Comments on: Eau de Cologne for kids as young as five? No thank you

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:00:17 +0000

I live in Barcelona, when my girls were born people gave me buckets of cologne- I didn’t get it and still don’t but it is considered the norm here and is nothing to do with encouraging kids to grow older quicker. It’s a cultural thing. Just like piercing ears in the hospital, I was so scared they were going to take my little girls away and pierce their ears! They didn’t but people still ask why they don’t wear cologne or have their ears pierced. They are 4 and 2!

Interesting post -keep it up!

By: Circus Queen

Circus Queen — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:46:47 +0000

We bond with our children through smell. Why would we mask those hormones?

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:45:24 +0000

I knew you’d say that!

By: Jane @ northernmum

Jane @ northernmum — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:45:04 +0000

You have clearly not got up close and personal with one of mine…

By: Alison Perry

Alison Perry — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:02:22 +0000

*rolls eyes* Let kids be kids, I say. Perfume is something most girls get into as teenagers (I remember buying my first White Musk) and there’s a definite link to both masking body odours and making yourself seem more attractive. Neither of which are things children of five need to worry about. Ridic.

By: Kim Carberry

Kim Carberry — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:01:07 +0000

Yes it is just bonkers….Kids should be smelling like kids not lemon blossom, Spanish lavender and mint….How does that suit a young child perfectly!! Madness! x