{"id":194809,"date":"2026-03-28T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=194809"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:44:44","slug":"__trashed-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=194809","title":{"rendered":"The Mother, Love Hate and Everything in Between: Bottled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2333b0f6171b3a0d5c275d69a31ba8f wp-block-paragraph\">The mother figure, a foundational archetype not just in art, represents fertility, nurturing, sacrifice, and divinity, evolving from ancient fertility idols into paintings such as Madonna and Child&nbsp;in Western art. Or even think of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/a-queer-view\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/a-queer-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venus de Milo<\/a><\/strong>, the &#8216;perfect&#8217; woman with her curvaceous flesh and honeyed tones, these are artists&#8217; representations in a way impossible to reach, the idealised mother, the idealised female, usually, of course, from the male gaze. And then there is the flipside, some art forms depict the mother as evil, or even capture a moral condemnation, a &#8216;punishment&#8217; for the&nbsp;mother who dares to reject her maternal role or desires. From the Symbolist art of say, Giovanni Segantini, rooted in the idea of punishing women who refuse to prioritise motherhood, which was considered their &#8216;natural destiny&#8217;, to the film about Joan Crawford&#8217;s time as a mother, in the book and film Mommie Dearest. The subject is a complex one; there is our natural love towards our maternal figures, alongside ugly emotions that can come with it, too. One thing that works in many ways is the smell of our mothers, their natural scent, but what if the idea of this complex relationship were turned into a perfume? This complex glory is explored in a new scent from Eris called Mother&#8217;s Milk. Explore it here in <em>The Mother, Love Hate and Everything in Between: Bottled<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a87c2a926ea902ce3775f9b38c5632d9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New perfume 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61c7f2b15572d20b5a38ffb712b7e664 wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s fair to say many of us have complex emotions with our mothers because the mother-child bond is often our first, most formative, and often longest-lasting relationship. Ultimately, it is usually the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/rmz-foundation-pioneering-arts-journey-from-gallery-to-street\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/rmz-foundation-pioneering-arts-journey-from-gallery-to-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">foundation<\/a><\/strong> for a person&#8217;s sense of self, self-worth, and understanding of trust. In early life, the mother is our &#8216;secure base&#8217; from which we view the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_The_Virgin_and_Child_The_Madonna_of_the_Book_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_The_Virgin_and_Child_The_Madonna_of_the_Book_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=500%2C734&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery\" class=\"wp-image-194813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_The_Virgin_and_Child_The_Madonna_of_the_Book_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_The_Virgin_and_Child_The_Madonna_of_the_Book_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7805797faaaa37366912314fa807baa wp-block-paragraph\">The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book)<em>&nbsp;<\/em>Sandro Botticelli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ea744f699d376f36e94ae91ddfb8a0d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mothers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f71f36398e785a8ef321cc5cfc13e55 wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, the arts have not held back in their portrayal of women, seemingly from a perfect virgin icon to harsh critical representations. Up until the mid-20th century, most of this was from the male perspective and seen as a projection of what women should be and being particularly judgmental of &#8216;the mother figure.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-815215ad32fefdad2f2b470b4a9f7649 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Madonna and Child<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ac5192f8eb0910f1efdbaa51ad216bc wp-block-paragraph\">There is a combination of deeply ingrained cultural taboos and archaic notions that equate motherhood with a loss of creative, intellectual, or sexual vitality. Or the idea that &#8216;mothers behaving badly&#8217; face scrutiny when they prioritise their own needs first. Hence, why the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/renaissance-symbols\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/renaissance-symbols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madonna and Child<\/a><\/strong>, an archetype, has been a primary, revered subject in Western art for centuries, representing the divine and idealised nurturing. Yet as we know, it&#8217;s far more complex than some simple idealised representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c53c2b45c2b5d1c4e9ddca126d0da97b wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Female Representation in Art<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-798cc2294b18e7e0a70a3a9238861b99 wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is the other side of female representation in art. The Evil Mother or The Bad Mothers&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;Le cattive madri) is an oil painting by&nbsp;Italian artist Giovanni Segantini, created in 1894. It is the last of four works in which he keeps returning to the motif of women in trees.  A cruel symbolic painting depicting&nbsp;the punishment of women who rejected motherhood. Based on Luigi Illica\u2019s poem &#8216;Nirvana,&#8217; it presents a woman entangled in barren trees, having their blood sucked by trees as atonement for not being a mother, in an icy alpine landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?resize=580%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery, eris Mothers milk\" class=\"wp-image-194811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?resize=1024%2C521&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?resize=768%2C391&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?resize=1200%2C610&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-78606c0ec413bff4b492eedb13234053 wp-block-paragraph\">The Evil Mothers by Giovanni Segantini, 1894<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-419b2b4176f1994c0a43277173b7a69c wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Giovanni Segantini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b4cc358453724f19f3ee02df8cd580d wp-block-paragraph\">Another of his paintings, The Punishment of Lust, shows women being punished for preferring a life of ease over a life of duty by being suspended among the barren landscape of the Alps<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=580%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery, Eris mothers milk\" class=\"wp-image-194893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=1024%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=1200%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giovanni_Segantini_-_The_Punishment_of_Lust_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-183e662c1aa39953719ff8f9b21de572 