Will it dry out my hands?

No. Conditioning agents leave hands soft and lightly scented. Mild surfactants lift dirt without stripping.

Safe for kitchen sinks?

Yes. Mild enough for repeated daily use.

Same scent as the body care?

Yes. Use with the Shades of Love Body Wash, Lotion and Mist for a layered geranium-iris-vanilla ritual.

Yes. Vegan, cruelty-free, paraben-free.

Good guest-bathroom gift?

Yes — soft floral that suits any visitor's preference.

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Shades of Love Hand Wash

Name: Shades of Love Hand Wash
Brand: The Love Co
SKU: AHPLTLC00279
Price: 799.00 INR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.96 (143 reviews)

Geranium + iris · Lather, soft hands

The scent & story

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In stock5.0 · 143 reviews

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

Body-soft feelcomfort-led ritual

Absorbs in 60snon-greasy finish

Layered scent ritualon damp skin

Shea + ceramidesbarrier repair

Patch-testif sensitive

Body-first formulacheck INCI on pack

Body-first formula Fragrance-led ritual Made in India Layerable scent Tracked shipping COD where serviceable Easy replacement for transit damage

Product details

What's inside the bottle.

Sulphate-free gentle lather

Cushions hands after frequent washing

Soft fragrance trail

pH-balanced for daily use

Plant-oil conditioning base

Patch-test recommended

Paraben & SLS-free

Body-first formula

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 wash — for skin that washes 15× a day.

Sulphate-free, glycerin-rich formula that cleanses without stripping the skin's natural barrier. Designed for the kitchen sink and the office bathroom — the high-frequency spots. Built as part of The Love Co fragrance ritual.

Full INCI list

Every ingredient, in order of concentration.

Aqua, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Panthenol, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum.

Per-batch documentation available — email support@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 · Delivery options, dispatch timing, and tracking are shown at checkout.

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 lather. 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 on hands well after rinse.

4–8h+The trail

BaseAmber · White musk · Soft patchouli

A warm woody-musk base that lingers on hands for hours. The reason people compliment your soap.

The scent trail · How it evolves on 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 scent that lingers on hands after rinse.

3%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 dowdy.

2%Top note

Plant-derived · India

Coco-Glucoside Surfactant

Cocos Nucifera derivate

Sugar-and-coconut derived cleanser that lifts dirt without stripping skin. The reason TLC hand wash never leaves a tight, dry feel.

14%Cleansing base

Indonesia · Java

Vegetable Glycerin

Glycerol

A humectant derived from sustainable palm. Holds moisture on hands after rinse, so the soap leaves softness instead of tightness.

8%Conditioner

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.

Cleanse on damp body skin.

Massage into a soft lather in the shower, then rinse. This is the first layer of the scent trail, built to clean without a stripped after-feel.

Pro tipFor longer wear, follow with the matching lotion or butter while skin is still slightly damp.

Let the fragrance settle.

Give the lather a few seconds on skin before rinsing so the base accord has time to register.

Pro tipDo not scrub aggressively. Fragrance lasts better on calm, comfortable skin.

Layer, do not switch worlds.

Use the matching lotion, mist or solid perfume from the same scent world to keep the trail coherent through the day.

Pro tipOne scent world across formats will always feel more expensive than mixed fragrances.

From the perfumer · Shades of Love Hand Wash

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.

From the founder · Shades of Love Hand Wash

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

Patch-test

Batch checked

Cruelty-free

Founding stage

Fragrance disclosure

Per-batch reviewed

Made in India

Ambala facility

Gift it

Make it a gift.

Ribbon-wrapped sets in the same scent family. Hand-tied, presentation-ready. Choose a gift set from the live gifting pages, then confirm wrapping, note, and invoice options at checkout.

Free ribbon wrap
Hidden-price invoice
Same scent family

◆

The big gesture

◆From the ritualists◆

Reviews. From ritualists.

Live Judge.me reviews sit below; use them for skin chemistry, occasion, and scent-trail clues.

Customer note

5 ★

741

4 ★

3 ★

2 ★

1 ★

Most mentioned

Scent trail Layering

The smell-o-meter

How the trail actually wears.

Use the live reviews below for texture, scent, and layering clues — skin chemistry decides the final trail.

Longevity votes

Lasts a fuller trail.

CloserFuller trail

Sillage votes

Close to skin.

WhisperRoom-filling

When worn Wear notes

Best for evenings.

Day · 0%Both · 0%Night · 0%

Best season Wear notes

Autumn & winter.

Spr 0%Sum 0%Aut 0%Win 0%

Where worn Wear notes

Occasions.

Dates

78%

Events

64%

Daily

42%

Office

28%

Weddings

36%

Skin chemistry Wear notes

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." — Wear notes vary by skin

◆Worn this?◆

Write back. And tell the next buyer.

Write a review with skin-chemistry, layering, and occasion notes so the next person can choose the right trail.

Photo reviews welcome

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.

Drying for hands I wash 20+ times a day? I work in a kitchen.

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

Glycerin and panthenol-led, no SLS. We pilot-tested this with hospital nursing staff over a 6-week scrub-in/scrub-out shift pattern — no reports of tightness. Pair with the matching hand cream and you're fine.

Answered by Aanya R.Customer note · 4 days ago

Is there a refill option? The packaging is gorgeous but I don't want to throw the bottle out.

Asked by Priya K. · 1 week ago

Yes — 250ml refill pouch, when available, lets you reuse the pump bottle and reduce fresh packaging.

Answered by The Love Co. teamOfficial · 6 days ago

Safe for kids under 5?

Asked by Neha J. · 2 weeks ago

It is built for regular handwashing and rinses clean. For children or reactive skin, supervise use, avoid eye contact, and patch-test before making any fragranced wash part of the daily routine.

Answered by Sara T.Customer note · 12 days ago

◆Quick answers◆

Everything about Shades Of Love Hand Wash.

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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What's inside the bottle.

Top → heart → base, in order.

A hand wash — for skin that washes 15× a day.

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

Coco-Glucoside Surfactant

Vegetable Glycerin

Three gestures. Two minutes.

Cleanse on damp body skin.

Let the fragrance settle.

Layer, do not switch worlds.

Why Shades of Love changes on every skin.

Why we built a perfume that changes.

Claims. Documented.

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Reviews. From ritualists.

How the trail actually wears.

Lasts a fuller trail.

Close to skin.

Best for evenings.

Autumn & winter.

Occasions.

How it shifts.

Write back. And tell the next buyer.

Community Q&A.

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