Do people really think their friends don’t notice re-gifted toiletries?

[MoustachaNatasha]

I know this will sound ungrateful, and I know the obvious answers are “just stop doing gifts,” “be glad you got anything at all,” or “maybe that’s all they can afford.” I get all of that, but that’s not really my question.
I always put thought into gifts I think my friends will genuinely like, but every year I seem to receive a random mix of toiletries or odds and ends that I can’t use, and feel too embarrassed to re-gift. Some of them are literally the free gifts you get when buying full sizes. They go straight into a cupboard and today I’m bagging them up to donate to my DD’s Christmas fair. It even crossed my mind that I’ll probably end up receiving something back from there in the next round of gifts.
So my actual question is: if you re-gift toiletries, do you honestly believe the recipient won’t notice, or do you just not care if they do?
Genuinely curious how others see this.

I think it’s the basic dishonesty with regifting that people don’t like. Pretending you’ve shopped, chosen and wrapped is so bad.
I called out my step daughter (in her 40s) one year. For my birthday she regifted a gift that my DD had given her at Xmas. I said ‘Oh I recognise this! My DD gave it to you for Xmas! I’m so glad it’s not going to waste.’

I was given a gift with the original purchaser's message from a previous year tucked inside.

Tell them to stop wasting money on expensive gifts you are only going to give away.

I am sending my son off today with a gift bag for his friend’s bday containing regifted items from me.

She is getting Neom products - magnesium body butter, luxury bath foam and body scrub. I don’t think she could possibly know they’re re-gifts. They are from a big gift box I was given, but they’re all sealed and full size.

I hate Neom, so I always re-gift.

I’ve never regifted. The idea of giving someone something I have not specifically chosen for them does not sit well with me. Have been given regifted items frequently though. Bags of mismatched toiletries, photo frames, candles…

I'm not bothered about regifting really, though I've never done it. It's better than it going to waste I guess, but people should at least not give something back to someone who has gifted it to them.

Not your question I know, but this really is an argument for not doing presents with friends - such a waste of time and money, particularly when you find yourself with lame regifts.
I do regift things but I'd always ask the recipient if they wanted them first and make it clear where the gifts came from.

I’d be really upset if my parents did this. I’d feel like my lovely gift was being passed on for the convenience and brownie points! Your kids have bought YOU something not your mates. Very thoughtless.

Or you could say that a gift is a gift and the aim is to give the recipient joy. So if they get more joy from regifting it, especially if they would not get much joy out of keeping it, then that’s their prerogative and the giver should be happy for them.

Giving is about the recipient, not the giver.