XOXO Whipped Body Butter in Strawberry and Kiwi

XOXO is strawberry and kiwi. AMINNAH names those two fruits for this scent on its own site, and sellers of the jar describe it the same way, which is worth knowing because the name gives nothing away. This is the only berry scent among the whipped butters, and berries behave differently on skin to sugar and bakery notes.

• Strawberry and kiwi. Named by the maker, and the only berry profile in the butter range.
• Cleared for face, hands and feet. AMINNAH puts no body-only restriction on this one.
• A matching scrub exists in the same scent. Exfoliate and moisturize without two smells fighting.

Why The Name Tells You Nothing

Hugs and kisses is a greeting, not a fragrance description, so a shopper reading the label learns the mood and not the smell. The actual profile is juicy strawberry with kiwi behind it giving a green tartness that keeps the strawberry from turning syrupy. If you have avoided this jar because you could not tell what it was, that is the answer.

Berries Fade Differently To Sugar

Fruit notes are lighter molecules than vanilla or caramel, so they arrive brightly and leave sooner. In practice that means this reads strongest in the first hour and settles to a soft sweetness afterward, where a bakery scent would still be announcing itself. For anyone who likes fragrance in the morning and quiet by the afternoon, that fade is a feature.

Six Fats And Fruit Extracts

Shea butter, cocoa and mango, then coconut oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E and fruit extracts. It is the full house blend rather than a stripped one. AMINNAH clears it for use on the face as well as the body, which not every product in the range carries, so a single jar covers hands, feet and everything between.

What This Jar Will Not Do

Berry fragrances are the least long-lasting kind, so if you measure a body butter by whether people can still smell it at dinner, this is the wrong pick and a vanilla one is right. It is also a strongly fruity scent rather than a neutral one, which makes it a poor base under a perfume with its own fruit notes.

Questions About XOXO Body Butter

What does XOXO actually smell like? Strawberry and kiwi. The maker names both fruits for this scent, and the kiwi is what stops the strawberry reading as candy.

Can it be used on the face? Yes. AMINNAH lists face, hands and feet for this one, which is not true of everything it makes.

How long does the scent hold? An hour or two at strength, then softer. Fruit notes are lighter than vanilla and fade sooner.