What does Waterlily smell like?

Fresh aquatic floral — clean, light, slightly green. A spa-like sensory escape.

Powder-room friendly?

Yes — fresh-floral suits any guest.

Yes — clean aquatic floral is gender-neutral.

Waterlily Hand Wash

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Waterlily Hand Wash

Name: Waterlily Hand Wash
Brand: The Love Co
SKU: AHPLTLC00005
Price: 599.00 INR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.58 (1260 reviews)

In stock4.6 · 1260 reviews

The scent & story

BEST FOR

All skin typesEvening wearLayering

Scent intensity 3 / 5

It doesn't ask for the room. It waits for the people who get close — and they don't forget. Rose first, oud underneath, a warmth that stays where skin meets skin long after you've gone.

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 Bergamot · Pink pepper · Citrus zest, settles into Kannauj rose · Damask rose · Saffron · Geranium through the heart, and dries down on Aged oud · Amber · Sandalwood · White musk 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.

Rose that isn't soft. Oud that comes from somewhere. A warmth that turns private on the skin. Read it the way it's worn — an opening, a statement, a memory someone keeps.

0–1hThe opening

TopBergamot · Pink pepper · Citrus zest

First 15 minutes on skin. Light, sparkling, gives way fast. The reason someone catches your scent walking past.

1–4hThe signature

HeartKannauj rose · Damask rose · Saffron · Geranium

The part everyone will recognise. The deepest, most concentrated rose absolute India produces. Defines the wear as it settles close to skin.

4–8h+The trail

BaseAged oud · Amber · Sandalwood · White musk

The dry-down that settles close on skin and fabric. The reason people remember the trail after you leave.

The scent trail · How it evolves on skin

0–1h

Opening

Bergamot · Pink pepper

1–4h

Heart

Kannauj rose · Saffron

4–8h

Trail

Aged oud · Amber

8h+

Next morning

White musk · Soft amber

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.

Kannauj · Uttar Pradesh

Kannauj Rose Absolute

Rosa Damascena

Rose-led warmth, softened into a modern body ritual and designed to sit close on skin.

8%Heart note

Pampore · Kashmir

Kashmiri Saffron

Crocus Sativus

The world's most concentrated saffron stigma — hand-picked in November mornings. Warmth and slight metallic edge that gives Rose Oud its signature lift.

2%Heart note

Assam & Tripura

Aged Oud

Aquilaria Malaccensis

Minimum five years of resin formation. Smoky, intensely held by skin. The deep base that anchors the whole composition.

12%Base note

Mysore · Karnataka

Mysore Sandalwood

Santalum Album

Creamy, milky sandalwood warmth softens the rose-oud transition.

6%Base note

◆The Cleanse Ritual◆

Opening. Undressing. Holding. Trailing.

Four steps. One scent trail. Layered through the full Cleanse Ritual, Rose Oudh feels fuller and more coherent. Worn alone, it stays closer to skin.

Body Wash

In the shower

Body Wash

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

Body Lotion

Within 3 minutes

Body Lotion

Locks the heart notes into the lipid layer.

Body Mist

After moisturising

Body Mist

Reactivates the top notes and strengthens the trail.

Solid Perfume

Pulse points

Solid Perfume

Activated by body heat. A close pulse-point top-up.

Save 15%add the full ritual — ₹3,146 instead of ₹3,596

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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.

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 · Waterlily Hand Wash

Why Rose Oud sits at the centre of our floral world.

Rose and oud have argued with each other for a hundred years. The trick is letting the saffron mediate — and trusting Kannauj rose to hold its own against five-year-aged Assam oud.

I designed Rose Oud in 2022, after two weeks in Kannauj watching the pre-dawn rose harvest. The challenge wasn’t getting rose into the formula — the challenge was holding rose against oud without one swallowing the other. Saffron does the diplomacy.

This is the formulation I am most proud of in the TLC range. It is also the one that took the longest to get right — 14 versions over eight months. The version you are buying is V14.

In this hand wash, the scent registers on first lather and fades cleanly. A surfactant-light base so the skin barrier stays intact through ten-plus washes a day.

From the founder · Waterlily Hand Wash

Why we pay for real ingredients.

Meera asks for the most expensive raw materials on the market. I say yes. That is the entire commercial logic at TLC.

We do not blend down, extend, or substitute. The bottle on your shelf contains the formula the perfumer signed off on — at the concentration she signed off on.

The price reflects the formula. The formula reflects the brief. The brief is the brand.

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

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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

◆Customer reviews◆

From the ritualists.

Affordable and really good for skin

The print quality on the packaging can be better quality.
Also, the room spray nozzle is of poor quality as it broke on the 1st day of usage so now the spray is of no use.
Shower gels are nice.

Good Buy

Cleans well and smells nice. Will buy again

Soft on Hands

This hand soap doesn't dry out my skin. Thanks, The Love Co

Heavenly Scent

Love the waterlilly smell of The Love Co hand soap

1 2 3

◆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 Waterlily 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.

Kannauj Rose Absolute

Kashmiri Saffron

Aged Oud

Mysore Sandalwood

Opening. Undressing. Holding. Trailing.

Body Wash

Body Lotion

Body Mist

Solid Perfume

Three gestures. Two minutes.

Cleanse on damp body skin.

Let the fragrance settle.

Layer, do not switch worlds.

Why Rose Oud sits at the centre of our floral world.

Why we pay for real ingredients.

Claims. Documented.

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How the trail actually wears.

Lasts a fuller trail.

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.

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