately my favorite scent as well as their Appletini. Hands down, Victoria’s is a keeper.
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I like both equally.
rose / 886 posts
I love and hate some stuff from both…but I tend to like more from things Victoria’s Secret.
I buy stuff compulsively when I go in to pantie or clothes shop I always find myself on the beauty side buying something new lol
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i still like bbw because they have a great line for clean smelling lotion. i’m not too into the flowery smelling lotion.
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Victoria secret.Love spell i love it.
hydrangea / 93 posts
I’m a total BBW junkie. I would spend over $100 in there if I could. Midnight Pomegranate, Cherry Blossom, Dancing Waters…mmm. They had a pineapple scent too, but I’m pretty sure they stopped making it :[
daffodil / 1579 posts
Victoria’s Secret <3 I love both, though.
orchid / 221 posts
umm. isnt bath and body work and victoria secret both owned by limited ltd? so its basically the same stuff from two different labels but they’re both Limited brands.
i dunno.. just fyi..
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BBW, only because I need my Moonlight Path scent.
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i work for VS, which is owned by the company named Limited Brands, which also owns Bath & Body Works.
Double the smelly good discounts hehe
i prefer VS though I feel like they are much bolder
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I am a TOTAL BBW junkie–the employees know me by name and I had an interview there last week! I have a stash of stuff–ESPECIALLY Wallflowers, but I have a little of everything else too.
I love VS during the semi-annual sale–that’s the only time I ever purchase anything from there. : ) I usually buy perfume–I love Halo (discontinued!) from the Dream Angels collection, and I recently purchased “Very Sexy Now”–gorgeous, summery smell. I LOVE it. : )
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I am cool with either of the shower gels and lotions. Although I do get upset when they discontinue a scent, I am always able to find another I like. For fragrance I’ve used the Victoria’s Secret Angels Heavenly for several years now and have not gotten sick of it yet because it’s so light and unassuming for everyday use.
tulip / 24 posts
I only go to B&B for their hand wash and if they have a sale going I’ll pick up some stuff. VS on the other hand I can always shop at. I love that they’re owned by the same company, so if you have an Angels card you can use it at both places. =]
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bbw COUNTY APPLE
but..both is great.
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My boyfriend recently got me perfume from BBW called Black Amethyst and it smells amazing. I’m usually into light fruity/summery scents, but this has a rich tone to it, yet it’s not over powering. Sometimes I think that VS scents just smell plain weird on me. Currently I have Love Spell and on me, I feel like it smells like a combination of beer and flowers lol
daisy / 565 posts
VS scents (and i mean there high end collection – not signature collection as pictured above), are closer to big brands. Price wise, VS is a little more expensive, but not much.
VS & BBW are sister companies, BTW. you couls shop at either and they’ll still get the profit. :]
I use my VS VIP card at BBW all the time.
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VS Pure Seduction, ftw!
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I LOVE BBWand for the most part I am loyal to them.Their scent lasts and it works well with my pheromones.Vick’s Secret smells good as well,but in does react well with my body.
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I used to work at Victoria’s Secret- and B&BW and VS branch from the same company, so they’re all about the same…
I just like the more perfumey scents of VS
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I like BBW except I don’t like PS I love you, i’m more afan of white citrus and dancing waters and ones like that. midnight pomegranate is yummy!!
victorias secret scents are too sugary, all of them. although I have the lace frangrance mist, that is an exception.
sunflower / 464 posts
I love VS’s Passionate Kisses though it’s discontinued
I love BBW Moonlit Path, Coconut Lime, & one of their really apple-ish smelling ones. Price wise I prefer BBW, but overall scent wise I like VS.
peony / 1 posts
BBW does it for me. I find VS to be too strong, especially Love Spell..it literally makes me sick. Warm vanilla sugar (cream), sweet pea (cream) and cashmere glow (lotion and mist) from BBW are my favorites. They keep me smelling delicious
I however have to wait for a sale, so I can get a friend in the states to get them for me coz I’m all the way in Kenya…there are no shops for either company and the people who sell them are ridiculously expensive.