Product Description
Maximum Moisture Cream
Now almost famous, our fabulous, fresh-citrus scented dry body drenching moisture butter is so incredibly effective that a single squeeze can make rough and scaly skin ‘history’. With antioxidant vitamins A and E, sodium hyaluronate (a powerful oil-free moisture magnet) and arnica extract.
Ingredient Highlights:
Coconut Oil: emollient, for skin moisturization.
Vitamins A & E: antioxidants to fight off free-radicals.
Algae extract to soothe dry skin.
Super-strength bath and body products from bliss, New York’s hottest spa
Made in USA
Bliss Body Butter, Lemon + Sage 8.5 fl oz
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December 28th, 2009 
Okay, can we talk? What is so special about this product? I can think of a hundred and one, nay, even a thousand and one products with tales that would outwit and topple Sheherazade in an instant. You want rich and luxurious? Try red flower. You want enriching and enlightening? Try Sundari. Those are just two excellent lotions that I could recommend to start, but this product by Bliss again, just doesn’t live up to its hype.
Sorry Bliss, I love ya for your shampoo/conditioer, which are truly miraculous, but not this!
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought the Sephora lotion sample set that included the Bliss Body Butter in blood orange/white pepper. First of all, I want to start off saying I have a small trouble spot on my right hand. It is a small rash that covers just my index knuckle, but drives me insane trying with itchiness (which of course is made worse when I scratch it). I find that lotions that are highly scented seem to aggravate the rash, so I usually stir clear, but I am a sucker for citrus blends.One good thing is it does not disturb my rash, in fact I believe it may help it a bit, so off the bat that is a bonus.
What I like about this lotion is how smooth and creamy it is. The consistency is semi-thick, but not anything like other products where you have to rub and rub and rub to get it absorbed. Bliss melts into the skin easy enough, and leaves a very soft feel to my hands. The downside: I have noticed that after a few minutes the softness turns more into a powdery/chalky feeling that isn’t necessarily bad, per se, just odd, and something I am not use to.
That complaint aside I would still give it a higher rating, but when comparing it to my two usual lotions it falls terribly short. For department store lotions I also use Estee Lauder Body Performance Mani Pedi, and love the smooth, all day lasting finish it leaves. I can put Body Performance on, and be satisfied throughout the day.
The other lotion I use you can buy at any discount store, and that would be Jergens Ultra Healing Lotion 21 FL Oz. This is, by far, the best lotion on the market, imo when it comes to moisturizing dry skin, especially for the price. It is simple, no fancy scents, just does the job much better than the Bliss product which is a spa lotion.
In a nutshell: good for sampling, great scent, but not really interested beyond that.
Rating: 3 / 5
I admit that I am more attracted to Bliss Lemon + Sage Body Butter for its scent than for its moisturizing properties, but this is a useful and pleasant-smelling hand and body cream. I’m sensitive to scents; anything perfumy overwhelms me. But I was hooked the first time I smelled the Lemon + Sage. I can only describe it as a light, bright scent, blissfully free of floral and spicy fragrances. Bliss describes it as a “citrus-y top note trio of litsea, yuzu, and Argentinian lemon, plus verdant notes of sage and elemi.” Hmm. In case you’re wondering, litsea is a tropical evergreen, yuzu is an Asian citrus fruit, and elemi is a tree native to the Philippines whose resin has a lemon-like scent.
Despite Bliss’ description, lemon is not an ingredient. That made sense to me when I thought about it. This lotion smells more like lemongrass than like lemon. It’s lemony, but with a smoother, rounder scent than the citrus fruit. Lo and behold, it contains citral, which is a chemical found in many lemony-scented plants, including lemongrass. It also contains limonene, from the rind of lemon. Predictably, sage is not an ingredient either, but the cream contains calluna vulgaris, which is a heathering shrub, and arnica montana, aka Wolf’s Bane. I’m wondering if either of those could account for the “sage” scent, which is muted and in the background anyway.
So I got a little obsessed with the mysteries of the scent. The lotion is a medium-weight moisturizer that absorbs into skin fairly quickly. It’s not for very dry skin. It’s better as a preventative to lock moisture in after shower or after washing your hands. The good thing about it, besides the lovely scent that doesn’t linger, is that it is not very oily, so your skin doesn’t remain sticky for long. This is also the Body Butter’s weakness. A stickier moisturizer like Eucerin does a better job of preventing moisture loss for longer. That’s why I use Eucerin Original after waxing. But this Lemon + Sage Body Butter is good for everything else. The only thing I don’t like is the packaging. I would prefer a pump to a tube, and I can’t stand beauty product containers that don’t allow me to see how much is left.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a great moiturizer, but you will want to try the trial size first. The lemony smell is refreshing, but a lot of people might find it too pine-sol smelling. The trial size is also usually around $12 as opposed to the very expensive full size product.
Rating: 4 / 5
I received a sample of this at the spa and had to buy the full size lotion. It’s very moisturizing and is non-greasy. The smell is wonderful!
Rating: 5 / 5