Persimmon soap for old person smell

www.gransnet.com/forums/health/1285635-Old-People-s-Odour

There’ve been several threads about this over the years….

I’ve just had a Quick Look at Persimmon soap and this came up!
No offence meant!

Just women then, no old man smell?

LucyAnna5

www.gransnet.com/forums/health/1285635-Old-People-s-Odour

There’ve been several threads about this over the years….

This is from 2020

I did put persimmon in the search bar before I posted and nothing came up.

Good old mumsnet, When they are grans they may have more empathy. Poor mother.
As for fanny soap, its my understanding that soap should never be used on or in, that part of the body.
What a charming daughter.

Granmarderby10

Just women then, no old man smell?

I did put old person smell in the heading and in the text

This part of my post was actually a quote I found online - 'The skin has antioxidant defences which naturally weaken with age. This antioxidant protection disrupts the effect of the oxidation of lipid acids on the skin’s surface. As it declines, it can no longer prevent the oxidation process, so the acids that are broken down create a chemical called 2-nonenal or old lady smell'.

I can't understand why some Gransnetters are so touchy. Personally, I was happy to learn about persimmon soap. I don't need it at the moment but am glad to know for the future.

silverlining48

Good old mumsnet, When they are grans they may have more empathy. Poor mother.
As for fanny soap, its my understanding that soap should never be used on or in, that part of the body.
What a charming daughter.

😂

I hope to goodness my DD or DIL don't give me any Fanny soap.
Although one gave me lavender cosmetics and another lemon. Are they trying to tell me something?

silverlining48

Good old mumsnet, When they are grans they may have more empathy. Poor mother.
As for fanny soap, its my understanding that soap should never be used on or in, that part of the body.
What a charming daughter.

you've made me laugh...fanny soap...but you're absolutely correct..no soap near fanny/suzie/..whatever you call it!!

Ps sometimes losing your sense of smell might be a blessing, not a curse!
I'm just off to sniff DH.

Bea65

silverlining48

Good old mumsnet, When they are grans they may have more empathy. Poor mother.
As for fanny soap, its my understanding that soap should never be used on or in, that part of the body.
What a charming daughter.

you've made me laugh...fanny soap...but you're absolutely correct..no soap near fanny/suzie/..whatever you call it!!

Persimmon soap is called Fanny Soap according to GeorgesGran 😁

Pinkcosmos you might understand better when you are as old as some of us on here are.

Allira

silverlining48

Pinkcosmos you might understand better when you are as old as some of us on here are.

I'm 68 - not in the first flush of youth exactly

Bea65 …Lulu ?

68 is not old from where I sit pink cosmos, I was still middle aged then, it took a few more birthdays til I accepted I was actually old.

Georgesgran that made me literally LOL!

But hopefully not smelly…

Apparently nonenal is more common in men than women. It often starts in middle age and men's hair can be the main problem aggravated by sweat and grease.

Agh!!!!

...and there was me noticing all the YouTube type stuff that comes up talking about this and thinking "Nonsense! Why on earth would there be an old person smell" (yep "person" and not "woman").

Don't say it really does happen?!!!

Great - not! Not some other aspect of my body that might get more troublesome and expensive to deal with as I get older....

.....and how would I even know (given that most of my sense of smell went during Covid and I've not got it back yet.....who knows when that will be?).

We've touched on this subject before.
I've been in the car with a couple of my mum's old friends and actually felt as though I was going to throw up .
They stank .
I found out that they didn't consider a daily bath or shower essential and rarely washed their knitwear .
Hair shampooing only seemed to happen at the hairdressers
Unfortunately for me the slightest off smell has a dramatic effect on me !
Pomegranate soap isn't cheap .
I used lavender soap and cologne on my mum and she always smelt very nice .

My d-i-l suggested that I stopped using lavender washing capsules because they gave off “old lady vibes”.
I must admit my Nan always smelt of Yardley lavender!.
Shame though cause I quite liked it.

Basically it is the smell of our body breaking down.

And Since more people are living longer this means that with good fortune all the current pubescent kids with there sickly Lynx drenched armpits (not just armpits in fact now) and
Impulse Body Sprays etc will have longer to experience this phenomenon for themselves.

Perhaps they’ll have come up with a solution by then eh😧

I’ve have been aware of this for decades and so am grateful for this being raised - it is enlightening. We can all smell without realising it, I had to drill into my own, to open their windows daily! Like esmay I too have always ‘suffered’ because I have a strong sense of smell. I’m hoping I keep the possibility of developing that old person smell away.

Hilarious the bar of soap if it’s true, what does the old person smell like does anyone know?