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| - Bath and Body works makes you smell like a gang of teenage prostitute, while L'Occitane makes you feel even poorer than you are, and Crabtree and Evelyn makes you feel you should only put their stuff out for overnight guests. And all three make guys feel like total pansies for being even within five feet of the doorway.
Soap Opera is that happy medium, my friends. It always smells good in there, but in a non-distracting, general way. They have a decent men's grooming section - razors, brushes, other manly grooming items - but more importantly, they have a lot of interesting toothpastes, soaps, and oils. It feels a little like an apothecary.
They also have a lot of perfume oils you can buy, which you can then use as perfume, in lotions, in shampoo, as a room freshener, or what have you. You can blend your own scents or choose a pre-made one. The fig/moss scent is the best and I don't even wear fragrance.
Service is always good. They're nice and helpful even if you have a dumb question. If you need a gift in a pinch, this is the place to go.
Also if this is important to you, they're local.
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