No — absorbs in under 30 seconds, no phone-screen residue.

Same scent as the Shades range?

Yes — soft geranium-iris-vanilla floral.

For dry winter hands?

Yes — concentrated emollients seal moisture.

Shades Of Love Hand Cream

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ORIENTAL · SHADES OF LOVE TRAIL · HANDS · HAND CREAM

Shades Of Love Hand Cream

Name: Shades Of Love Hand Cream
Brand: The Love Co
Price: 499.00 INR
Availability: InStock

In stock★★★★★ 4.7 · 3011 reviews

The scent & story

BEST FOR

All skin typesEvening wearLayering

Scent intensity 3 / 5

Soft to medium. The kind of trail noticed when you hug, not when you enter the room. Office-safe. Date-ready. A scent that earns the second sniff.

Why your body will love it

72h hydrationclinically measured

Absorbs in 60snon-greasy finish

12h scent holdon damp skin

Shea + ceramidesbarrier repair

Derm-testedsensitive-safe

Vegan · cruelty-freePETA verified

Dermatologist-tested Vegan · cruelty-free PETA-certified Made in India No parabens or SLS FDA-licensed facility 8H scent trail Free shipping over ₹599 COD across 20,000+ pincodes Easy replacement

Product details

What's inside the bottle.

Fast-absorbing · no greasy residue

Cushions hands after frequent washing

Soft fragrance trail

Glycerin & shea barrier repair

Pocketable 50ml format

Dermatologist-tested

Paraben & sulphate-free

Vegan & cruelty-free

The scent

Top → heart → base, in order.

Opens with Pink pepper · Lychee · Rose petal, settles into Damask rose · Peony · Soft jasmine through the heart, and dries down on Amber · White musk · Soft patchouli across hours of close-skin wear.

The format

A hand cream — pocket size, fast-absorb.

Glycerin and shea-rich formula designed for hands that wash 15× a day. Absorbs in 30 seconds without slip. Carries the fragrance close to skin for 2–3 hours. Designed by Meera Oberoi, Chief Perfumer at Anadoris Research Labs.

Full INCI list

Every ingredient, in order of concentration.

Aqua, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum.

Per-batch documentation available — email care@theloveco.in with the product name.

Free from

Removed at the founding stage.

SLS
SLES
Parabens
Phthalates
Synthetic dyes
Mineral oil

Delivery

3–5 working days across India.

Free above ₹599 · Express 1–2 days in 12 cities · Same-day dispatch on orders before 2pm. Tracking link emailed the moment your order ships.

Returns & exchange

14-day sealed return.

Sealed returns within 14 days for a full refund. Opened bottles cannot be returned or exchanged — fragrance is personal. Try a 50ml mini before the full bottle if you’re not sure —.

◆The Scent Trail◆

The opening, the heart, the trail.

Three phases. The opening is the first impression. The heart is the second hour. The trail is what stays on the sleeve at 3 am — and on the chair you just left.

0–1hThe lift

TopPink pepper · Lychee · Rose petal

Sparkling and rosy from the first contact. Pink pepper gives the rose its bite; lychee adds juiciness.

1–4hThe signature

HeartDamask rose · Peony · Soft jasmine

A modern rose accord — never powdery, never grandma. Holds the romantic heart for hours.

4–8h+The trail

BaseAmber · White musk · Soft patchouli

A warm woody-musk base that keeps the rose centred on skin. The dry-down stays close — perfect for hands.

Longevity · How it evolves over 8 hours on damp skin

0–1h

Opening

Pink pepper · Lychee

1–4h

Heart

Damask rose · Peony

4–8h

Trail

Amber · Patchouli

8h+

Next morning

Soft musk · Rose skin

India-origin naturals

Named by place. Picked at hour.

Pampore saffron. Kannauj rose. Mysore sandalwood. Coorg cardamom. Madurai jasmine. Munnar tea. Each one direct-sourced from the region India has grown it in for centuries — named, regioned, and percentage-disclosed.

Bulgaria · Kazanlak Valley

Damask Rose Absolute

Rosa Damascena

Steam-distilled rose petals from the world's most concentrated rose region. The romantic centre that gives the cream its signature scent.

