It is very tricky to buy a newborn baby or christening gift that is unusual witout spending a fortume. We often want to get something practical too yet also something beautiful, gentle and delicate because it’s for a baby
Well look what I’ve found!
Mon Bebe perfume is essentially scented water for babies. It comes in clear teddy bear shaped bottles in gorgeous packaging. Baby perfume was a new concept to me !
Here’s what the makers have to say:
Mon Bébé combines the sweet scent of vanilla to the serene notes of chamomile and delightful mandarin, to create a unique fragrance that will make baby feel fresh and relaxed. It contains natural plant extracts such as hawthorn, lime-tree and centauree, which have been traditionally used to favour a peaceful sleep, relieve anxiety and soothe baby’s tummy aches.
Mon Bébé combines the sweet scent of vanilla to the serene notes of chamomile and delightful mandarin, to create a unique fragrance that will make baby feel fresh and relaxed. It contains natural plant extracts such as hawthorn, lime-tree and centauree, which have been traditionally used to favour a peaceful sleep, relieve anxiety and soothe baby’s tummy aches.
It is of course 100% safe (hypoallergenic and dermatoligically tested) and extremely light. Now for the testing: my babies are 3 and 6 so it was over to our friends Mark and Laura who have 2 month old Harry who gets a bit colicky to try this out.
Mark reported back to me that they used the perfume to rub on little Harry”s tummy and it was fbntastic! It made the parent doing the massage and baby Harry smell nice. He felt there was a soothing and calming effect for both daddy, mummy and baby and was a lovely bonding experience. He said both he and Harry felt chilled and relaxed after their mon bebe massages. How lovely! ( He thinks its helped the colic too.)
The bottle of 100ml (which last far AGES) costs £24.99 from Mon Bebe perfumes. Sold in selected boutiques and amazon, please visit www.monbebeperfumes.com
Mark agreed this would be a unique and very lovely new baby /Christening gift!
Competition
To win a bottle of mon bebe perfumes in it’s gorgeouys packaging ready to gift or keep simply answer the following question ……Whats your favourite smell?
T&C’s: Winner will be picked at random on Fri 29 Oct at 4 pm. Uk entrants only pls.
The smell of freshly cut grass.
My favourite smell is toast, as I had to give up bread for medical reasons, that smell is fab
freshly cut grass
My favourite smell is the smell of a baby fresh out of the bath, nothing can beat it!
fav smell is fantasy from britney spears amongst others
play doh!
fav smell = cakes/cookies while they’re baking in the oven.
I love the smell of freshly baked bread from my Aga.
baby powder…clean and fresh…just perfect
fresh bread!
musky scents rather than flowery.
The smell of coffee as you walk past a coffee shop.Pure Bliss!
It has to be Bacon Sarnies for me everytime
roses
Ooooh! I love the smell of vanilla.
(I used to wear vanilla oil from The Body Shop until someone described me as, ‘that bird who smells like a custard cream’.)
baking bread
when you opening your present on christmas and you can smell your christmas dinner cooking the best ever smelll 🙂
I love the smell of wild musk!!
My absoloute favourite smell is marzipan. I always use almond instead of vanilla when I’m baking. It’s such a warm cosy smell and I feel like an old fashioned 1950s suburbian mum when I’m cooking imagining the people walking past the house catching the smell in the air. I grew up in a home where we baked a lot and I’m sure it’s a smell that will evoke memories for my own children when they are older.
I love the smell of home cooked vegetable soup when coming in from the cold. Mmm! Even better when the aroma is combined with freshly baked, crusty bread.
coconut smells heavenly 🙂
The smell of homemade cooking………mmmm food…..:-)
Honeysuckle on a hot summers night.
Bonfires 🙂
Pine Forest
baby cuddles! I think it’s the Johnson baby lotion that gives them that lovely snuggly aroma that is si irrisistable
Cinnamon
is cinammon
(but I do like the smell of petrol)
coconut is lovely
Although I won’t get it for the next couple of months, my favourite smell is freshly cut grass. There’s nothng like being in the park on a nice day just after the grass has been cut…….Bliss!
I love the smell of my childrens baby clothes, even though they are now 10 and 4 the ones i have kept in their memory boxes still smell of them when they were babies
new baby smell is one that will live with me forever
My favorite smell is mandarin, its sweet, freash and invigorating.
I was going to say vanilla, until i saw the comments about new baby smell, and that really is the best smell in the world.
love the smell of ginger.x
I love the smell of vanilla. plus randomly I love the smell of tar don’t know why
Tarmac
I love the smell of vanilla & coconut
I love the smell of flower bouquets when I treat my house to them
My favourite smell is the flower called a Mock Orange that blooms in my parents garden for a few weeks in June every year. I get really excited when that time of year comes around.
the smell of baby lotion on a baby is the best ever
new babies! i love to cuddle my grandchildren and smell the lovely fresh smell that only babies have!
