Great live the other night! Dark Amber & Oud/Vintage 🤯🤦🏻♀️ No wonder I love both! Anyway, I shared on my insta back in Aug when I realized the “new” Walk In The Forest sw had the exact same scent notes as White Eucalyptus & Sage. ILNs don’t match since it’s a phytogaia vs a standard 3 wick but obviously with the scent notes being the same they weren’t trying to hide it to much. Another one I posted recently as being a repackage is the “new” Café In Venice sw, it’s a repackage of the Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla & Paris Café blend 3 wick that was out for summer sas! Again different ilns bc of colored wax but scent notes are identical.
Oooohhhh BBW is going to put a hit on you. Protect this man at all cost. But on a serious note… I’m going to be side eyeing all these candles now. They think they are slick!
Thank you! Finally, proof that their scent notes are often fiction as well, yet people will swear they smell the different notes in each. People underestimate the suggestive power of words, packaging, and marketing. I feel like this is a deceptive practice, but there’s obviously no laws against it. I guess protecting consumers from candle repacks isn’t a high priority 😂. I wonder if the same method can be applied to body care scents to identify repacks, although they are usually more obvious.
Love how you keep offering people BBW knowledge. That’s why your the best! Too bad people will still be up their asses and spend money on the same candles bc “the scent notes are different”.
Now if they could put me out of my misery and throw me a bone and bring back a freaking repackage of PB&J! Call it whatever you want, BBW! 🤣 Great video as always! Thanks for all the info! 💜
There's actually evidence to believe that a 3-wick called "PB&J Ice Cream" is coming in the near future. The ILN however was not a match to the old PB&J, but that's not to rule out that it won't smell the same!
This shows how easily people (including myself!) can be influenced to think they’re smelling something different just by them changing the adjectives on the scent notes or the name of the scent. For instance I love Rainforest Gardenia but I’m not crazy about White Gardenia. Same with Limoncello and Sugared Lemon Zest. I’m not a fan of SLZ but love Limoncello 🤣 I’m glad you did this video!
I’m not convinced. Things can have the same notes and less or more of an Ingrid and it makes it smells different. I have many of these and they smell different. This comment isn’t against you or any one in person in any way… just saying.
@@ashleys_space no offense taken! But yeah we’ll never know for absolute certain without B&BW admitting it. I understand what you mean because it’s something about certain formulas I enjoy more than others, like in the cases of RG vs WG and Limoncello vs SLZ for instance. Even having the info about the ILNs being the same, I still wouldn’t buy the ones I didn’t like because to my nose they just don’t smell the same! Still good info to have if you’re wanting a certain scent they’re not currently making. You could then try the other just to see. Edit: certain *scents (not formulas, oops)
@@sniffawhiff6915 I wish I could say the same because I would love a Limoncello right now and would take SLZ if it smelled the same to me. Limoncello smells like a sweet lemon candy to me, but SLZ smells like really sour lemons and makes my nose hurt! 😩
Wow, this was a juicy little video now, wasn't it! Love it! I had suspected many of these as repackages, so it is a nice confirmation, but some had slipped by, and now I feel like how did I not notice! Excellent work to everyone involved! 👏👏👏
This is awesome! I remember watching your old videos and LittleBalladeer back when my almost 12 year olds were babies. Thanks to everyone for their hard work and you for putting it together.
I can’t believe I missed the meeting! I love this so much! This only confirms that I didn’t need all of the candles I thought i did!I bet BABW is scrambling to try to figure out a way to shut this down! Lol
Seriously -- I was thinking watching this that I wonder if they'll take that ingredient lookup system off their site after this. Either way this is awesome, so glad to have the info after years of being gaslit by sales associates who have to tell me something's not a repackage.
The nose knows -- thank you so much for this, Kent! I have some health issues and therefore still wear a mask when I shop in-store. This will prevent me from accidentally repeat-buying scents!
Wow!!! This amazing. You cracked the code 😊. No more wasted funds on repacks and now i can indeed hoard repacks of previous favorites. I wonder if birchwood trail (green package this fall) was actually vanilla birch as many figured out - i bet those ILN numbers match.
Yea! So we actually checked all those candles in that highly-repackaged Birchwood Trail collection but none of them turned up to be a match in the database. We suspect that because those 4 candles were made with "Phytogaia" fragrance technology, that it somehow modifies the fragrance formula therefore assigning it a new ILN that doesn't match with its previous repackage.
@@jools8088 I am a diehard Vanilla Birch lover and you cannot tell me they aren't the same! Smelling side-by-side, if there is a difference it's so minimal -- either way it's the same woodsy, sweet cologny goodness.
I knew it!! I bought ‘‘twas the night before Christmas and compared it to hometown sugar cookies and it smelled exactly the same to me. I ended up returning the ‘twas the night before…. Even though other candle channels said it was different 😂 thankyou for the exposure! It is annoying to buy a candle or even a lotion to realize it’s something you already have, they can’t just cater to the new customers because we who have buying for a few years would like an original scent!!!!
The worse thing is that they allure us with shiny/glassy... 😉 lids & fancy wrap-arounds (Oh, how much I dislike this turm... "wrap-around" 😵💫) so that you think it's a good product, or that even if you understand what it's all about, the packaging will still appeal to you & suck you in... 🕸🕷 #KissOfTheSpiderWoman Lol...