4%Heart note

Madagascar

Pink Pepper Oil

Schinus Molle

A bright pink-peppercorn distillate that gives the rose its modern bite. Sharp, sparkling, prevents the floral from going powdery.

2%Top note

Morocco · Atlas Mountains

Argan Oil

Argania Spinosa

Cold-pressed by Berber women's cooperatives. The richest plant source of vitamin E on earth — what gives the hand cream its rapid-absorb feel.

12%Carrier oil

Ghana · West Africa

Unrefined Shea Butter

Vitellaria Paradoxa

Hand-pressed by women's collectives in Northern Ghana. The deepest moisture base in the formulation — softens hands within minutes of application.

22%Base

◆The Cleanse Ritual◆

Opening. Undressing. Holding. Trailing.

Four steps. One scent trail. Layered through the full Cleanse Ritual, Rose Oudh stays on skin past midnight. Worn alone, it gives you two, maybe three, beautiful hours.

In the shower

Shades of Love Body Wash

Deposits the base accord on damp skin. SLS-free, lipid-safe.

Within 3 minutes

Shades of Love Body Lotion

Locks the heart notes into the lipid layer.

After moisturising

Shades of Love Body Mist

Reactivates the top notes. Projects sillage all day.

Solid Perfume

Pulse points

Solid Perfume

Activated by body heat. Pulse-point top-up that lasts hours.

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How to wear it

Three gestures. Two minutes.

Three actions on damp skin. Two minutes, total. The difference between three hours and twelve. Between a scent and a scent trail.

Pea-sized on back of one hand.

Less than you think you need. The shea melts at skin temperature — too much sits as residue, less is wiped off as you work.

Pro tipSmaller amount, more frequent application beats a single thick layer. Keep a tube on the desk.

Press hands together.

Sandwich and press for 3 seconds — don't rub immediately. Body heat softens the cream into the skin instead of friction wiping it off.

Pro tipThen rub back-of-hand against back-of-hand, not palm against palm. Backs of hands need the moisture more.

Work into nails and cuticles.

Tip of one finger massages each cuticle for 5 seconds. The argan oil softens the cuticle; the shea seals the surrounding skin and protects against winter cracks.

Pro tipOnce a week, layer the cream on at bedtime and sleep with cotton gloves on. Overnight repair.

From the perfumer · Shades Of Love Hand Cream

Why Shades of Love changes on every skin.

The best perfumes are not fixed compositions — they are starting points. Shades of Love was designed to read differently on every wearer.

Built on a foundation of white musk and iris that takes a different turn on each skin chemistry — sometimes powdery, sometimes warm, sometimes almost green.

The volatile top notes — bergamot, neroli, magnolia — give every wearer their own opening. The base is the constant. Designed in 2022 after a year of skin-trial studies.

In this hand cream, the formulation is built for high-frequency rewear. Lower fragrance load than a body lotion so it does not compete with food or coffee, but enough to leave a soft trail through the day.

From the founder · Shades Of Love Hand Cream

Why we built a perfume that changes.

Most perfumery is engineered to perform the same way on every skin. Shades of Love was engineered to do the opposite. That is a harder formula to ship.

We ran a year of skin-trial studies before launch — across sixty wearers, four climates, three pH ranges. The variance is the feature, not the bug.

You will smell different from the person next to you wearing the same bottle. That is the design.

What's verified

Claims. Documented.

SLS-free

Day one

Paraben-free

All formats

Derm-tested

NABL lab · 50 panel

Cruelty-free

Founding stage

IFRA compliant

Per-batch reviewed

GMP-compliant

Ambala facility

Gift it

Make it a gift.

Ribbon-wrapped sets in the same scent family. Hand-tied, presentation-ready. Free wrap, handwritten note, hidden invoice at checkout — so the gift arrives as a gift.

Gift set

Shades of Love Doublet Gift Set

One size

₹899.00

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Gift set

Shades of Love Experience Set

One size

~~₹1,315.00~~ ₹920.00

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Gift set

Shades of Love Body Essentials Set

One size

~~₹2,597.00~~ ₹1,817.90

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Gift set

Shades Of Love Trio Pack

One size

~~₹2,697.00~~ ₹1,887.90

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◆From the ritualists◆

Reviews. All verified.

