Sweet Pea

I am not particularly a fan of BBW - too many fruity-sweety and/or cupcake dessert teenager scents. This, however, I may be in love with. First of all, my grandmother had the body spray of this in her medicine cabinet when I was little, though as far as I know, never used it. I used to secretly spray it on myself after a bath when I'd spend the night at my grandparents', though since I sprayed it generously, I doubt it was as much of a secret as I hoped. Once she ran out, I forgot all about it until recently. I stopped into a BBW for some soap (their kitchen lemon is pretty nice), and, seeing the bottle, decided to spray some on, for old time's sake. I walked out with both the EDP and the shimmer body spray. To me, this smells like a curly headed little blonde girl around five years old, who gets out of the bathtub one fine spring morning to be snuggled into a big, fluffy towel by her mom. Mom puts a yellow seersucker dress on her and a bow in her hair, and they go out for a walk in the park with their happy-go-lucky golden retriever under the trees in the warming sunshine. Everything is beautiful, and all is right with the world. This scent is so innocent, so sweet and springy and fresh, but not cloying or overly fruity, and there is not a hint of dessert to he found. As far as notes go, I get a lot of raspberry, freesia, and yes, sweet pea. One of my favorite things to do with this is to layer it with Elizabeth Arden Green Tea when I first get out of the shower on a summer night. Nice for a date night outside in the warm night air, or simply for going to bed and dreaming sweet, innocent dreams. If anyone has these two scents, I strongly recommend trying them layered. It is absolutely lovely, layered or by itself. 7/10

I'm usually not a big fan of sweet perfumes (sometimes they smell too cloying on my skin) but somehow Sweet Pea works really well with my body chemistry. I kept passing by it at the BBW store since I usually aim for green/fresh perfumes however one day I decided to give it a chance. And I find myself going back to it :) It is sweet yes but not gourmand nor tarty....it has just a right amount of floral freshness to make it wearable. Sillage and longevity is pretty good for a BBW scent! Lasts about 4 hours on my skin. (Since BBW's body care line is pretty cheap, I bought the whole Sweet Pea set including shower gel/body mist/lotion...so that I can layer them and make the scent lasts longer). This is one of my favorite BBW scents so far I think..as it doesnt dissapear quickly nor smell 'thin'. Very cheerful, pretty, young fragrance...great for sexy summer nights when its cooler :) as it might be too sweet for hot days...p.s. I find that boys like these kinda scents :p

The bottle attracted me at first. The perfume itself smelled amazingly on the tester paper(reminded me of flower scents I smelled at night when Id take a stroll at my Greek country town by the sea). It lasted on the paper for 5 days till I threw it away! On my skin smells great but differently. It lasts for at least 5 hours. I do smell the dry down of it right away though, but its pleasant. The body mist smells like the watered down version of the perfume and it doesn't represent it well. This is a scent I def don't have in my collection. Paris Amour=smelled like sweet baby food to me. Velvet Sugar=smells like a candle, yuck - interesting dry down tho and Forever Red is boring and repetitive to me(smelled it on my waitress for the first time). Sweet pea is the winner!

I think Sweet Pea is an awesome fragrance, but as a guy, I could never get away with wearing it to work, etc., because it's so unique, and every other woman is familiar with it. So somebody would say, "Aren't you wearing Sweet Pea from Bath & Body Works?", and I would have to admit it! But still, take away the pink packaging and remove the word "sweet" from the name, and it's a wonderful, vegetal scent that smells exactly like green peas and sugar. Too bad it wasn't marketed as unisex: maybe in a dark green bottle, and with a different name.... such as "Eau de Vegetal" or something similar. Yes, it's very sugary, but so are many men's fragrances.

The classic scent of Sweet Pea never ceases to tire my nose. I'm not one for florals, but this one always captivates me. Maybe it is the sweet memory of my 16th birthday when I first received it, or maybe it's because my mother and I always had it in stock within our collection. The scent is a memory, a reminder of growing up, growing from a young woman to a lady. The clean, rounded scent is music to my nose. I don't sense any fruity notes in it, but can sense traces of musk. Overall though, just sweet, beautiful sweet peas! I'd recommend to those who usually don't go for florals, but want to give them a try.