Would you put perfume on a baby? Take the poll

I don't think that putting perfume on a baby is a good idea.

Considering that there are rumors that hazardous ingredients may be lurking inside adult perfumes, what makes you think that the perfumes especially created for babies are any safer ?

I would rather err on the side of caution and contend myself with just baby lotions and the like on young babies and children.

No. Don't be lazy, just change the nappies and wash them down.

You don't put perfume on something that can't tell you that it doesn't like it. This applies to pets, the comatose, the handicapped, etc.

There are several good arguments against not perfuming them, but I can't think of one good reason to perfume them.

Years ago a Chilean family friend would perfume her baby which seemed very odd to me , it was a beautiful fragrance and I could never remember the name of it ??? Anyway she assured us it was common place over there . Anyway personally I would not perfume a baby , that natural baby smell is beautiful why would you want to spritz it

Indeed, it is the only animalic/human scent we are not yet trying to cover up.

Substantial perfumes seem out of place with children, pretty much like those children wearing mini-tuxedos. But I don't see anything wrong with occasional splashes of something pleasant, light, and fleeting. Apart from the cost, Chanel Eau de Cologne seems perfect for the occasional freshening or hand sanitizing on a child, as does the cheaper but still pleasant 4711.

I'd be less concerned about chemicals. Every cream or ointment one puts on contains lots of chemicals. Even unscented ones do - they contain fragrance masking chemicals intended to mask the smell of the original material.

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Certainly not. It would be for the adults, not for the infant. Just as one hopes not to wear perfumes solely for others, so others should not be forced to wear something for us. Though really, my main reason for not wishing to do so would be the possible health risks. Who knows?

But you did omit one perfume often applied to babies in Spain - Puig's Agua Lavanda.

I bought a bottle of Musti by Mustela (alcohol free) for my daughter when she was 2 (toddler, not baby), and used it on her infrequently. Mustela makes excellent products for babies. She still has the bottle --80% full-- and feels sentimental about the aroma, a lightly floral/herbal scent. She says she sometimes sprays it just to remember.

I don't think it's bad to use very lightly scented waters on young children, after their immune systems have had a few years to develop. Earlier than that, I wonder if it could predispose them to developing sensitivities. I avoided wearing fragrance myself when my daughter was a baby as she was having difficulties nursing and I wanted to avoid anything that could distract her or put her off.

Don't!!!!!!

There are some toxic things in fragrances, and babies and children can be much more sensitive to permanent developmental damages since there neurological system is just developing.

I didn't put anything on my son when he was a baby or even later . Now he's much older - yes . He has a worrying predilection for Hugo Boss scents .....

I also went Fragrance free when he was small because of asthma issues and his sensitive skin issues.

Let's not forget that most baby products are scented: baby shampoos, powders, lotions etc. Not to mention the detergent we use to wash their clothes, and the fabric softener. They can't avoid scent entirely.

Natural oils are very powerful. So I would stay away from "natural" fragrances as well.
Why risk your baby's well being and health? Not worth the risk

It's true 30 Roses re. the amount of fragrance in baby products.
You know , because my son had eczema as well - I gave up all the scented wipes etc and used plain old water and cotton balls. Baths were in aqueous cream !

I do distinguish between infants and young children, which is why I didn't vote in the poll. A 2 year old is not a baby.

That 2 year old is 16 now and has had no bad effects from her Musti fragrance or any of the various scented products she was exposed to.

I think topics like this one are bound to elicit strong responses. We all want to feel we are doing the best thing for our children, but of course we are not all going to agree on how much they need to be protected, and from which threats (real or perceived.)

I can speak for my wife in saying that she definitely didn't with any of our children.

Not babies, they smell beautiful anyway!

When Shalimar wearing eldest son decided he wanted to be scented he either wore my Shalimar or the Tartine et Chocolat or Baby Blue Jeans for which we had made a very serious shopping trip to spend his birthday money. I think he was about 7.

I like Burt's Bees Baby Bee line, but on myself not on a baby. : )

I don't know why my mouse ended on the "YES" option of this poll as I would never perfume a baby!

No.

People do a lot of stupid things. Putting perfumes on babies is one of them.

Is snuggling them to transfer your scent to their clothing considered applying perfume? That's as far as I would go.

When my perfumer nosed eldest son was only about three-ish, we went on a trip to New Zealand and gave him some money to spend. He chose his own! He seriously considered the matter and carefully chose a Kiwi scented soap instead of the numerous toys available. He insisted on keeping it in the fridge for many years so it didn't ruin. He still keeps it in his drawers and treasures it.

I wouldn't really bother applying perfume per se to a baby because they smell lovely, but I might in a hot country, or use a perfumed wipe, in order to keep insects at bay. There used to be a Fa citrus cologne from distant memory. Most baby products are perfumed anyway unless one searches specifically for the non.