No incentives. No paid placements. Letters from the people who wear it — skin chemistry, occasion, the room it was in. The trail, in their words.

★★★★★

5 ★

741

4 ★

3 ★

2 ★

1 ★

Most mentioned

Long-lasting 312Romantic 218Compliments 196Sensual 142Layers well 134Worth it 76

The smell-o-meter

How the trail actually wears.

Aggregated from verified reviews. The data answers the questions the marketing copy can't — sillage, longevity, the hour at which the heart turns into the base.

Longevity votes

Lasts 8+ hours.

Fades in 2hPast midnight

Sillage votes

Close to skin.

WhisperRoom-filling

When worn 812 votes

Best for evenings.

Day · 18%Both · 32%Night · 50%

Best season 756 votes

Autumn & winter.

Spr 14%Sum 8%Aut 38%Win 40%

Where worn 684 votes

Occasions.

Dates

78%

Events

64%

Daily

42%

Office

28%

Weddings

36%

Skin chemistry From reviews

How it shifts.

"Goes warmer and sweeter on warm skin — the Pampore saffron sings. On cooler skin chemistry, the oudh takes over and reads drier, longer, more nocturnal." — Synthesised from verified reviews

◆Verified reviews◆

From the ritualists.

◆Worn this?◆

Write back. And tell the next buyer.

Letters with photos earn ₹100 store credit. Letters with skin-chemistry & longevity notes help us match the next person to the right trail. A small contract between strangers.

+₹100 credit · photo reviews

Ritualists answering ritualists

Community Q&A.

Real questions from prospective wearers, answered by the people who already wear the trail. Skin chemistry, layering, the second hour — all of it.

Slick or matte finish? I'm on a keyboard all day.

Asked by Asha P. · 5 days ago · 12 people want to know

Matte-dry in 30 seconds. No slip on keys, no smudges on a touchscreen. The trick is one pea-sized blob — anything more and any cream will sit on top.

Answered by Aanya R.Verified buyer · 4 days ago

Travel-safe tube? I've had cream explosions in cabin bags.

Asked by Priya K. · 1 week ago

30ml screw-cap with a squeeze-control nozzle — no leaks on five international flights so far. Fits inside the 100ml liquid pouch with room to spare.

Answered by The Love Co. teamOfficial · 6 days ago

Will it actually fix gardening-rough hands or just feel nice?

Asked by Neha J. · 2 weeks ago

Twice-daily for 7 days softens cuticles and the rough knuckle skin visibly. For deep cracks, add the body butter overnight under cotton gloves — that's the spa protocol.

Answered by Sara T.Verified buyer · 12 days ago

◆Quick answers◆

Everything about Shades Of Love Hand Cream.

Scent, longevity, layering, the second hour. Most questions sit here. If yours doesn't, the team is one WhatsApp away — Mon to Sat, 10 to 7 IST.

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Shades Of Love Hand Cream

What's inside the bottle.

Top → heart → base, in order.

A hand cream — pocket size, fast-absorb.

Every ingredient, in order of concentration.

Removed at the founding stage.

3–5 working days across India.

14-day sealed return.

The opening, the heart, the trail.

Named by place. Picked at hour.

Damask Rose Absolute

Pink Pepper Oil

Argan Oil

Unrefined Shea Butter

Opening. Undressing. Holding. Trailing.

Shades of Love Body Wash

Shades of Love Body Lotion

Shades of Love Body Mist

Solid Perfume

Three gestures. Two minutes.

Pea-sized on back of one hand.

Press hands together.

Work into nails and cuticles.

Why Shades of Love changes on every skin.

Why we built a perfume that changes.

Claims. Documented.

Make it a gift.

Shades of Love Doublet Gift Set

Shades of Love Experience Set

Shades of Love Body Essentials Set

Shades Of Love Trio Pack

Reviews. All verified.

How the trail actually wears.

Lasts 8+ hours.

Close to skin.

Best for evenings.

Autumn & winter.

Occasions.

How it shifts.

From the ritualists.

Customer Reviews

Write back. And tell the next buyer.

Community Q&A.

Everything about Shades Of Love Hand Cream.

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Scarlett Love Hand Cream

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