It’s all marketing. I now ignore the label when sniffing product. SN: I loaded up on Sprinkled Birthday Cake during summer SAS! I’m all set. I have way too many Moscow Mule and Champagne Margarita. I didn’t realize they were the same until I lit them.
Thank you so much for this video! I was literally hanging on your every word! Some of these repackages blew my mind, especially Peach Poppy/Island Margarita! I remember loving Peach Poppy when it came out and I was sad they never released it again, little did I know I still have it in my collection right now as Island Margarita! 🤦🏼♀️
This was so much fun! Thank you for finding this out! I hope we find some more, I find myself checking everyday when 2 similar fragrances pop up in mind
Your lives on insta were so much fun! It was me that found that twas the night before christmas and hometown sugar cookies were the same. I just knew they were the same when I smelled TTNBC in store and the person I was with was trying to tell me it wasn't! So satisfying hahah
I love this video! This is exciting to finally have this validation. I realized quickly the champagne cupcake candle is just sprinkled birthday cake and was upset! 🤦🏻♀️ but omg I'm dying about the hometown cookies iln.. this is so funny. I hated hometown sugar cookies so much and I bought twas the night before Christmas cause I loved the room spray. But when I burned the candle I hated it and I started realizing it had that same weird burnt plasticy smell that hometown had. I'm so sad!
This was a fun and helpful video. I always believed Vanilla & Santal was a repackage of Coconut Sandalwood so I checked the products ingredients database and sure enough, they have almost the same ingredients. lol. I knew I already had a candle that smelled similar in my collection so it was a pass for me. lol.
Oh, wow! That didn't occur to me before. I love Coconut Sandalwood and bought a backup during SAS. I will definitely pass on Vanilla and Santal if it's released again.
New to your channel. Gotta say that I'm glad that I make my own candles. Haven't bought a BBW candle in so many years. But as a maker it gives me confirmation that I'm doing just fine.
I’ve been saying this for years to family & friends and they all said I don’t know what I’m talking about, until recently 1 of my cousins said I was right I just looked at her and smiled!
I've caught a few deceptions over the years (the Perfect Christmas, for example). It is very disappointing and I wish they wouldn't do that. When I find a scent I love, I don't want them to "tweak" it and make it completely different!!! It's annoying. I'm glad you (and the Committee) are calling BBW out on this and alerting we candle aficionados. Thank you! Love your videos!
@@charliegirl2468 What they have been calling "Perfect Christmas" the last 4-5 seasons is not the original Perfect Christmas Spice. Different scent notes. The one I love had a black pepper note (I thought) and I fell in love with it. Not sweet, just a lovely spice (red cinnamon, spiced orange peel and vanilla). A very unisex scent. I wear what's left of my stash all winter. The Perfect Christmas out now is fresh cut pine, cinnamon sugar and toasted marshmallow. I bought it hoping it would be the same. Nope.
@@kimpilkington5947 oh, wow...that's so weird! I happen to love what they're now calling The Perfect Christmas, but I get it if they changed the candle ingredients and packaged it under the same name!
That is very cool to know some candles are the same with different names ! Could you verify if wildberry jam donut is the same as raspberry peach macaron ? I think they smell similar and they are both so good !
One I don't believe was mentioned is cozy cashmere and sunshine glow. I knew they smelled the same when they came out in my store as a test candle single wick last year and I compared the notes and they are identical! One of my favs is cozy cashmere
Thank you SOOOOOO much for this!!!! I’ve only been rockin with BBW for about a year and I feel so vindicated and will be gifting parts of my collection now cuz I don’t need two of the exact same thing!
EXAMPLE- Smoked Vanilla Whisky that just recently came out is a Repak of Warmth Fireside Comfort from 2017!!! Same collection as SOFT Pink petal Teacake. Was an absolute Fave of mine and was only able to get my hands on 1,,, that collection released on candle day that year and the candles from that collection flew off the shelves! That is a candle that someone may have Fallen in love with it and now it is in fact around again! And a person doesn't have to Pay an arm and a leg on mercari or ebay.
A new one coming out soon called "sailing in mediterranean" is a repackage of sea salt and sails, according to Life Inside the Page. It also has the same scent notes listed so I guess they're not trying to hide it.
Thanks for sharing this and thank you to the repackage committee for working on it with you 🙏. Does anyone know if peppermint brownie has a repackage equivalent? I just started burning one that I had in my stash from years ago and I really like it. Would like to know if there’s a duplicate.
Thank You for this,! Good work committee!;. I remember commenting on Hometown Sugar Cookies and Twas the Night Before Xmas being the same and you said something about the stupidity of back to back packages. Yes, they could have waited at least 6 months between releases and they may have fooled a few more people! I am off to check out BlackBerry Creme Frosting vs. Pink Prosecco Frosting ILNs!
One thing I hate about bath & body works is when they have scent notes that refer to things that don't really even have a scent to them that would be specific or discernible, like "morning mist," "mountain air, " "sunlight," etc.
Now you know they have a lot of left over bacon scented oils and candles . I wonder what they’ll repackage that as? “Weeknight dinner” lmao “smoky campsite” “food truck tacos”😊
I'm so glad I came across your channel. Do you or anybody happen to have a list of remixes by Yankee? There's a few older scents I'd love to buy again but all the YC near me have closed so I'm stuck with online ordering (cozy sweater, salt water taffy, and autumn in the park.) I'm seriously laughing that I own a few of the BBW repackaged candles and never noticed they were the same.
