Sleigh Rides & Snuggles

The first sniff is strange. You can go into this knowing it smells like pine trees, water, and vanilla, but you're not going to be prepared for what those notes actually smell like together. It took me a minute to process the scent, and then I decided that I liked it. The aquatic aspect of this keeps it light, and it skews more feminine because of the vanilla bourbon (which I agree is quite marshmallowy). It's overall very cozy. I find myself wearing this year-round. I'm really into balsam body care, and I treasure the uniqueness of this one.

Pine, vanilla marshmallow fluff and ozone. Likeable and unchallenging but weird at the same time and rather unusual thematically for BABW. Their pine scents are usually reserved for candles. BABW used to have a fresh green watery scent called Snowy Morning, and I feel that scent as the base of this one, rising to the surface here once all the mallow and pinyon of Sleigh Rides and Snuggles settles. I don't imagine this scent will be returning next winter because pine can be quite polarizing as a personal scent, even when slathered with royal icing. I'm on the pro-conifer side of the fence so I'll cherish this weirdo little winter one off.