Oriflame Bath Foam with Revitalizing Apricot and White Tea
What it claims: Escape into summer with this enlivening bath foam, enhanced with extracts of apricot and white tea. The fruity, fresh fragrance is sure to revive your senses. It revitalizes skin when cleansing.
Price and Quantity: Rs. 349 for 400 ml
Ingredients: Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Laureth-3, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Parfum, Peg-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium Citrate, Benzophenone-4, Panthenol, Camelia Sinensis Extract, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1, 3 Diol, Prunus Armeniaca Juice, Cl 14700, cl 15985.
What I like about the Apricot Shower Gel:
●The packaging: It comes in a sturdy plastic bottle with a flip cap. I am glad that the bottle is completely a colourless see-through plastic so that I can always check the amount of body wash left before I run out of it while still in the shower! (Yes, that has happened to me several times with coloured plastic bottles from Lush and Biotique)
● The fragrance: This gel came into my washroom at a time when I had got pretty much tired of exotic Indian smells like sandalwood, fuller’s earth, jasmine etc. I am not sure if it really smells of Apricots (since I anyway hate fruity smells) but this is a distinctly English smell which I adore. It is neither too strong nor too mild but exactly the intensity I would want it to be 🙂
● I am currently onto my third bottle of this gel as I had purchased three of these on a discount. As a result, I have ended up using it in summer as well as winter and both with and without a body lotion/body butter/oil. It has never dried me out or made my skin feel scratchy. But then again, I do not suffer from dry skin.
● It leaves me feeling squeaky clean.
● Rinses out easily without much ado.
What I don’t like much about the Apricot Shower Gel:
● The fragrance does not last at all. Besides I do like the fragrance of my shower gels to cling on a bit to my clothes while I am still in that semi-wet state after pulling my clothes on. That just does not happen with this shower gel
● The price: I don’t see myself paying 349 rupees on a body wash whose fragrance vanishes from my body even while I am still bathing.
● A dime size quantity on your palm does not lather well. This is not a con for me as I don’t like too much lather anyway but to those for whom the lather produced is a measure of cleanliness achieved, it might be a drawback.
Rating: 3/5
Verdict: Definitely not a must-have but a welcome change from the “regular” body washes.
Would you purchase again? Yes but only when Oriflame is offering it on a discount 🙂
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Nice review Natasha- you are just like me, what you have said about the fragrance part..i also want my bath pdts to have a long lasting smell..but till now i have not found one…st ives is my fav, but do you have any other recos?
i cannot recall offhand….but yeah the puple palmolive is cheaop and long lasting 🙂
but natasha i think most of the body washes doesn’t leave their essence for a long time O:) O:) and with 400ml, this prize is not a bad deal to go for 😉 😉 😉
many of them do….i remember the palmolive purple body wash…the smell lasts me an entire day! and it is just for 90 rupees! :yahoo:
i remember seeing it long time back- still available?
i havent actually seen it in a while…but its counterpart, the blue palmolive with granules is still available. even the blue one used to be good about 3 years agao but when i purchased the blue one few months back, i found that its quality had deteriorated….i hope thats not the case with the purple one as well if the purple is still around !
am skeptical to try out these body washes like palmolive, lux, fiama etc- since they are msotly soap based, i mean it is like these brands have soaps plus bodywashes, basically with no difference in ingredients.never tried any!
i tihnk olay n biotique make soap free washes….i might review one of them :toothygrin:
i have used olay n quite like it..biotique am not v fond of…
hey hold on, i too have used palmolive body wash, the one which comes in light blue color long back but it’s smell also used to vanish after an hour or two!! :starving:
You are lucky girl….Palmolive loves you :secret2: :secret2: :secret2: :secret2:
hey hold on, i too have used palmolive body wash, the one which comes in light blue color long back but it’s smell also used to vanish after an hour or two!!
You are lucky girl….
Palmolive loves you
nopes not the blue one…thats abd….the purple one is good :))
ohh I know which one you’re saying. There’s an orange one in that range too! I’m using Lux right now and the smell does not linger :panda: I
oh :(( :((
fragrance of shower gels to cling on a bit to clothes??? u know such body washes..? plzzzz tel me il run and go get thm… evn if it remains for an hour..
abt palmolive, prerana is right ..it realy must love u … its fragrance never stayed on me for long… :(( :((
btw nice review natasha… u have a good command over the language! :))
thank u neha :toothygrin:
Great review Natasha 🙂
I am using the purple Palmolive currently, so I am guess it is still available. The one with Ylang-Ylang, Lavender etc, right?
o yea yes…some lavendar or night spa therapy it says…thefragrance clings to ypour clothees in semi wet state na….and its till there when i remove from my clothes…same for u?
ok i was going to get moisturiser today so now i pick this magic purple one too today :plane: :plane: :plane: :plane: :plane:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: i hope it works for u :toothygrin:
hehehe i hope so too… i had used maroon one… its called “sensual” but more than sensual the scent was fruity… although i like fruity smells i dint fancy that one much… and to top it it never staye d..but i dontmind trying the purple one also, these arent too expensive plus i buy from beauty centre so they come at discounted prices 😉 😉 😉 :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
I think all these shower gels dont have long lasting fragrance..But they do definitely make the bathing experience quite pleasurable and exotic!! :toothygrin: ..Nice review Natasha!! :thanks:
thanks cali :yahoo: yeah i like to play with liquidy gels in my bath :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
But what happened Rati? ?:) ?:) ?:) Why not feeling well? Even I had headache last night and I stayed awake like ullu till 4 in morning!! 🙁 🙁 and then got up at 6:30 to get ready for office!!
poutmati not well? :((
hmmm…she not feeling well today!! :((
eee kya hua??? :(( plz take care!!