OMG that is so cool that now we have "Pistachio Cream Puff" LOLOLOL!!! We didn't miss out after all!! 😛OH & YEAH the Caramel Pumpkin Swirl & Cinnamon Caramel Swirl.........Fall & Christmas.......I figured that out last year!! Same exact scent notes on each jar- but Idc I love that one! lol (same story with Be Mine & PFG) Kent- that Hot Fudge Drizzle that was in the line with this year's PPTC & Toasted Pineapple Marshmallow..........HAS to be the same ILN as HFS & CLC!!! (I had felt that those last 2 were the same but yeah now there are 3) HA Gotta go!!!
For some reason, chocolate lava cake has more of a confectionery sugar smell to me than the HFS and the drizzle candles do. I’ve got three Chocolate Lava Cake candles left and I refuse to use them. I wish that one came back.
This list is so useful. I'd feel so validated too to prove your suspicions! I've never picked up on the similarity between Leaves and Spiced Apple Toddy, I have and like them both. Must go smell them together.. Aside: Peach on Earth is my least favorite scent - instant headache.. PS - love the "smells more Aloha-y"
I would check out Pumpkin Cinnamon Bun as the next best thing to Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake. And then Welcome Home for the next best thing for Cinnamon Pretzel Twist. Both come out during the fall time!
I knew the dark amber and oud and vintage was the same and said it so much and everyone would tell me it wasn't. I'm like I swear I think they are. Lol I smelled no difference whatsoever. as well as the iced vanilla woods and the new vanilla noir and lavender. And the unicorn sprinkles and rasberries and whipped vanilla. Also, one u didn't mention that I feel are pretty much the same is the new cafe whatever it's called in the new pink single wick is same as the mashup Paris cafe with cinnamon spiced vanilla. But with the wax being pink on the single wick the numbers prob are different.
Yep! I figured that out in store yesterday while comparison sniffing Cafe in Venice or whatever it's called vs. Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla and Paris Cafe!!
Damn. I really think LEAVES and SPICED APPLE TODDY is the same for sure. (I understand they CAN still be the same. But I wish I could get an ILN confirmation!) I think MERRY MIMOSA is actually same as ALOHA KIWI PASSIONFRUIT as well. (I wonder if their ILNs match???)
I've smelled Leaves and Spiced Apple Toddy side-by-side and if they're not the same, they're damn close. Only difference is I get a bit more of an apple note from SAP but I think that's likely just the power of suggestion.
Can it be if an item has two ILN numbers it is a combination of two scents. I believe they also do this with body care. I think the new Among the Clouds is In the Stars & Into the Night. Also, Unicorn Sprinkles smells a lot like Tutti Fruity from Easter line up.
Yes, this combining of two previous existing scents to create a new scent seems to be one of their favorite new things, with both candles and body care. (I haven’t smelled Among The Stars yet, but interesting to know.)
@@Anna-gy7dv I just purchased Glacier Mist which is similar to Deep Blue Sea and the B&B associate confirmed glacier mist is actually Glacier Lagoon but they are similar 🙊
I had Paris cafe and Campsite coffee at the same time and at first I thought they were the same, but side by side they were not. Campsite coffee is a little deeper in coffee and I prefer it and wish they’d bring it back.
You rock!! This list is incredibly helpful, especially since I am a part-time BBW associate. I have no doubt that Flannel and Paradise Cove are the same. I also strongly suspect that the new Sea Salt and Neroli is a dupe of Suntan/Perfect Summer. Also, do you suspect Indigo Paradise is a dupe of something? I am burning it now and it smells like something I have smelled before from BBW.
I'm glad this was so helpful! And yes to Paradise Cove and Flannel! I don't think Sea Salt & Neroli is Sun Tan though. And yes, I think Indigo Paradise smells just like Sun-Washed Citrus/Capri Citron/Pomelo Citron aka the Volcano scent from Capri Blue.
@@TheCandleChannel Yes! Thank you! Indigo Paradise is Sun-washed Citrus! I have a few of those so there's no need to buy Indigo Paradise. What about Golden Honeycomb? Do you think it's a dupe of anything?
I have a hunch that the new Citron & tonic is the same as the Avocado Coconut scent that was in those flat & wide three wicks they did for a couple of years. I tried checking but they didn’t have anything on those scents in their database
Maybe something no one has thought about if it's possible to do with pictures. I was thinking if you wanted to compare those old candle ilns not in the database you could look up images of said old candle and maybe find a photo of the bottom of the candle with the iln number. Just a thought!
Yea, so the printing of the ingredients on the bottom label didn't start happening until like 2021? So the old candles don't have ILN numbers on it. Trust me, we tried that in the meetings when we found out that the ILNs were on the labels LOL!
@@TheCandleChannel I realized this as well after posting :( I tried to compare a few oldies and alas, no iln. Hopefully those old scents come back NOT repackaged and then you'll have the iln number in your reach.
