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Who puts Evergreen as a hand soap scent?

I’m not sure if Mum acquired this hand soap and lotion combo as a gift or not, but appeared in our downstairs bathroom this winter and has received some skepticism from yours truly. Now, when you think of hand soap, what sort of scents come to mind? Lavender? Vanilla? Something of a citrus variety? I would think these would be your “go-to scents” in regards to a hand cleansing. Did you ever smell a pine tree and think, “Man, that smells so good, I’d love it if my hands smelled like this all day?” Or perhaps, “Wow, the smell of trees is relaxing, I’d like to bathe in it someday?” I, personally, have smelled pine trees before and not once did I get the urge to rub my body all over said trees.

Don’t get me wrong, evergreen is not a bad smell. I enjoy the smell of a Christmas tree, or fake Christmas tree spray in a can or even a tree-smelling candle. But hand soap? If you think that evergreen is a weird smell for a hand soap, I’m in your camp (a camp surrounded by lovely-smelling trees, no doubt). Am I wrong to think this is weird? When I wash my hands in the downstairs bathroom, I could probably pick a liquid soap out of the shower to use instead… but I guess I don’t hate it enough for that sort of effort. Actually, I wouldn’t say “hate” at all… just weird… and maybe “ill-fitting.” But I will continue to use it since there is so much left, which actually makes me think I’m the only fool using this wacko hand soap.  I have yet to use the lotion. Hand soap smell is bad enough, but I’m really not feeling comfortable with that scent really lingering for hours through a lotion. Now that I think of it, I don’t believe I’ve ever even SEEN an evergreen scented hand soap or lotion in any store. Have you? Would you buy it? Would you use it if it was given to you as a gift?