Old lady smell

[gemfyre]

What IS that? I find 90% of women over the age of 70 will have this scent about them.

It's not a bad smell. But it's certainly distinctive.

Is it too much foundation? Old perfume? Cheap soap? Some special potion women recieve when they turn 70?

Comments

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

Using talc instead of deo?

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Talc!

That might be it.

Nasty stuff. Bad for skin. Baking soda so much better.

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

I always think old people smell like talc, and it's probably not that they're cutting their drugs with it.

[jet-ski.livejournal.com]

I vote cheap soap/perfume. But at the moment I cant smell anything so I cant go otu and test the theory.

[pixidance.livejournal.com]

Jean Nate! It's a scented powder that old ladies put on for some reason :P

[thelastdon.livejournal.com]

It's the scent of death. Maybe decay too.

[redmalice.livejournal.com]

its a musty smell.. you go into their houses and it smells the same too. not sure what it is though

[sunrise-raver.livejournal.com]

No idea, but you are right! I used to work in an old folks home and there was this scent... not anything bad, just this distinctive smell. Don't think it was a product or anything as they all had it.

Perhaps it is a change in pheromones or sweat glands or something to be really smart ass?