Theres are a few that I need to know about Salt Water Taffy , Radiant Sky and Under the Magnolia Tree ( I have been smelling this and it's so lemon heavy then I thought it was Lemon Tea? Am I going crazy? I dont smell floral at all? I'd love to know if these three are or have dupes Can you Sleuth these for me please 🙏 fun video
Yes! Birchwood Trail was developed using Phytogaia though, which is a different technology than how they develop most of their candles, so the numbers wouldn't match. But I've smelled side-by-side and they are either the same or extremely close.
Hi, do you know if there is a repackaging for the scent "White"? It was a clear bottle with black label and hollographic lettering. Love th scent but everywhere i look i see it was discountinued.
This is so helpful! Imagine buying the same candle you hate twice but under a different name thinking it's a new scent🥴
Especially for online buyers that can't sniff before purchase! Love it he's beating them at their own game!
THE LIST (Updated Jan 14):
These are candles that smell same by nose, but also confirmed to be matches by Ingredient List Number (ILN) in the database, in no particular order. This is by no means an exhaustive repackage list, as some candles that smell the same by nose, might not be an ILN match in the database for whatever reason.
1. Pumpkin Pie = Pumpkin Vanilla Creme
2. Paris Cafe = Campsite Coffee = Coffee + Tonka
3. Midnight Blue Citrus = Snowflakes and Citrus
4. Cookies & Cream Milkshake = Vanilla Swirl Brownie
5. Cranberry Peach = Snowy Peach Berry
6. Sugared Pecan Pie = Texas Pecan Pie
7. Toasted Coconut S’mores = Toasted Coconut Eclair = Toasted Coconut Cookie
8. Mahogany Teakwood = Ocean Driftwood = Black Teakwood
9. Rainforest Gardenia = Seaside Gardenia = White Gardenia
10. Limoncello = Sugared Lemon Zest
11. Frosted Moscow Mule = Champagne Margarita
12. Blueberry Lavender Lemonade = Blueberry Lavender Spritz
13. Peppered Plum = Desert Sunset
14. Smoked Vanilla = Smoked Vanilla Whiskey
15. Sprinkled Birthday Cake = Champagne Cupcake
16. Pistachio Cream Puff (unreleased) = Pistachio + Toasted Vanilla
17. Market Peach = Georgia Peach = White Peach
18. Unicorn Sprinkles = Raspberries & Whipped Vanilla
19. Rose Petals & Linen = Rainkissed Petals
20. Dark Amber & Oud = Vintage
21. Sunlit Cashmere = Sea Island Blossom
22. Merci Paris = Wisteria Garden
23. Hot Fudge Sundae = Chocolate Lava Cake
24. Iced Vanilla Woods = Vanilla Noir & Lavender
25. Hometown Sugar Cookes = Twas the Night Before Christmas
26. Frozen Lake = Island Reef
27. Peach On Earth = White Woods & Peach
28. Cinnamon Sugared Donut = Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla
29. Vanilla Bean Marshmallow = Vanilla Bean = Marshmallow Fluff
30. Caramel Pumpkin Swirl = Cinnamon Caramel Swirl
31. Balsam & Birch = White Balsam & Vanilla
32. Banana Cabana = Tropical Banana
33. Sun Tan = The Perfect Summer
34. Aloha Kiwi Passionfruit = Kiwi Passionfruit = Rainforest Passionfruit
35. Island Margarita = Peach Poppy
36. Lavender Coconut = Lavender Sea
37. Honeysuckle = Honeysuckle Bouquet
38. French Lavender = Lavender
39. Mango Coconut Cooler = Mango Coconut = Mango Shores
40. Almond = Almond Blossom
41. Pineapple Mango = Pineapple Mango Spritz
42. First Frost = Peppered Suede
43. Toasted S’mores = Bonfire S’mores
44. Lakeside Sunrise = Bergamot Waters
45. Pure White Cotton = Linen Sheets
46. Caramel Apple = Wicked Apple
47. Casablanca Lily = Happy Easter (Easter Lily)
48. Banana Nut Muffin = Banana Walnut Muffin
49. Be Mine Candy Hearts = Pink Fairy Gumdrop
50. Merry Maple Bourbon = Caramel & Oud
51. Capri Citron = Pomelo Citron = Sun-Washed Citrus
52. Flower Shop = Rose (2017 version) = Love You
Flower child smells so similar to me as open sky! I loved that one!! Surprised it was not on this list.
Hats Off to the Repackage Committee!!! Your efforts are noted and appreciated!!! #bbwexposed
Thank You So Much 💓
Great live the other night! Dark Amber & Oud/Vintage 🤯🤦🏻♀️ No wonder I love both!
Anyway, I shared on my insta back in Aug when I realized the “new” Walk In The Forest sw had the exact same scent notes as White Eucalyptus & Sage. ILNs don’t match since it’s a phytogaia vs a standard 3 wick but obviously with the scent notes being the same they weren’t trying to hide it to much. Another one I posted recently as being a repackage is the “new” Café In Venice sw, it’s a repackage of the Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla & Paris Café blend 3 wick that was out for summer sas! Again different ilns bc of colored wax but scent notes are identical.
Thank for this !!! 😊
We need repackage committee merch 😂😂😂
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Yes!
I would buy it!!
It is incredible how much packaging and expectations from the name can affect what you THINK you smell. Amazing.
I am the poster child for a gullible consumer.
