In January, I picked up a trio of limited edition Molton Brown shower gel scents in adorable holiday bauble packaging.
I reviewed the Festive Bauble Set in order to let my readers know about the after holiday sale and to give my initial impressions. Since then I thought I’d come back and give you an update.
Frankly, I ended up hating the adorable little round bauble packaging. It was almost impossible to get the shower gel out of the baubles. This is what one of the baubles looks like now that it’s empty.
I had to squeeze and crush the heck out of it to get the shower gel out. As cute as the holiday ornament round shape was, it was a bust when it came to actually using it. I hope Molton Brown skips the ornaments next year. I felt so strongly about it that I emailed them about it.
But as much as I hated the packaging, I loved one of the scents in particular, Muddled Plum, the deep purple one on the right in the box in the photo above. I had thought that Frankincense would be my fave, but it was too masculine for me. Muddled Plum is soft and warm and, I think, more feminine.
In fact, I loved the Muddled Plum Bath & Shower Gel so much that I tracked down a full-size bottle even though it’s a limited edition for the holidays. It was sold out at Molton Brown and Saks, but I found a bottle at Lord & Taylor, yippee!
The bottle has a fancy silver label unlike the bottles in the regular product line, and it arrived with a purple bow at its neck. The gel itself is deep purple with shimmer suspended in it. You can see it in the photo above. The gel shimmers when I use it, but it doesn’t leave glitter on my skin.
What I love most about Muddled Plum is the fragrance. I don’t think I had ever smelled anything with a plum note before trying this. The plum is definitely there but it is part of a mélange of scents. In my initial review, I think I described it as “holiday punch”. I have since found out that there’s oak-aged rum in the fragrance, so it’s more of a cocktail than a punch. Other fragrance notes include warm saffron and sandalwood. It’s a warm, somewhat sweet, piquant, and enveloping scent.
The full size bottle of Molton Brown Muddled Plum Bath & Shower Gel contains 10 fl. oz./300 ml and they always last me at least a year. It’s priced at $33 at Lord & Taylor. I think they have some left if you think Muddled Plum would suit you, too. And you can use Ebates on Lord & Taylor’s website. I got free shipping via Shoprunner that comes as a perk with my American Express card.
I love Muddled Plum so much that I tracked down a bottle of the limited edition eau de toilette! I’ll let you know what I think when that arrives.
Muddled plum sounds amazing!
The boozy scent is divine!
I love getting new shower gels but yep I hope that they don’t ever do those ornaments again!
This sounds like such a great scent! The Body Shop had a plummy scent the year before last (I think…) that was great, but you’re so right, it’s not a very common scent.
Yeah, I would hate not being able to use up so I feel you. Or perhaps come up with a more functional ornament this year
This scent sounds amazing and I know how you rave about this brand!
How disappointing about the packaging since it’s so cute. But the good news is that it introduced you to a fabulous fragrance for the future.
Yes, you’re right, Marcia! It was well worth it to try the Molton Brown holiday set in spite of the problems with the little ornaments.
This sounds like a beautiful fragrance.
I think you’d love Muddled Plum
How exciting, plum sounds like a really enticing scent! Cant wait to hear how the spray turns out!
The ornament packaging is so cute, but yes, VERY difficult to get the last of product out of.
Jen, it was almost impossible to get the gel out of the round ornament right from the beginning! Hope Molton Brown does something different for their holiday sets next year!
The plum sounds so good
I do usually like things with a Sandalwood scent!
Thank goodness I didn’t buy the round baubles, though I eyed them a lot last Crimbo! Muddled Plum sounds lovely – it’s on my list to try next.
Sadly, Muddled Plum was a limited edition scent. I managed to find a bottle at Lord & Taylor, and I just scored a bottle of the eau de toilette on Ebay. Hopefully, they’ll bring it back next year because it’s truly lovely
The gel feels very good on the skin, i like it like film coatings 🙂
I agree, Molton Brown Shower Gels leave a nice moisturized feeling on my skin too!