What do babies’ heads smell like?

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Everyone raves about the scent of a baby’s head, but neither of my DC has a particularly distinct smell? Baby breath is very unique and sweet to me, but I don’t get the whole head-sniffing thing.

Biscuits

Me neither! I’ve had 3 babies and have never understood what people mean.

One of mine had a lovely smell, the other one smelled of nothing shrug 🤷🏼‍♀️

Can't really explain the smell tbh - unique to babies heads!

Or the whole baby smell thing. All mine had terrible reflux and spent their first six months smelling of pulled up milk.

It’s the best biscuit smell in the world.

Slightly sweet, slightly milky, it's gorgeous

Heaven rolled into pure, unadulterated love. It was slightly sweet. Mine are mid to late 20s now and I still remember the profoundness of it.

Warm. Soft. Sleepy. I don't think it's a scent so much as a feeling.

@picklemewalnuts yes, the full oxytocin encompassing warmth is like nothing else, snuggling a newborn to my chest and gently sniffing her head…but it is a feeling mire than a scent!

My newborn DD has a sort of gentle, soft, hair/skin/baby smell but not as striking to me as the smell of baby breath, which I find intoxicating!

Same here - slightly sour milk!

Just being reminded of it made me a bit emotional just now! It's such a unique and weirdly primal smell. I felt like an animal sniffing out my young when DD was tiny. I can almost conjure the smell up in my head if I try.

caramel and biscuit

warm straw

Potato

DD smells of biscuits and warm rice and biscoff, my 2 other DDs just smelled of laundry detergent and baby powder

I am sniffing DD2 right now for science and it's just a warm, milky smell that makes me happy inside.

Biscuits and puppies. My DS in particular, picking him up from his cot in the morning and giving him a good sniff was the highlight of my day for months. I once asked DH if he noticed it - he replied that to him he smelled like a passenger bus during evening rush hour. Bleurgh.

Vanilla shortbread

I never got this either. I didn't think my DDs' heads smelled at all.

@adriftabroad this was my DS, warm straw and a bit peppery.

I think my babies head smelled sweaty. I remember my friend saying babies heads Snell the best and took a sniff of my firstborn and she didn't look appeased afterwards lol
I love the breath though. Yummy

Smell*

It smells of them!

I’m not sure either of mine smelled particularly strongly, but I’ve smelt the smell on other babies weirdly.

Now my dog’s paws... that’s where it’s at 😍

Warm brioche