Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle with packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods.
The 3-wick candle was called “Snowed In” and briefly appeared on the company’s website for purchase. After the song was brought to Bath it was quickly removed from the website & Bodywork attention.
The image on the packaging had to depict a snowflake cut out of paper. The outer edges of the snowflake are white and conical, with two holes near the center.
“I’ve never seen a snowflake that looks like this,” one Instagram user commented.
“This was not an accident,” said another.
But others thought differently.
“It’s just a poorly executed design – it shouldn’t have been approved,” one Instagram user countered.
‘This is a paper snowflake. I wouldn’t have looked at that and thought it was a racist candle,” said another.
A bath & Body Works’ spokesperson said in a statement Monday that the error was unintentional and that the company is committed to fixing it.
“We apologize to anyone we offended and are working quickly to have this item removed and will review our process going forward,” the spokesperson said.