Oh my gosh! I love this!! My mind is blown. 🤯 I was able to confirm my hunch that Weekend in Rome is a match to Prosecco & Peaches. 🍾 🍑
Oooohhhh BBW is going to put a hit on you. Protect this man at all cost.
But on a serious note… I’m going to be side eyeing all these candles now. They think they are slick!
Thank you! Finally, proof that their scent notes are often fiction as well, yet people will swear they smell the different notes in each. People underestimate the suggestive power of words, packaging, and marketing.
I feel like this is a deceptive practice, but there’s obviously no laws against it. I guess protecting consumers from candle repacks isn’t a high priority 😂.
I wonder if the same method can be applied to body care scents to identify repacks, although they are usually more obvious.
Love love love this!!! I shared this link and I will update my list on the ones I missed.❤️
Thanks, Tess! And thanks for all your hard work and diligence towards the community as well ❤️
I'm sure the suits at home office are gonna have an emergency round table on monday to discuss further the expoxé 😄
Code unlocked, you are a candle genius!
Love how you keep offering people BBW knowledge. That’s why your the best! Too bad people will still be up their asses and spend money on the same candles bc “the scent notes are different”.
So enjoyed your IG Lives and all the excitement from everyone on the newly discovered list numbers to reference for repackage references!
I AM THE VP OF THE REPACKAGE COMMITTEE!! KENT THIS VIDEO!!! YESSSS 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Now if they could put me out of my misery and throw me a bone and bring back a freaking repackage of PB&J! Call it whatever you want, BBW! 🤣
Great video as always! Thanks for all the info! 💜
There's actually evidence to believe that a 3-wick called "PB&J Ice Cream" is coming in the near future. The ILN however was not a match to the old PB&J, but that's not to rule out that it won't smell the same!
@@TheCandleChannel oh my gosh! You may hear me scream from Texas if they’re similar! 🤣😍
This shows how easily people (including myself!) can be influenced to think they’re smelling something different just by them changing the adjectives on the scent notes or the name of the scent. For instance I love Rainforest Gardenia but I’m not crazy about White Gardenia. Same with Limoncello and Sugared Lemon Zest. I’m not a fan of SLZ but love Limoncello 🤣 I’m glad you did this video!
I’m not convinced. Things can have the same notes and less or more of an Ingrid and it makes it smells different. I have many of these and they smell different. This comment isn’t against you or any one in person in any way… just saying.
I had SLZ and Lemoncello side by side and couldn't smell a difference.
@@ashleys_space no offense taken! But yeah we’ll never know for absolute certain without B&BW admitting it. I understand what you mean because it’s something about certain formulas I enjoy more than others, like in the cases of RG vs WG and Limoncello vs SLZ for instance. Even having the info about the ILNs being the same, I still wouldn’t buy the ones I didn’t like because to my nose they just don’t smell the same! Still good info to have if you’re wanting a certain scent they’re not currently making. You could then try the other just to see.
Edit: certain *scents (not formulas, oops)
@@sniffawhiff6915 I wish I could say the same because I would love a Limoncello right now and would take SLZ if it smelled the same to me. Limoncello smells like a sweet lemon candy to me, but SLZ smells like really sour lemons and makes my nose hurt! 😩
@@arili7126 right. Just because the ILN’s are the same could just mean they pay less to reuse the same codes.
Wow, this was a juicy little video now, wasn't it! Love it! I had suspected many of these as repackages, so it is a nice confirmation, but some had slipped by, and now I feel like how did I not notice! Excellent work to everyone involved! 👏👏👏
Love this video!! The mahogany ones were so obvious, right? They think we are duuuumb😂😂😂
This is awesome! I remember watching your old videos and LittleBalladeer back when my almost 12 year olds were babies. Thanks to everyone for their hard work and you for putting it together.
❤❤❤This is awesome cause it not only confirms some of my suspicions, but it tells me I maybe can still buy the same scent after it’s “discontinued”
I can’t believe I missed the meeting! I love this so much! This only confirms that I didn’t need all of the candles I thought i did!I bet BABW is scrambling to try to figure out a way to shut this down! Lol
Seriously -- I was thinking watching this that I wonder if they'll take that ingredient lookup system off their site after this. Either way this is awesome, so glad to have the info after years of being gaslit by sales associates who have to tell me something's not a repackage.
The nose knows -- thank you so much for this, Kent! I have some health issues and therefore still wear a mask when I shop in-store. This will prevent me from accidentally repeat-buying scents!
Wow!!! This amazing. You cracked the code 😊. No more wasted funds on repacks and now i can indeed hoard repacks of previous favorites. I wonder if birchwood trail (green package this fall) was actually vanilla birch as many figured out - i bet those ILN numbers match.
Yea! So we actually checked all those candles in that highly-repackaged Birchwood Trail collection but none of them turned up to be a match in the database. We suspect that because those 4 candles were made with "Phytogaia" fragrance technology, that it somehow modifies the fragrance formula therefore assigning it a new ILN that doesn't match with its previous repackage.
@@TheCandleChannel ah, got it!
@@jools8088 I am a diehard Vanilla Birch lover and you cannot tell me they aren't the same! Smelling side-by-side, if there is a difference it's so minimal -- either way it's the same woodsy, sweet cologny goodness.
