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Gingham

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 The gingham cocktail is inspired by this Bath and Body Works fragrance : About the fragrance I first purchased this fragrance as a body lotion when it debuted in 2020 based on a review that said it was similar to Beautiful Day and Country Chic, both of which I liked in the past. I liked Gingham right away, so I later purchased it in this fragrance mist as well as a hand soap and hand cream. It is currently available online as a fine fragrance mist, moisturizing body wash, body lotion, body cream, hand cream, shower gel, shea butter cleansing bar, travel size shower gel, and travel size fine fragrance mist. There is also a wallflower fragrance plugin, 3-wick candle, concentrated room spray, and wallflower fragrance plugin 2-pack available in this fragrance, but the fragrance profile is slightly different. Gingham has inspired two additional fragrances, Gingham Love (currently available online as a foaming sugar body scrub, eau de parfum, fine fragrance mist, body cream, body lotion,

Saltwater Breeze

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 The saltwater breeze cocktail is inspired by this Bath and Body Works fragrance :   About the fragrance   I purchased this fragrance in 2022 based on reviews saying that it was similar to Magic in the Air (subject of a previous post ) and Gingham, both of which I liked. It is currently available online as a wallflower fragrance plugin. The scent notes listed for this fragrance are: Fresh linen Violet leaves Water blossom White musk Designing the cocktail I used club soda as the mixer to account for the watery essence. For the violet note, I used violet syrup from this floral elixir syrup set from Uncommon Goods. I also added dried sweet violet blossoms (they're edible) from the Etsy shop Epic of Nature . For the water blossom note, I used the lily petals I used for Cashmere Glow as a substitute for water lilies, since the flowers on the packaging resembled water lilies but water lilies themselves are not edible. For the musk note, I used white rum. I could not figure out how to