Freshly mown grass – lovely
I love the smell of petrol!
fresh flowers
I love the smell of the sea.
Burnt toast…I know I’m strange!
Mine is freshly cut grass
Freshly cut oranges! So refreshing and cheerful x
My favourite smell is strawberrys, coconut and talc
Newborn babies
Fresh ground coffee
rain
Bacon
My favourite smell is the pure smell of the new born baby its the most natural smell ever
Talcum powder
Wrigley Field in Chicago Illinois
Vanilla
vanilla
mandarin
Fresh cooked bread
The smell of a baby just after a bath
I love the smell of freshly cut grass
Mmmm sliced apple
Answer: patchouli
Freshly mown grass
Sea breeze – that tang of salt when it first accosts your nostrils!
Jasmine
Fresh clean washing after picking off the washing line.
Fresh Clean Washing off the washing line
Cut grass
Fresh Air
Vanilla
I love the smell of a freshly made birthday cake, covered with fondant, when you first cut into it. Obviously a homemade one by myself!!!
Petrol
I love the small of Johnsons Baby oil
My favourite smell is of talc powder on a baby after a bath.
Fresh vanilla
Lavender
Summer rain on hot tarmac
My beautiful 2 yr old daughter’s neck smell 🙂
the smell of a baby when you cuddle it befor putting it down for the night to sleep
Freshly cut grass!
rain
Privet flowers
The fresh smell after a summer rainshower
gotta be hot fresh coffee in the morning
rose
I love the smell of freshly cut grass
Freshly baked bread
Tea Tree
Lavendar
freshly baked bread
flowers after a drop of rain
cinnamon
my favourite smell is vanilla!!
Narcissi
i really love the Smell of barbie sausages
Freshly bathed baby
Fresh Toast in the morning…
Lavendar XX
Washing fresh from the line 🙂
Freshly Mown Grass
coffee!!
The air, just after the rain has finished
the smell of babies
Freshly baked bread
fresh strawberrys
Babies when they’ve been washed & powdered
Cocoa!
The smell of the air after it has rained
fried mushrooms 😉
Bookshops!
Cinnamon
clean cotton
puppies !!
Orange Blossom
freshly baked bread
tar
roast lamb and roasties!
The smell of freshly cut grass on a summers day
fresh tomatoes
Fresh Apples
My baby granddaughter
Freshly baked bread and ground coffee, I’m an estate agents dream
Coffee
Freshly Mown Grass
Sweetpeas in Summer, Christmas trees & Satsumas in Winter 🙂
Tarmac
my newborn babys head awwww
The smell of cut grass in the summer after a rainstorm
Wood smoke or freshly baked bread
It has to be roses!
Petrol!!!
Just bathed babies!
Vanilla
Olbas
THE smell of my beautifull grandaughters when just bathed and ready for bed and cuddled up in my arms.
The wafts of fluffy-smelling warm air from launderettes : )
Freshly ground coffee… although I don’t actually drink coffee
Fresh baked bread and coffee. So moorish!
got to be lavender for me 🙂
Honeysuckle
Puppy breath
Freshly baked bread
roast dinner cooking in the oven
newly bathed babies
johnsons baby powder
My girls when we are snuggled up together in our PJ’s after a bath… mmmm… so lovely and cosy 🙂
daffodils
The smell of my bed when I’ve put clean sheets on x
my 2 boys
A newborn baby’s head. Such a distinct and lovely smell.
My favourite smell is the sea air on a warm day.
Freshly baked cakes
Sandalwood!!!!
Freshly mown grass
My favourite smell is Lavender
Banana
The smell of my little boy after hes had a bath. u cant beat that baby smell 🙂
my baby grandson
I love the smell of my Lilac bush in full bloom
fresh bread
the smell of babbies hair after its been washed
The smell of rain– freshness and cleanliness after the rain.
vanilla milkshake is my favouirite smell!
The smell of a baby after a bath
MY FAVOURITE SMELL IS CANDLES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT 🙂
i love freshly washed clothes, the smell is so fresh & clean.it is a relaxing, comfoting smell.
PEACH BUBBLE BATH
My Favourite smell is, The smell of a newly creosoted fence.mmmmm.
My favourite smell is the smell of my favourite meals cooking.
Vanilla, or cinammon. But you can’t beat the smell of my baby once he just come out the bath!
Home made chicken soup
Vanilla, it works well it everything, food, bubble bath, candles etc etc!
The smell of baby powder on a clean baby’s bum!
Washing when it has been dried in the cool wind
Melted chocolate – yummy!
My favorite smells are vanilla and baby talc.
Bonfires. I’m in heaven this time of year!
Clean washing
My favourite smell is the smell of Florida. The fresh lovely smell of the warm air. Anyone who has travelled there will know what I mean. It has a gorgeous distinctive ‘on my holidays’ smell.
walking past a chinese takeaway when Im hungry,….heaven
love the smell of new born babies.
my favourite smell is my 4 gorgeouse boys when they have just had a bath
i love the smell of peache’s
Jasmine on a hot summer’s night
Cut grass
My baby, no matter what!!