I'm not looking to start a fight but there is a market for everything. I'm going to skip profiling the potential market.

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Babies should smell like clean babies.

Ohh no, they smells amazing.

But 3 years old of more i think its ok.

Here at Brazil there are 2 famous colognes for baby (and their mothers too)

Natura Mamãe e Bebê (means Mom and baby) and Giovanna Baby. Both smells amaaaaaaazing.

I wouldn't ever perfume a baby. I think it's ok for children if they like it and its used in moderation.

A couple others are Petit Guerlain, and two by Fragonard - one for boys and one for girls. I was told at the Fragonard shop that their children's fragrances contain less alcohol and are less likely to irritate a child's more sensitive skin.

I bought my 5 year old son a bottle of Fragonard Eau des Aventuriers. My almost 3 year old daughter often wants to be perfumed. I bought her a little bottle of Lolita Lempicka, mostly because the bottle is cute. When we perfume her, we spray her clothes, although she sometimes insists on having her arm sprayed, and then she rubs it against the opposite arm. She came down smelling like Eau de Shalimar a few days ago because she saw my wife spraying it on and didn't want to be left out.

There is a totally chemical gel in disposable nappies!!! I wouldn't use those then.......

It has long been a tradition in Spain to dress up the children on the bullfighting day. They are in full Spanish dress and I expect that would include a cologne of sorts.

I only have this memory from my distant childhood and remember being dressed up once by someones Spanish mummy. My sister and I were so small and we were ogling these two dressed up little girls with wide eyed, full blown fascination and admiration. Their mum made them strip off and let us try them on, then and there by the side of the dusty road. I have the memory and picture to this day.

My daughter often wanted to be squirted with perfume just like her mum.

As for babies, then if you really feel strongly about spraying them with cologne directly, then it follows to make sure nothing else you use on them like lotions or bath products have any fragrance in. That you feed them nothing with any additives in, and clothe them in materials that are untreated with chemicals and kind to animals too. You may run into great difficulty. Even baby massage classes advocate putting lavender oil in the baby rubbing oil.

I'm sure these manufacturers must have had to make sure these babyfrags are safe in order to market them at this audience...

Do we have any information about what is actually in them? It might be really good stuff. (I say that as devils advocate).

I think each mum can decide for herself. Other cultures also may have different traditions to ours as I stated in the other thread.

My 2 year old twins beckon and notion for me to perfume their arms when they see me taking a perfume out of the wardrobe ( I don't spray perfume near my son since he is asthmatic).

Only from the past 2 months will I give a tiny spritz to my daughter (2 year old twin) when shes not around her twin brother. She loves it! Last week she first asked to smell it before I spritz to see if she likes it. I'll know she likes it because she'll beckon for me to spray on her or say "mmm naaaassss" (nice). If she doesn't like she it just dismisses it and off to play she goes. They're so cuuute at this age.

Absolutely no perfume around her brother though.

It is actually extraordinarily difficult to maintain a non-perfumed stance on babies and small children. I know from bitter experience because my eldest son had the most appalling juvenile eczema from just a few weeks old until he was about three. (It may explain the hankering for the kiwi perfumed soap). I found at the time, only eczema products could be guaranteed to be clear. I kept the worst of it at bay with Chinese medicines in the end. Luckily he grew out of the worst of it, but I still have to watch what washing powders and suchlike that I use. Funny that he is the best 'nose' now.

Once a child is old enough to express an interest, then yes, fine. But when they cannot make that choice for themselves, l think it is selfish & pointless to do this.

Whaaaa.....t?? And ruin the naturally divine baby scent?? That's crazy!

20 sprays of Kouros should cover up that dirty diaper smell, lol.

My belated answer is: no. But, I confess, for entirely subjective, unsubstantiated and subjective reasons - until the age of 6-7 years ANY fragrance gave me allergies, often manifested by headaches and regurgitation, it's only later, around the age of 14 that I finally rediscovered myself as a fragrance buff.

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I would. But I like so much their natural smell.

I thought this was a joke. Put perfume on a baby? Haha, what??

I did not use perfumes on either of my (boy) babies (now 2 and 4 and very into perfume themselves). However, I did rub them down with Johnson's baby lotion to moisturize their skin and that has a "baby fresh scent". So in a way I did perfume them. It gave them a scent that Americans associate with babies.

My dad swears that my mom loves his aftershave that smells like baby lotion because it reminds her of babies. Perhaps he's on to something.

I would use body products like Burts Bees Baby Bee, Cowshed or Neals Yard if I want to. I'd wouldn't spray edt or edp on a baby

No.....