Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘vagina scent’ candles continue to wreak havoc

This Monday, May 17, 2021, in Texas (United States), a man filed a complaint against Goop, the site where he bought Gwyneth Paltrow’s scented vagina candle. According to him, the product simply exploded …

In January 2021, Colby Watson, an American, bought the famous candle This Smells Like My Vagina by Gwyneth Paltrow. If he was happy to spend $ 75 to have this type of scented candle, he didn’t expect it to explode the first time he lit it. This Monday, May 17, 2021, Colby Watson therefore filed a complaint against Goop, the website that markets Gwyneth Paltrow’s products. If he acknowledges having used the spark plug longer than recommended, the complainant assures that the Goop is well aware that these spark plugs are defective. Indeed, this is not the first time that such an incident has occurred.

Already in January 2021, Jody Thompson, a 50-year-old Briton claimed that Gwyneth Paltrow’s candle had also exploded in her home. “I’ve never seen anything like it. Everything had caught on fire and the candle was too hot for me to touch. It was like there was hell in the room. It could have burned my house down. “, she confided to the Sun. This scented candle isn’t the only one to wreak havoc. In 2018, Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow were already under fire from some health experts after the marketing of vitamin sachet, named Mother Laod, deemed dangerous for pregnant women.

After Colby Wartson filed a complaint, Goop and a spokesperson for Gwyneth Paltrow spoke in a statement. According to them, this complaint is not to be taken seriously: “We believe this complaint is unnecessary and an attempt to secure disproportionate payment for a high profile product. We stand up for the brands we distribute and the safety of the products we sell. In this case, Heretic – the brand that supplies the spark plug – has proven the performance and safety of the product through standardized testing. ” A business that smacks of suffering …

Melanie Bonvard

Mélanie deciphers pop culture from a societal angle and questions the female gaze in films or even series, because everything is a question of gaze, she …