{"id":3849,"date":"2009-06-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:24:58","slug":"review-olay-body-hydrate-botanical-fusion-body-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/review-olay-body-hydrate-botanical-fusion-body-wash\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Olay Body Hydrate Botanical Fusion Body Wash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is hard to believe that in two months it will be the 40th anniversary of that mud-covered, bong water-flavored, musical love-fest known as Woodstock. Even though I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually there since I was born eighteen years after the harmonious event, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty sure I know what it was like to be in the crowd and which aromas would tickle my nostrils due the LSD induced hyper-sensory experience. <\/p>\n

In the midst of animal and human fecal matter, ganja brownies and food cooked over flaming piles of hemp t-shirts, the fragrance of patchouli oil is able to stick out as one of the very few aromas that delights, but doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give you the munchies so bad that you are willing to try the vegetarian goulash of a slightly hairy woman who was just born again as Starlight Moonshadow.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had the pleasure of smelling patchouli oil, I guess I can describe it as the scent from your sexually ambiguous art teacher who wore long flowing skirts and jewelry made by Incas sold at that random store in the mall that always opens up and mysteriously closes after two months. I guess there isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a desperate need for replica Urhobo masks<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

The Olay Body Hydrate Botanical Fusion Body Wash has a slight scent of patchouli, which is perfect for me, because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like body washes that are overpowering since I use lotion and perfume. However, it wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be strong enough to get a hippie clean. The body wash lathers up pretty well using a medium-sized bath pouf, but I did notice that I had to put a larger amount than other body washes that I frequently use from Bath and Body Works or even Irish Spring (who says it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only for men?).<\/p>\n

Maybe this is a plot made by Olay for women to purchase more of their products (doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t every beauty company do this?), but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s working since I did buy this on sale at CVS. Although, I believe it was on sale because of a bottle design change, which is a little upsetting to me because the bottle design is what caught my attention in the first place. Also, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably not “new” anymore.<\/p>\n

Olay did hold up their hydrate promise, because my skin did feel like buttah before I even moisturized; the soy oil probably helped this. The Olay Body Hydrate Botanical Fusion Body Wash is a good product, but it is pretty boring compared to the thousands of other body washes currently on the market.<\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Olay Body Hydrate Botanical Fusion Body Wash
\nPrice:<\/b> $3.79 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 15.2 fl oz
\nPurchased at:<\/b> CVS
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Moisturizes the skin. Light scent of patchouli won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make you smell like a hippie. Ganja brownies. Woodstock \u00e2\u20ac\u212269. Purchased on sale. Skin like buttah.
\nCons:<\/b> Need to use more on bath pouf than other body washes. Scent might be too light for some. Hallucinating from ganja brownies. Woodstock \u00e2\u20ac\u212299. Silky body wash could make you slip in the shower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is hard to believe that in two months it will be the 40th anniversary of that mud-covered, bong water-flavored, musical love-fest known as Woodstock. Even though I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually there since I was born eighteen years after the harmonious event, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty sure I know what it was like to be in the crowd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1753],"class_list":["post-3849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-misc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/29\/the-100-simple-secrets-of-happy-people-by-david-niven-phd\/","url_meta":{"origin":3849,"position":0},"title":"The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People by David Niven, Ph.D.","author":"Marvo","date":"October 29, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M PISSED OFF!!! 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