Bath Sense

I’m not a fan of Bath Sense. For starters, I always feel like the store is closed and never open during convenient times. Secondly, when I walked in I felt like I was being accosted by the store owner. I just wanted to look around at all the different products and was constantly asked if I needed help or assistance. I was essentially window shopping but was forced out of the store out of uncomfortableness. I find the prices quite high, too.

Buyer beware! Merchandise varies by maker and customer service is rude, unhelpful and turned my wife off to shopping here. She has spent hundreds of dollars on our granddaughter’s pajamas and other items only to have a recent return (that did not fit and was made of a rough, scratchy material) refused! This was done by an employee who actually checked with Margaret on the return policy. Needless to say, my wife will not be shopping here again. There are many other options and even GAP Kids provides a better shopping experience. Too bad as some of the items were actually worth the high price – $ 40+ per top.

I really enjoyed this store’s ambiance and Margaret was extremely helpful. She helped me to pick out some items for a hypoallergenic relative (shea butter soap and California Baby Super Sensitive Everyday Lotion) and both were actually reasonable prices. I would definitely shop here more often if she had more sale items! The pajamas and lingerie are really beautiful, too. A great place to pick up a pretty gift for someone special.

A very happy discovery in the Presidio. Margaret has great taste and keeps the nicest best smelling soaps and lotions in town! The whole shop is just like a girly playground with little treasures in every corner. Though I wanted to buy up the whole shop, I settled with a simple cotton robe which was a great bargain for the quality. I was sent away with a little sample of bath salts — a nice touch. Very pleased with this shop and will visit again soon.

I love this place! It’s the perfect shop for gifts: showers, new baby, birthday… The owner knows her stuff and pointed me to the perfect items and the elegant wrapping made it even more special. Can’t recommend a better place to get candles and soaps and all sorts of heavenly scented things. She also stocks terrific sleepwear (often on sale!). The new location is so much better than the last one. She seems to have pared the selection down to the best items. Plus it is super easy to park right in front.

This review is very long overdue. I have been a customer of this business since it was located on Sacramento street a couple of years ago. I am THRILLED of it’s new location on Presidio as it’s right around the corner from me! Margaret, the store owner, is awesome. She genuinely puts so much care into her store, the promotions, and the quality of what she offers there. I take LOTS of baths, so I get all my bath salts, bubble bath, oils, and bar soaps from there. There is a great selection of pj’s as well. And, of course, Bandit is adorable :)

I really do adore this cute boutique and I love the products that they carry. I have always had great service from the young man that works here and the store dog is very sweet. My complaint is that the store is frequently closed during their advertised business hours. Sometimes they have a «back in 15» sign up and never come back, other times no note at all, just closed. I prefer to support small business owners but they are making it difficult. It’s very easy to find the products you carry elsewhere, especially online so please open your doors!

Margaret Timbrell, owner of Bath Sense, has great flair (=selects amazing products for her store) and a warm, genuine personality (=she really wants you to be happy with your products.)
Bath Sense has some of the most amazing candles I’ve ever experienced. I forget brands, but there’s a fir one I like to light as soon as Thanksgiving ends, and it’s so real it makes the whole place EXACTLY like Christmas. It’s pricy, but worth the money. A perfect, perfect gift. Right now, I have a candle by my bed (again, don’t know the brand! but it’s pink) whicj comes from a wide line of high quality room-​themed candles (imaginitively named things like Boudoir, or Beach House, things in that vein), and every time I get into bed, I get a whiff that brings me joy. If you’re not a candle person (I’m not), her choices will convert you.
Margaret also sells her original and colorful artwork in the store, wears adorable glasses, and brings her pup Bandit to work. I don’t know if it’s more fun to chat with Margaret or to sample the many fine lotions and sniff the candles she carries.
Oh, and she carries Viv and Ingrid jewelry, which is awesome, too.
All in all, well worth a stop in, or a trip across town.