wp-block-paragraph\">Giovanni Segantini, The Punishment of Lust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77693eadd2b1d91b1d770ff50c573549 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mommie Dearest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c32e2b269db0fc1f41ee8bdc2cbc8a23 wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, a third (of four) paintings, The Angel of Life AKA Christian Goddess&nbsp;(1894), depicts a mother and child in a stylised tree. It&nbsp;celebrates tender, divine motherly love and spiritual transcendence, often paired with themes of nature. Yet it has not just been in paintings, but cinema and literature have also played their part in demonising women. From the evil stepmother, the childhood fairytale Cinderella, to the one who has an affair, Emma Bovary from Madame Bovary&nbsp;by Gustave Flaubert. Or the film Mommie Dearest, which was a book before it was made into a film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a05191907f22380edb4d2a676c7ba1e0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tell-All Memoir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-871931c2a55217027b6bfaec7cb7a639 wp-block-paragraph\">In both the book and film, Hollywood icon Joan Crawford&nbsp;is a dedicated and career-driven actress. Despite all her success, she longs to have a child; however, she has suffered a series of&nbsp;miscarriages. Applied to adopt a child with no luck, with the help of her lover, she adopts a baby girl, Christina. She later adopts a boy, naming him Christopher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dab58f2aa7836f2114c8266c53aafefb wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> Joan Crawford<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b4c77e86741503df5014282dbe2f664 wp-block-paragraph\">Mommie Dearest&nbsp;1981, is Christina&#8217;s biographical psychological drama, a tell-all memoir detailing the abusive upbringing of her and her brother under their adoptive mother, the legendary actress. It portrays Joan as a controlling, obsessive, and alcoholic parent, prioritising her Hollywood image over her children&#8217;s safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mommie_Dearest-HR_Edition_cover-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"194818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mommie_Dearest-HR_Edition_cover-1.jpg?resize=250%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery, new perfume Eris mothers milk 2026\" class=\"wp-image-194818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mommie_Dearest-HR_Edition_cover-1.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mommie_Dearest-HR_Edition_cover-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MommieDearestBook.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"194817\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MommieDearestBook.jpg?resize=247%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery\" class=\"wp-image-194817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MommieDearestBook.jpg?w=247&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MommieDearestBook.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99ea174594d11e4d7edcb1dc7667fd60 wp-block-paragraph\">For many of us, the word &#8216;Mother&#8217; evokes primal needs, shelter, comfort, protection, nourishment and love: not everyone&#8217;s reality, of course. It also brings with it a complexity not given space in works of art, literature or even music.  Motherhood is complex and multifaceted, beautiful yet ugly. But we have an instinctive need for our mothers, to feel safe, with the potential starting point being a mother&#8217;s milk, the smell and sensation, an initial bonding emotion. Could this potentially be why lactonic (milky) perfumes are so popular?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89491c15fbea84b27385273ed671cd60 wp-block-paragraph\">In a difficult and troubled world, a growing desire for comfort, nostalgia, and &#8216;skin-scent&#8217; perfumes seems to offer a soothing, intimate experience, as opposed to full-bodied, rich scents with silages that fill a space bigger than the wearer. But as we know, not all perfumes are created equal, just as mothers are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-988883760587d9abc01d6f20be9a6b49 wp-block-paragraph\">Mother&#8217;s Milk\u00a0by Eris Parfums by Barbara Herman, is a\u00a0unisex &#8220;milky, floral, animalic&#8221; fragrance released in 2026, composed by perfumer Antoine Lie: a silky-milky, floral, animalic\u00a0Vanilla. But here it&#8217;s not just about the milk-loving comfort of a mother and child; it explores everything from the &#8216;good&#8217; mother to the &#8216;bad&#8217; mother, the loving emotions to the painful, sometimes darker emotions we find particularly uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the pure mother the bad mother in perfumery, vanilla and rose new perfume\" class=\"wp-image-194903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rose-1732782_1280.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-859a45a500c97913e4aaad8fd67187a8 wp-block-paragraph\">So what notes make up this elixir, and how do they represent the light and dark if you like? It opens with Milk Accord, Damask Rose Oil, its opening soft, enticing, which leads to a hint of darkness in its centre with Buttery Orris, which brings powdery comfort alongside a hint of a dark, earthy facet alongside rich (but not sweet) Vanilla. This makes a finale with soft wood of Sandalwood, hug from Musk, offering a darker shadow via Cacao (it has a bitterness) with a touch of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/ugly-and-beautiful\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/ugly-and-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dark<\/a><\/strong> animalic softness from a Suede accord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b3e24ea3a6b80c10f6e7b20cb9cd7582 wp-block-paragraph\">Just as a mother&#8217;s love can be as disruptive as it can be a  simple comfort, this perfume perfectly sums up the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/timeless-allure-of-fairy-tales-sweetness-to-hidden-dark-heart\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/timeless-allure-of-fairy-tales-sweetness-to-hidden-dark-heart\/\"><strong>Yin-Yang<\/strong><\/a> of the complex emotions, albeit a grown-up scent, that punctuates our loving relationship; creamy, comforting and instinctive love, with a dark twist of realism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3cbe10da9bee77bf4627f2d87bf04e0e wp-block-paragraph\">Find Mother&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/erisparfums.com\/products\/mothers-milk?srsltid=AfmBOoq9EqMYApLxDRn6NEhugIRfXLB7UID_5POhQ_XEURIHTGV8b5mb\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/erisparfums.com\/products\/mothers-milk?srsltid=AfmBOoq9EqMYApLxDRn6NEhugIRfXLB7UID_5POhQ_XEURIHTGV8b5mb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milk by Eris here<\/a> and buy it here <a href=\"https:\/\/wild-iris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wild-iris.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dafd0e3faf14922945065510b98c33e5 wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed reading <em>The Mother, Love Hate and Everything in Between: Bottled<\/em>, then why not read<em> <a 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