Yes! I didn't buy Birchwood Trail since it seemed to be a lighter dupe of Vanilla Birch
I knew it!! I bought ‘‘twas the night before Christmas and compared it to hometown sugar cookies and it smelled exactly the same to me. I ended up returning the ‘twas the night before…. Even though other candle channels said it was different 😂 thankyou for the exposure! It is annoying to buy a candle or even a lotion to realize it’s something you already have, they can’t just cater to the new customers because we who have buying for a few years would like an original scent!!!!
The worse thing is that they allure us with shiny/glassy... 😉 lids & fancy wrap-arounds (Oh, how much I dislike this turm... "wrap-around" 😵💫) so that you think it's a good product, or that even if you understand what it's all about, the packaging will still appeal to you & suck you in... 🕸🕷 #KissOfTheSpiderWoman Lol...
It’s all marketing. I now ignore the label when sniffing product.
SN: I loaded up on Sprinkled Birthday Cake during summer SAS! I’m all set.
I have way too many Moscow Mule and Champagne Margarita. I didn’t realize they were the same until I lit them.
This is good stuff!! We love the detective work! I’m so sad I missed the live but I’m glad you made a video on it!
Thank you so much for this video! I was literally hanging on your every word! Some of these repackages blew my mind, especially Peach Poppy/Island Margarita! I remember loving Peach Poppy when it came out and I was sad they never released it again, little did I know I still have it in my collection right now as Island Margarita! 🤦🏼♀️
Thanks for figuring this out! I would hate to buy a candle that I disliked a second time! BTW, the thumbnail for this video is cute!😊
This was so much fun! Thank you for finding this out! I hope we find some more, I find myself checking everyday when 2 similar fragrances pop up in mind
Your lives on insta were so much fun! It was me that found that twas the night before christmas and hometown sugar cookies were the same. I just knew they were the same when I smelled TTNBC in store and the person I was with was trying to tell me it wasn't! So satisfying hahah
Ahhh yes, thanks, Colten! And yes, SO satisfying 😜
Wow.. I loved dark amber and oud but returned vintage. Lol packaging is powerful!
Indeed the packaging and name are powerful influencers of buying behavior!
I love this video! This is exciting to finally have this validation.
I realized quickly the champagne cupcake candle is just sprinkled birthday cake and was upset! 🤦🏻♀️ but omg I'm dying about the hometown cookies iln.. this is so funny. I hated hometown sugar cookies so much and I bought twas the night before Christmas cause I loved the room spray. But when I burned the candle I hated it and I started realizing it had that same weird burnt plasticy smell that hometown had. I'm so sad!
I love the thumbnail. You look like you just found out that BBW does repackages. Adorable.
This was a fun and helpful video. I always believed Vanilla & Santal was a repackage of Coconut Sandalwood so I checked the products ingredients database and sure enough, they have almost the same ingredients. lol. I knew I already had a candle that smelled similar in my collection so it was a pass for me. lol.
Oh, wow! That didn't occur to me before. I love Coconut Sandalwood and bought a backup during SAS. I will definitely pass on Vanilla and Santal if it's released again.
Brilliant! Loved the live and this video. Great work for all involved 👏
So helpful and thank you so much for making a list!!
Thank you for the information about Vintage and Dark Amber & Oud.
New to your channel. Gotta say that I'm glad that I make my own candles. Haven't bought a BBW candle in so many years. But as a maker it gives me confirmation that I'm doing just fine.
I watched every minute. Lol. You’re so sweet about everything. And this is very helpful. BBW is very sneaky. Lol
I’ve been saying this for years to family & friends and they all said I don’t know what I’m talking about, until recently 1 of my cousins said I was right I just looked at her and smiled!
I've caught a few deceptions over the years (the Perfect Christmas, for example). It is very disappointing and I wish they wouldn't do that. When I find a scent I love, I don't want them to "tweak" it and make it completely different!!! It's annoying. I'm glad you (and the Committee) are calling BBW out on this and alerting we candle aficionados. Thank you! Love your videos!
Yes, it's very disappointing and feels so disingenuous! What is the Perfect Christmas a dupe of?
@@charliegirl2468 What they have been calling "Perfect Christmas" the last 4-5 seasons is not the original Perfect Christmas Spice. Different scent notes. The one I love had a black pepper note (I thought) and I fell in love with it. Not sweet, just a lovely spice (red cinnamon, spiced orange peel and vanilla). A very unisex scent. I wear what's left of my stash all winter. The Perfect Christmas out now is fresh cut pine, cinnamon sugar and toasted marshmallow. I bought it hoping it would be the same. Nope.
@@kimpilkington5947 oh, wow...that's so weird! I happen to love what they're now calling The Perfect Christmas, but I get it if they changed the candle ingredients and packaged it under the same name!
@@charliegirl2468 I was sad. I really wanted more of it and the body care too. Oh well.
Happy Birthday (Frosted Vanilla) is my obsession, someone said it was the same as Confetti Cake Pop 🤔
That is very cool to know some candles are the same with different names ! Could you verify if wildberry jam donut is the same as raspberry peach macaron ? I think they smell similar and they are both so good !
One I don't believe was mentioned is cozy cashmere and sunshine glow. I knew they smelled the same when they came out in my store as a test candle single wick last year and I compared the notes and they are identical! One of my favs is cozy cashmere
Great Great Great content. I so enjoy your channel.
Aw thanks, Cynthia!
