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[quote=Anonymous]I spent a lot of time with my grandparents when I was a kid and I always associated “old person smell” with certain perfumes and scented products and moth balls + not showering daily or not washing hair frequently (my one grandma got her hair done at the salon weekly in a complicated perm and didn’t wash it between visits). Also when my great-uncle was in a nursing home there’s also the smell of the cleaning products/the “hospital” type smell and there always seemed to be a vague undertone of urine around. My IL’s are older, but they shower every day, my MIL has a regular hairstyle that doesn’t need professional upkeep, and she doesn’t wear perfume apart from sometimes a random inexpensive body spray that doesn’t have an “old” smell. So I don’t smell anything on them. I’m not convinced that it’s innate and inevitable to older people I guess. Just a reminder that we still have to be vigilant about hygiene even when we’re older![/quote]
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