I dropped by Bath Sense because I heard they carry Thymes Lavender Body Wash. It’s an indulgent body wash with the best lavender scent I’ve encountered. Margaret, the current owner, was a delight to speak with. The cute shop is filled with an array of high quality products. It must be as fun shopping for this store as it is shopping in this store.

I adore Bath Sense! I discovered it while on a walk with my new baby. fast foward 10 months. now we can’t walk by it without stopping in! I have found a wide variety of fabulous product in there, from stretch cream that made me smell like chocolate (yum!). to bath toys for my baby. and relaxing CDs and a great book. They have very high quality products, and carry many brands & products that you can’t find in other stores. I am particularly drawn to the lotions, soaps, loofahs, pajamas (cool ones!), robes, jewelry, blankets, rugs, and. okay. I’ll admit that I want to buy pretty much everything in here.
I never met the previous owner, but I can tell you that the new owner, Margaret, really knows her stuff! You can walk in there kinda sorta knowing what you might want and she will educate you and steer you in the right direction. I like that she lets you browse at your leisure, but when you ask for help, she’s all over it. She is not at ALL salesy, and seems very genuine in her desire to help buyers find the right products. This makes her shop a slam-​dunk for gifts. just walk in and let her take care of the rest.
I have to say that I am pretty smell-​sensitive, so I *really* love the fact that I can walk into this shop and not be bothered in the least by any of the product scents. This is extremely rare for a shop that sells scented soaps! I don’t know how they do it (perhaps a fabulous ventillatoin system?) but the air is fresh and clean and makes for a very pleasurable shopping experience.
Finally, I love Bandit the shop dog. If you don’t see him, he might be sitting behind the counter or in the dislay window. He is the sweetest, most adorable little doggie. My 10 month gets a kick out of seeing him too, as he’s very baby friendly!
Wait, one more thing: true story. We got a tiny Christmas tree this year due to lack of space with our new baby. I mentioned to the owner in passing that I was really bummed out that our tree did not make our house smell like Christmas. She pulled out a candle and sachet that smelled like pine, and brought the smell of Christmas to my home! I was SO excited. Seriously. who else would have thought to supplement a tree with a candle?

After a wonderful lunch at Spruce, I decided I wasn’t done being spoiled. I finally got the chance to pop into Bath Sense to meet the new owner, Margaret. She’s lovely! So much better than the old owner who drove me nuts with her pushy sales tactics. Margaret has kept a lot of the old brands, which is nice because the store always carried a lot of great merchandise.
Bath Sense is a great spot for treating yourself to a little something like a cute set of PJ’s, a new fragrance, or a sweet pair or earrings. Also great for gifts of course. They carry a lot of unique items that I don’t find in other shops.
Three-​course lunch at Spruce + darling pearl earrings + new perfume = The best day I’ve had in a while!

This is a great staple for any PJs, candles, gift needs and more! This is the perfect one stop shop for any baby shower gifts (they have some bath products for little one’s), wedding showers, housewarming gifts, elementary school teacher gifts and so much more. The variety is so vast you can find almost anything bath related domestic or imported. The actual space is so charming and organized you find exactly what you need and maybe things you didn’t think you needed. I foresee a few pop in’s as wedding and baby shower season is upon me!

I’ve shopped Bath Sense for a few years, and have always loved the products, but found it a little cluttered. I recently went shopping with my mother-​in-​law and was pleasantly surprised to see new additions such as Lucy B perfumes, and a cleaner, better-​organized shop. There were also great sale items that I couldn’t resist. I met the new owner Margaret today and she was so much fun, bubbly and upbeat but not too pushy or clingy.
Bath Sense still has unique and lovely gift ideas, nice linens, high-​quality European soaps, and Cellex-​C skin care. It’s one of my favorite places to shop, and, my mother-​in-​law, (who is a tough sell)-bought tons of items too!
Best wishes to the new owner.

