You could take your baby out without first splashing on some perfume. But what terrible lessons about fashion would you be teaching your child? For refined people, it's considered proper to make sure that a baby is fashionably scented. Thankfully, perfumers Dolce & Gabbana have a scent designed specifically for babies:
Speaking about the company’s latest offering, which will go on sale later this year at the relatively modest sum of £28 for a 50ml bottle, the designer Stefano Gabbana said: “That familiar smell associated with babies will only be accentuated by this fragrance.” It will contain notes of citrus, melon and honey, all famously evocative of newborns, and will “pamper every little boy and girl”. The scent, which is alcohol-free, has been inspired by the “softness of baby skin” and the “freshness of baby breath”.
Sorry, I did not get the memo. Citrus, melon and Honey do NOT remind me of newborns. I only think of that horrible nasty baby-powder scent when I think of newborns. Oh, and the smell of poop.