Reply #15: I love the smell of real vanilla extract but anything vanilla scented... YUCK!

[grace0418]

And I only like smelling vanilla extract as a biproduct of baking, not in lotion or candles. Anyway, most vanilla candles and lotions smell like chemicals, vanilla and a whole bunch of sugar, so sweet and sickening. Blech!

My husband's family would always give me stuff scented with vanilla, roses, or melon and I cannot stand any of those scents. For awhile I would say thank you and leave it at that. But I finally got sick of it and wrote on my xmas list "I love lavender, mint, rosemary, basil, citrus, *light* fruity scents, cucumber, and coconut. Please no more melon, vanilla or floral scents." They teased me about it for awhile (and I think they were a little embarrassed that they had bought me so much stuff I hated in previous years) but now at least I get stuff I can use. Aveda makes a fantastic line of products that are rosemary-mint and I would never buy them for myself, so they make great gifts.