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New York Times
29 Dec 2023
Sopan Deb


NextImg:This Body Butter at Sephora Doesn’t Really Attract Spiders, Right?

I was just thinking about what I wanted for my birthday, which is coming soon. And the one thing I’m missing in life is a lotion that makes my skin feel super moisturized and attracts Wolf spiders.

Lucky for me, my day might have come.

The beauty chain Sephora’s Reddit page was set ablaze this week by a one-star review of a new body butter sold on the site, claiming: “SCENT ATTRACTS WOLF SPIDERS.”

“If you’re scared of wolf spiders — watch out for these lotions lol. I wanted to love them soo bad, but one of the ingredients is like kryptonite to wolf spiders! When I put it on instantly one will come out,” the reviewer wrote, ending with, “sorry for a disappointing review.”

You should be sorry! Happy birthday to me!

The product, the Delícia Drench body butter made by the company Sol de Janeiro, debuted this month at Sephora and sells for $48 per 8.1-ounce container. The Brazil-inspired brand has sold other body butters for years without incident, with its Bom Dia Bright and Brazilian Bum Bum variations ranking among the chain’s best-sellers.

But not long after the new scent was released, multiple spider-related reviews popped up for it on Sephora’s website. Sleuths on Reddit and other social media began to try to suss out whether there could be merit to the claims.

One widely shared post confidently claimed that there was a scientific reason the body butter was drawing spiders. “Combine farnesyl acetate with hexadecyl acetate in right dosage and it might bring all the thirsty boy spiders to your yard,” it said, referring to apparently common ingredients in skin care products.


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