I love Bath Sense! I didn’t get a chance to explore it until the new owner took over, so I can’t speak to the changes, but I have gotten some wonderful products here– both as gifts and for myself. They carry a great line of Vitamin C serums that I can attest kill off «30-​something Running in the Sun Splotches» like a dream and wonderful Bed Head brushed cotton PJ’s along with beautiful gift cards, soaps, salts, linens, etc. The perfect place to drop by last-​minute for a gift. I also love the charity events Margaret has done, there is always a great sense of life in the store (including the occasional adorable pup!)

Bath Sense is my new guilty pleasure. I love all the different candles, bath gels, soap, pjs, and robes. My favorite thing to do is to smell and test out all the soaps. The new owner has carefully rearranged the store so it is more shop-​able. The soaps smell wonderful and transport you a relaxing time. The candles are delicious and help transform any room to a fragrant respite.
Not only is the new owner very friendly and helpful in suggesting products. I bought a yummy candle which I love and grapefruit bath foam for my mother who is recovering from knee surgery. It really brighten her day. I can’t wait to stop by Bath Sense and pick up more relaxing goodies.
Update 4÷5÷10 I brought my mom and my furbaby with me to visit. My mom is in Love with the pajamas. She went back the next week with a friend to buy more pj’s. They are the best. She said the flannel ones were the only ones that keep her warm during cold foggy SF nights.
Thank you Bath Sense for being so dog friendly too! We love you!

I really liked this place when Kim was the owner, and I just met Margaret, the new owner, last week, and she’s great! I love that you can find all kinds of great stuff that is really hard to find elsewhere — and the products, though pricey are fun for a splurge and pretty high quality. I kind of always know that if I buy something here it will be quality.
Anyhow, the one part I always do first is make a beeline for the sale area — I’ve found some really awesome deals there. A great place for a little pick-​me-​up, even if you don’t end up buying anything… although somehow, I always do.
PS — I swear, Margaret’s dog Bandit is one of the cutest dogs I’ve ever seen — and I’m not a dog person.

My boyfriend and I went all the way to Laurel Heights to Bath Sense because they carry a certain type of rug that we were looking for. We showed up at 10am on a Monday morning (when they were supposed to open) and the store was still closed. Annoyed, we walked around for 15 minutes and came back — STILL closed. At that point the owner comes walking down the street and barely apologizes, then says to «give her a minute» while she opens the store. ANOTHER five minutes and finally, finally, the store is open.
Once we get in there, the clutter is a little overwhelming but I power through it and focus on the rugs. I completely agree with the other Unilocaler’s observation that the owner is completely and utterly overbearing. If it wasn’t for my boyfriend’s single-​minded focus on getting a rug then and there, I would have left after about a minute. Every five seconds she was telling us unnecessary information, or asking us what we were looking for, or trying to insert herself into our two-​way conversation. I tried to give subtle clues, like giving monosyllabic responses and wandering away, but to no avail. My boyfriend ended up getting a rug but I was so annoyed that I barely found the strength to stay inside the store while he was paying for it.

This shop is terrific! I am always able to find great gifts there within my budget. The owner is welcoming and friendly and has great suggestions if you are stuck. There are so many things to choose from, I am always afraid I am missing something. The selection has broad appeal. Fun to browse, easy to shop there. Check it out!

Wow! From the outside, not sure whether this was a winner, but step inside and find yourself an amazing pair of Bedhead Pajamas made in LA, fragrant Roger & Gallet soaps (for that dad and hubby in your life), and an incredibly inspiring collection of European CDs to elevate that next bubble bath…

The owner is so incredibly helpful — and this is the best store when you’re in a rush to buy for a coworker (or in my case his wife, since I work with mostly men). You go in, tell the owner who you’re shopping for and how much you want to spend, she tells you what to get and wraps it up for you as you select your own comfy pair of Bedhead pajamas… You grab a card as she’s ringing everything up and voila! — you’re done!
So, you may have spent a little more than you meant to, but with such a great selection of pajamas, robes, bath products, candles and oh so much more, it’s worth it!