‘A scented awakening’: how The Body Shop influenced generations

Readers share their memories of discovering the shop’s products and ethos in the 70s, 80s and 90sWalking into The Body Shop was like “entering a sweet shop”. It “literally made your mouth water”, says Stasia Smith-Turpin, who would head to the Lancaster store after school with friends when she was 16 in the 90s. She recalls how a wave of fragrance would hit her as she entered the shop, and she would test and smell the soaps, creams and potions while planning how to