Natasha……………hi…………..how are you????????????????????????????????????????????
I am so impressed with this review that I want it ………I am ordering this next :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
hiiiiiiiiiii jomol :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: me doing good…reading all your stories here…u gott publsih them :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: hope u like this body wash…its a huge huge bottle , doesn;t seem to get over, always staring in my face standing erect in my bathroom 😐 so i thought i will write review only so that it moves a bit n stops looking at me 😐
Natasha u have to try Victoria’s Secret body wash if u r expecting the fragrance to stay for some time. 🙂
i useed the Calvein Klein body wash and lition….its divine…i dont even need perfume after i sued it for 2 days! :yahoo:
“sued” :handshake:
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: me snatching your typorani crown soon ratidoo :yahoo:
I wil gladly give it to you :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
I am toh taking 2 minute baths these days, so using only Radhika ke lush soaps . O:) But cant wait for summers to arrive when I loving using body washes. :))
I dont buy oriflame but I am also tired of fruity smells. :sweat:
i swear soaps are a savior for those 2 min baths…i use bodywash only for my evening bath and soaps for morning hurry burry bath!!
I know… even the thought of bath these days gives me shivers, using a body wash is that lst thing that comes to my mind. :yelo: Summers, come jaldi :announce:
Rati…how r ya feelin now…
Better. Thank you. :-*
i know how bad winter is at your place..but here i love winter sicne it is not at all harsh, it is sweet n cozy :yawn: ..and hate summer :sweat: :sweat:
Shyna this weather i still nice and pleasant. But it becomes really harsh for a few weeks and becomes unbearable. Now toh Feb has come, it’ll be all blooming and nice. :))
Month of LOVE…Valentine month :heart: :heart: :kissblow:
And I got married in this month. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
wowie,,,date?
me too me too….! when is ur anniv?
yeah ratidoo, it was so nice n cozy few days back. its again so cold in delhi suddenly :weep:
btw did you do your coastal scents shopping? Zeeba also got her palette today. :yahoo: :yahoo:
no ratidoo. mommy going to usa in may n me asked her to get those 2 palettes with brsuhes :yahoo:
natasha…. very nice review…. i was wondering abt getting the hand n nail cream in this range…. and was imagining how it would smell :evilgrin: like apricots or like tea 😆 😆 thank u :))
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: oh i can review that cream too…i have it :woot:
Hi Natasha… you admonished us on Sireesha’s post and so I am here…not even using liquid soaps these days..but that “yes maam” complex still works though i been out of school a long long time.. :toothygrin: I am a sucker for perfumes too..and BTW what did you tell this “lipgloss person” the first time round or did you give a demonstration then and there… :tongue: :toothygrin:
yeah maybe u r right. i taught literature at dehi niversity for 3 years so well… :lol2: “yes m;am” :lol2: i think i just showed him the lipgloss and asked him if he wanted to try it to find its taste :toothygrin:
Nattyyyyyy…..gandi ladki…y do u need 3 body washes.. :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: And all at IMBB are very saaf suthra :smug: :secret2: …bus thandi ka mausam hai na…nahane ka man nahi karta :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
see i read your sabun ka review .. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
sabun ka review !! :lol2: :lol2: :weep: :weep:
yeah now that all of us have commented on her saabun ka review, :yelo: :yelo: she has disappeared :violinbash:
me too came to comment! :toothygrin: where did she vanish! :hunterwali:
me here rati, sireesha and naina. everyone was s busy ogling at sireesha’s pics that i went to sleep with my heater on 😛 i thought nobody uses saboon here so waht’s the point :mohawk: :mohawk: :mohawk:
u natty professr!! :hunterwali: i read ur review maarning maarning itself but was unable to comment coz of power cut :spank:
i like my bath products to be aromatic and soothing while bathing..don’t mind if the fragrance doesn’t cling to my semi wet clothes after bath! :toothygrin:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: me lies it all clingy clingy :yelo: :yelo:
natty, i have never found a bodywash with lasting fragrance…. have you???
no :(( only perfumed high end body washes last :((
i guess thats because the scent will interfere with the perfume you’d wear…..
Lovely review Natasha I liked the way uve written 🙂 :rose: :rose:
thanks bee :toothygrin:
Hehheeeeeeeee I came to read your sabun review :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: I like gels that can be washed off easily..usually its like spend an hour scrubbing the soapy feeling !
i know rads….i was missing grinchoo :toothygrin:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: was out doing useless work whole day..and now am feeling superlazy… :toothygrin:
yeah me ate ice lots of ice cream today…some cookie crumb fromm mother dairy :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: coconutty chocolatey :toothygrin:
u in delhi na? aaj toh very cold…. u eat ice cream?
yes :toothygrin: me in delhi, its very cold today, me switch on heater sit in blanket n eat ice cream :toothygrin: