Bath & Body Works is removing candle packaging that some said was reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan

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 for purchase on the company’s website. After Bath & Body Works was made aware of the issue, it was quickly removed from the website.

The image on the packaging should convey a snowflake cut out of paper. The outer edges of the snowflake are white and cone-shaped, with two holes near the center.

“I’ve never seen a snowflake that looks like this,” one Instagram user commented.

“It wasn’t an accident,” said another.

But others felt differently.

“It’s just a poorly implemented draft – it shouldn’t have been approved,” replied one Instagram user.

“It’s a paper snowflake. I wouldn’t have looked at that and thought it was a racist candle,” said another.

A Bath & Body Works spokesman said in a statement Monday that the error was unintentional and that the company was committed to correcting it.

“We apologize to anyone we offended, are working quickly to have this article removed and are evaluating our ongoing process,” the spokesperson said.