I love the smell of freshly grated raw carrot.
I love the smell of Ginger
I have to agree with Elaine H, there is nothing nicer at the end of a hard day to get into clean fresh and ironed bedsheets, pure luxury.
my favourite smell was the smell of my children when they where born
The milky smell of my newborn baby.
coconut
The smell of violets – reminds me of perfume I bought my mother when I was a child
Smell of grass after a shower
My favourite smell is coming into chicken casserole in the slow cooker after a busy day at work..
The smell of bread baking in the oven, it has that homely fragrance which makes me feel relaxed and contented 🙂
My favourite smell is cinnamon, it’s so warm and Christmassy!
Rosewater
Freshly cut grass
Baby powder
lavender
My grannies Violet Perfume, it was very sweet and flowery. Even when I smell it now I zoom back 30 years to when she was alive.
Smell of a baby, smell of freshly baked bread and the “Green Tea” perfume by Elisabeth Arden.
lilac flowers
Mmmmm melting chocolate
Big Beautiful Fresh Roses
The sea
Chrysanthemums
my favourite smell is cherry
Freshly cut grass
lillys 🙂
roast dinner!
Lavender, its such a relaxing smell
Freshly washed hair.
The smell of the air just before a storm
Johnsons baby talc
Bit of weird on i love the smell of wet tar when the roads are being layed
The smell of clean washing after its been outside in the wind
fried onions yum yum
Mulled Wine and cinamon Christmas candles.
Baby shampoo
Vannila
Coffee!
Baby powder
roses
flowers
The smell of a new born baby
I love the smell of fresh laundry
cinnamon
My daughters just after they come out the bath
Clean Laundry!
roast beef straight out the oven
fresh bread
Old Spice, it brings back memories of my Father.
The smell of my home-made fudge boiling in the pan just fills the kitchen with sugary love.
roses
I love the smell of leather.
Men’s Jean Paul Gaultier after shave… mmmm
‘Brother Cadfael’ – beautiful pink English Rose, with a gorgeous strong fragrance.
My favourite smell is frshly cut grass especially after it has rained
Freshly made coffee
Jasmine, it always makes me feel happy
freshly baked bread!
My Nanny’s Roast Dinner
he smell of bread baking
the smell of the first fresh crisp autumn morning
Smell of fresh lemons
I love the smell of a newly opened jar of coffee
My faveourite smell isn’t just 1 thing, but a combination of things that make up ‘The scent of christmas’. Its mulled wine, mince pies, christmas dinner*yup even brussel sprouts!!*, fresh baked cookies, and new clothes and toys smell.
The smell of grass after it has rained in the summer
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Fomula
fresh coffee brewing, and parma violet sweets
the fresh smell of the outdoors
the not so fresh smell of poo-y nappies indoors!
the fresh smell of flowers just cut,
the not so fresh smell of my babies butt!
the fresh smell of homemade bread,
the not so fresh smell of a wet bed,
the fresh smell of the beach and salty sea,
the not so fresh smell of my babies wee,
the fresh smell of the washing on the line,
the not so fresh smell of a sickness bug sign,
the fresh smell of a roast dinner on sunday,
the not so fresh smell of dirty laundry all thrown my way,
there are so many smells as a mother I have to endure,
but a bottle of mon bebe perfume would be the sweetest & so pure
Very strange but freshly painted creosote and petrol! Lol.
My newborn’s skin and hair when she’s fresh out of her babybath – she smells so delicious I could just eat her up!
I love the smell of Bacon Butties! Hardly suitable for kids though!
Freshly cut grass on a summers day
MY FAVE SMELL IS BURNING WOOD
I love the smell of marshmallows being toasted on an open fire, it takes me back to my childhood and blissful memories of soggy summers under canvas…
Love the smell of bread baking.
Petrol, Freshly cut grass and I know this one sounds weird but you’ll all know what I mean. But the smell of a new born babys head :s
This is going to sound ‘odd’ but my favourite smell is rubber! I love taking my car into the local garage because of the hot tyre smell – I just stand there and sniff … I think my local mechanic thinks I’m a bit odd 🙂
cakes cooking in the oven
I love the smell of toasted marshmallows 🙂
The smell of my gorgeous hubby 😀
the chip shop
hot dog stalls
sunday lunch
bbq
cut grass
The smell of my little baby boy nestled under my chin, never fails to evoke memories of when he was first born. It is the best smell in the world.
My two babies, freshly bathed and snuggly xx
Cut Grass
Love the smell of my baby, clean and fresh. Also the smell of just picked tomatoes.
Thank you!
I love most flower smells, especially sweet peas
i have tons of favourite smells, baked bread, fresh coffee, suntan lotion and talcum powder to name but a few. They all bring back really happy memories
have you announced the winner just yet please do let us all know who was the lucky entrant many thanks
Author
will do as soon as we have let them know!