This is so great! Thanks for all your sleuthing 😁🧡
I knew my Champagne Margarita was special! Look Ma I got Moscow Mule! ❤❤❤ Great Video!
Thank you SOOOOOO much for this!!!! I’ve only been rockin with BBW for about a year and I feel so vindicated and will be gifting parts of my collection now cuz I don’t need two of the exact same thing!
EXAMPLE- Smoked Vanilla Whisky that just recently came out is a Repak of Warmth Fireside Comfort from 2017!!! Same collection as SOFT Pink petal Teacake. Was an absolute Fave of mine and was only able to get my hands on 1,,, that collection released on candle day that year and the candles from that collection flew off the shelves! That is a candle that someone may have Fallen in love with it and now it is in fact around again! And a person doesn't have to Pay an arm and a leg on mercari or ebay.
what a great video - loved this- very helpful to someone like me that buys candles from the USA and gets them shipped to Australia 🙂
A new one coming out soon called "sailing in mediterranean" is a repackage of sea salt and sails, according to Life Inside the Page. It also has the same scent notes listed so I guess they're not trying to hide it.
Mindblowing! Thanks for sharing this. So helpful!!!
Thanks so much for doing this, Please keep list up for us.
you’re doing some FBI level work here. I’ve been wondering this for months!
Love this hate getting exciting about a supposed new candle only to find out it is a repackage thanks
Thanks for sharing this and thank you to the repackage committee for working on it with you 🙏.
Does anyone know if peppermint brownie has a repackage equivalent? I just started burning one that I had in my stash from years ago and I really like it. Would like to know if there’s a duplicate.
Thank You for this,! Good work committee!;. I remember commenting on Hometown Sugar Cookies and Twas the Night Before Xmas being the same and you said something about the stupidity of back to back packages. Yes, they could have waited at least 6 months between releases and they may have fooled a few more people!
I am off to check out BlackBerry Creme Frosting vs. Pink Prosecco Frosting ILNs!
Can you please do a house tour ?! I love your home decor
One thing I hate about bath & body works is when they have scent notes that refer to things that don't really even have a scent to them that would be specific or discernible, like "morning mist," "mountain air, " "sunlight," etc.
Another dupe to add to your list: Spring 2023 Weekend in Rome is a dupe for Spring 2022 Prosecco & Peaches. 🍑
Now you know they have a lot of left over bacon scented oils and candles . I wonder what they’ll repackage that as? “Weeknight dinner” lmao “smoky campsite” “food truck tacos”😊
🤣🤣🤣 I was showing customers the bacon candle, the last of our 75% off candles, and their reactions were priceless!!
I would never intentionally buy 'Oud' anything, but did buy Merry Maple Bourbon and this explains why I hated it so much.
I'm so glad I came across your channel. Do you or anybody happen to have a list of remixes by Yankee? There's a few older scents I'd love to buy again but all the YC near me have closed so I'm stuck with online ordering (cozy sweater, salt water taffy, and autumn in the park.) I'm seriously laughing that I own a few of the BBW repackaged candles and never noticed they were the same.
I do not, sorry! YC is much too unscented for me to entertain them :(
Thank you so much for this information!
The marketing tactics make me crazy! LOL ❣️
You're so welcome! And right!? The stretching they do is insane.
OMG that is so cool that now we have "Pistachio Cream Puff" LOLOLOL!!! We didn't miss out after all!! 😛OH & YEAH the Caramel Pumpkin Swirl & Cinnamon Caramel Swirl.........Fall & Christmas.......I figured that out last year!! Same exact scent notes on each jar- but Idc I love that one! lol (same story with Be Mine & PFG) Kent- that Hot Fudge Drizzle that was in the line with this year's PPTC & Toasted Pineapple Marshmallow..........HAS to be the same ILN as HFS & CLC!!! (I had felt that those last 2 were the same but yeah now there are 3) HA Gotta go!!!
For some reason, chocolate lava cake has more of a confectionery sugar smell to me than the HFS and the drizzle candles do. I’ve got three Chocolate Lava Cake candles left and I refuse to use them. I wish that one came back.
Thanks for your research 😊
This list is so useful. I'd feel so validated too to prove your suspicions!
I've never picked up on the similarity between Leaves and Spiced Apple Toddy, I have and like them both. Must go smell them together..
Aside: Peach on Earth is my least favorite scent - instant headache..
PS - love the "smells more Aloha-y"
Shout-out to Squirt!
2 candles that I wish would make a comeback are pumpkin spiced cheesecake and cinnamon pretzel twist!!!!
I would check out Pumpkin Cinnamon Bun as the next best thing to Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake. And then Welcome Home for the next best thing for Cinnamon Pretzel Twist. Both come out during the fall time!
I knew the dark amber and oud and vintage was the same and said it so much and everyone would tell me it wasn't. I'm like I swear I think they are. Lol I smelled no difference whatsoever. as well as the iced vanilla woods and the new vanilla noir and lavender. And the unicorn sprinkles and rasberries and whipped vanilla. Also, one u didn't mention that I feel are pretty much the same is the new cafe whatever it's called in the new pink single wick is same as the mashup Paris cafe with cinnamon spiced vanilla. But with the wax being pink on the single wick the numbers prob are different.
