Advanced Skin Brightening Complex

I bought this thinking it would help with y dark spots that I got from the summer. I noticed no difference, and it smells weird at that. The only thing I noticed was that it did make my skin a bit...

I bought this after the recommendation in Dr. Baumann's Skin Type Solution book for nonprescription skin lighteners for DSPW. I'm using this along with the 2 step glycolic peel and after one week...