Do your grandparents give off a smell ?

[flyingpig]

Do your grandparents give off a "smell"?

I don't know if it is just you, but my grandparents give a certain "smell" that distinguishes them from other old people.

I've seen other old people and they give off their unique smell.

What about your grandparents or any old folks you know?

 

[QuarkCharmer]

I would think this applies to all people, not necessarily "old" people. My fiance certainly smells like my fiance, probably a combination of her diet and pesperation(sp) and such.

 

[Newai]

I noticed the same thing. Maybe their habits aren't with the times?

 

[SpringCreek]

I just read 'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel García Márquez and in it he describes the 'sour' smell of old people and how old lovers have to ignore the smell of their lover because their lover has to ignore it coming from them too.

 

[Evo]

My grandmother used to smell like mothballs, because that was the thing to do in her generation, you packed away the off season clothes in mothballs.

Your grandparents may use old style perfumes/colognes/antiperspirants. Smells that were popular in their day but smell odd to us.

My grandmother also put sachets of lavender in all of her clothes drawers.

 

[Lacy33]

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/465850"

.The smell often associated with old people is caused by palmitoleic acid. It is the acid itself that causes the smell. Everyone's skin produces it, but it increases greatly with age. A person in their 70s produces 10 times more than a person in their 40s. Some people have it worse than others.

Look up Palmitoleic Acid on wikipedia and also have a look at this article about the people who discovered this information and developed a cosmetic solution for getting rid of it here: http://web-japan.org/trends00/honbun/tj990921.html

 

[Proton Soup]

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/465850"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bEkq7JCbik

 

[arildno]

Cremation has taken care of the odour problem with my grandparents.

 

[lisab]

Cremation has taken care of the odour problem with my grandparents.

 

[DanP]

Cremation has taken care of the odour problem with my grandparents.

You are tougher than you look, grasshoper.

 

[Chi Meson]

Cremation has taken care of the odour problem with my grandparents.

BAM! Beat me to it.

 

[rhody]

Cremation has taken care of the odour problem with my grandparents.

arildno,

Maybe http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/put-grandpa-in-the-back" will be of some comfort to you... hehe...

Rhody...

 

[DaveC426913]

What do my grandparents smell like?

Depends.

 

[lisab]

What do my grandparents smell like?

Depends.

*rimshot*