Yep! I figured that out in store yesterday while comparison sniffing Cafe in Venice or whatever it's called vs. Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla and Paris Cafe!!
The ocean driftwood always had me wondering!
Damn. I really think LEAVES and SPICED APPLE TODDY is the same for sure.
(I understand they CAN still be the same. But I wish I could get an ILN confirmation!)
I think MERRY MIMOSA is actually same as ALOHA KIWI PASSIONFRUIT as well.
(I wonder if their ILNs match???)
I've smelled Leaves and Spiced Apple Toddy side-by-side and if they're not the same, they're damn close. Only difference is I get a bit more of an apple note from SAP but I think that's likely just the power of suggestion.
@@Anna-gy7dv I like both of these candles, but they're sooo strong that I can only take them in small doses. I think they're dupes, too.
So the first ever Peppered Plum is different than the geometric label and the new candle out now right?
Thank you too everyone in the repackage committee that helped to put this list together💜
Dang! Scooby and the gang solved another one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here's me thinking Paris Cafe was new to me this year. 😂😂
This is so helpful. Thank you.
You're so welcome!
I want to join the repackage committee lol. I don't have any Instagram though so I miss the lives
Thank you thank you ugh I have been buying repackaged candles and did not know it!
This is how I feel about Netflix, they started to change the movie poster often and it annoys me when I click it and I've seen it LOL.
Omg this video is soooo needed. U always know the tea!! Thnx for this!
Can it be if an item has two ILN numbers it is a combination of two scents. I believe they also do this with body care. I think the new Among the Clouds is In the Stars & Into the Night. Also, Unicorn Sprinkles smells a lot like Tutti Fruity from Easter line up.
Yes, this combining of two previous existing scents to create a new scent seems to be one of their favorite new things, with both candles and body care. (I haven’t smelled Among The Stars yet, but interesting to know.)
I feel like I have smelled patchouli rosewood in body care or a different candle
Glacier lagoon = Deep Blue Sea 🌊 aka the Irish spring candies 😁
Fascinating -- I passed on Deep Blue Sea but stocked up on Glacier Lagoon!
@@Anna-gy7dv I just purchased Glacier Mist which is similar to Deep Blue Sea and the B&B associate confirmed glacier mist is actually Glacier Lagoon but they are similar 🙊
I'm here for the tea 🍵
Great job! Very helpful, thanks 😊
I had Paris cafe and Campsite coffee at the same time and at first I thought they were the same, but side by side they were not. Campsite coffee is a little deeper in coffee and I prefer it and wish they’d bring it back.
The White woods and peach I knew was match!😀
You rock!! This list is incredibly helpful, especially since I am a part-time BBW associate. I have no doubt that Flannel and Paradise Cove are the same. I also strongly suspect that the new Sea Salt and Neroli is a dupe of Suntan/Perfect Summer. Also, do you suspect Indigo Paradise is a dupe of something? I am burning it now and it smells like something I have smelled before from BBW.
I'm glad this was so helpful! And yes to Paradise Cove and Flannel! I don't think Sea Salt & Neroli is Sun Tan though. And yes, I think Indigo Paradise smells just like Sun-Washed Citrus/Capri Citron/Pomelo Citron aka the Volcano scent from Capri Blue.
@@TheCandleChannel Yes! Thank you! Indigo Paradise is Sun-washed Citrus! I have a few of those so there's no need to buy Indigo Paradise. What about Golden Honeycomb? Do you think it's a dupe of anything?
I have a hunch that the new Citron & tonic is the same as the Avocado Coconut scent that was in those flat & wide three wicks they did for a couple of years. I tried checking but they didn’t have anything on those scents in their database
Wish you'd do this for the body care items.
Maybe something no one has thought about if it's possible to do with pictures. I was thinking if you wanted to compare those old candle ilns not in the database you could look up images of said old candle and maybe find a photo of the bottom of the candle with the iln number. Just a thought!
Yea, so the printing of the ingredients on the bottom label didn't start happening until like 2021? So the old candles don't have ILN numbers on it. Trust me, we tried that in the meetings when we found out that the ILNs were on the labels LOL!
@@TheCandleChannel I realized this as well after posting :(
I tried to compare a few oldies and alas, no iln. Hopefully those old scents come back NOT repackaged and then you'll have the iln number in your reach.
Goose Creek does this alot with there candles. They got me on the Halloween candles.
Can you please figure out what the "new" name is for the true blue Morocco line?
Theres are a few that I need to know about Salt Water Taffy , Radiant Sky and Under the Magnolia Tree ( I have been smelling this and it's so lemon heavy then I thought it was Lemon Tea? Am I going crazy? I dont smell floral at all? I'd love to know if these three are or have dupes Can you Sleuth these for me please 🙏 fun video
Is there any news on the discontinued "Sport" scent being repackaged?
THANK YOU! ❤
I have another one, Vanilla Birch=Birch trails something, but they smell the same
Yes! Birchwood Trail was developed using Phytogaia though, which is a different technology than how they develop most of their candles, so the numbers wouldn't match. But I've smelled side-by-side and they are either the same or extremely close.
you are so awesome
Hi, do you know if there is a repackaging for the scent "White"? It was a clear bottle with black label and hollographic lettering. Love th scent but everywhere i look i see it was discountinued.
Can you tell me about Iced milk coconut=White velvet coconut candle. Neither are available.