A SCHOOLBOY who was in a coma for nine days was woken up by his mother spraying his favourite scent of Lynx.

Kacper Krauze (above), 13, got into trouble while paddling with friends in the River Eden in Cumbria in February.

Unable to swim, he was submerged in the freezing water for 25 minutes before medics dragged him out and restarted his heart.

But it was his mother’s blast of his favourite Lynx Black deodorant in intensive care that finally brought him round.

His mum Wioletta, 43, of Appleby, Cumbria, said she and her taxi driver husband Marek, 50, had spent hours talking to him and playing music at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital.

‘It was a miracle,’ she said. ‘We had tried everything to wake him up. A nurse suggested I bring in some of his toiletries to wash him with. As soon as I sprayed the Lynx he opened his eyes immediately. He must have remembered his favourite smell.’

Research shows stimulating a coma patient’s senses — touch, hearing, vision and smell — can help them recover.

That is why families are encouraged to talk, play music — or spray perfume.

Kacper, who awoke on March 7, still struggles a little with speech and using his right hand but is otherwise fully recovered. ‘I have always absolutely loved Lynx,’ he said. ‘It’s my favourite smell — it always has been. But I never thought it would bring me round from a coma. Now I’ll always wear it. It’s my lucky charm.’