Skin Scent Baby. The Mobile Over the Cot

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Olfactorium

Dima wound up the mobile over the cot, and the plastic stars floated round to a tinny lullaby. His daughter looked at them for a second and began to cry again.

Katya had gone to an exam until evening, for the first time in four months. Dima held the baby at arm's length, carefully, like a full saucepan, and walked from the room to the kitchen and back.

Wet November snow was falling outside. The radiators were blazing, tiny socks hung on the drying rack, and quiet came only in the minutes when he stopped by the window.

In one of those minutes he noticed on the shelf the bottle Katya had given him for his birthday, and sprayed it on his neck, just to feel like himself. Skin Scent Baby opened with a spark of mandarin and warm biscuit.

Then he picked his daughter up again and this time held her to his chest, right under his chin. She pressed her nose into his collar, snuffled and went quiet. Caramel with crushed hazelnut was already drawing out on his skin.

They sat like that in the armchair until dusk. Dima was afraid to move and listened to her breathing. By evening the scent had deepened: sandalwood settled beneath the sweetness as soft wood.

Katya came in from the cold, bent to kiss them both and laughed. "You two smell the same," said Katya.

Dima laid his daughter in the cot and wound up the mobile. The stars floated round, and to the tinny lullaby the baby fell asleep with her fist pressed to her cheek.

How it smells

The opening is soft and bright: mandarin gives a fine zesty spark, and condensed milk and biscuit at once wrap it in warm sweetness.

In the heart, praline and hazelnut bring nutty depth, caramel makes it languid, cardamom and cinnamon warm it, and sage adds a dry herbal note that keeps the sweetness in balance.

In the base, sandalwood and rosewood give a creamy wood, patchouli deepens it, and amber and tolu balsam leave a cosy resinous trail on the skin, like the warmth of a blanket.

What makes it special

Skin Scent Baby belongs to the Olfactorium collection. It is a warm sweet musky scent, unisex, for any season. It was conceived as a fantasy on the smell of a baby's skin, and its signature notes are biscuit, praline and sandalwood.

"When I wear Skin Scent Baby, I feel its warm, sweet scent envelop me, creating a feeling of tenderness and comfort," writes MaraMorevna on Fragrantica. "It seems to lull and soothe."

Bride_wolf on Kosmetista describes how a cloud of it "instantly plunges you into crushed nuts with condensed milk." The kotstepan blog calls it an ode to biscuits and condensed milk, a hymn to nuts and caramel: "I wear it and like it very much." Another review is shorter: "a scent from childhood, tasty biscuits and warm milk. Carefree moments of happiness."

People wear it for warmth and comfort: to wrap themselves in a sweet cloud and feel at home.