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U.S.|This Body Butter at Sephora Doesn’t Really Attract Spiders, Right?

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A Sol de Janeiro moisturizer has garnered attention after reviews claimed it
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A new body butter sold by Sephora has garnered a lot of attention on social
media from claims it attracts Wolf spiders. Experts and the company have
debunked that claim.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times


By Sopan Deb

Published Dec. 29, 2023Updated Dec. 30, 2023, 10:43 a.m. ET

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.”

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Sopan Deb is a general assignment reporter for The New York Times. Before
joining The Times, he covered Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for
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