5 fragraces that evoke childhood From the scent of candies to the smell of a doll, all the way to soap bubbles
There are fragrances that can instantly transport you back to afternoons spent playing with your best friend among Bratz and Barbie, or the scorching days at summer camp, when the only goal was to eat candy bought for a few cents at the parish café and blow soap bubbles non-stop. A mix of strangely comforting notes, able to take you straight back to the tender, messy chaos of childhood. Here are five fragrances to try.
Fragrances that evoke childhood
La Stanza delle Bambole - Nobile 1942
This fragrance smells exactly like you imagine. The moment you sniff it, you’re transported back to your little bedroom, surrounded by dolls and plush toys to care for, caught up in micro-dramas between princesses, fairies, and jealous sisters invented on the spot. La Stanza Delle Bambole by Nobile 1942 is precisely that: a dive into a universe of scented plastic and pink outfits, a mix of powdery, milky, and citrus notes.
From the Garden - Replica Maison Margiela
From the Garden immediately takes you back to the first spring Sundays, when you rode your bike through the fields behind your house and the sun finally stayed out a little longer. The air was still fresh, and you pedaled through the tall grass with pollen-sticky hands and that absolute sense of freedom only possible at that age, when your only real responsibility was finishing exercise 2 on page 36 of your English book. Notes include tomato leaves, green mandarin, geranium, and patchouli.
Powder Love - Juliette Has A Gun
Powder Love is that fragrance that takes you back to nights when you just couldn’t sleep, lying on your bed daydreaming, staring at the pastel-colored ceiling and inventing absurd stories only you could understand. It smells like the pink princess dress your mom bought you for Carnival, the cotton candy lip gloss you got for free with a Cioè magazine at the newsstand after school, and that packet of marshmallows you hid in the wardrobe, sneaking bites in bed while reading any book from Il Battello a Vapore series.
Age of Innocence - Toskovat'
Age of Innocence by Toskovat’ brings you back to summer camp afternoons, running on the field under the sun while the rubber soles of your shoes heated up. It smells of strawberry candy and cotton candy Big Babol bought at the bar with the coins your parents gave you, of sudden laughter, and the gasoline from passing cars beyond the wall where the ball always bounced, waiting for someone to throw it back.
Naviglio - Milano Fragranze
Naviglio by Milano Fragranze is inspired by Vicolo dei Lavandai on Alzaia Naviglio Grande, but it has that clean scent that instantly takes you home, running to wash your hands after an afternoon playing in the garden while your mom called you for dinner. It smells of the minutes spent at the sink trying to make soap bubbles with your hands, which always popped before you could admire them whole, yet leaving that tiny satisfying feeling behind.
