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To think you get stinkier as you get older

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Witchofzog · 03/12/2018 15:40

When I was younger I wore deodorant mainly because every one else did. I didn't really sweat that much.

However as I have got older I definitely need it and I definitely need to shower daily at least without fail otherwise everywhere feels decidedly manky. Yet when I was younger (and more of a minger) I used to go raving all night and not go home or shower for a day or so without being smelly (I honestly honestly wasn't before people say I must have been stinky though my feet admittedly were a bit )

So do you get smellier (and Hairier though that's a different thread ) as you get older or is it just me?

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thenightsky · 03/12/2018 15:45

Not just you. Its something I've noticed now I'm over 50. I actually have cleavage BO these days. Also thinking of installing a bidet as I could do with a proper soap and water wash at least twice or three times a day now (groin BO).

Weirdly my feet have stopped being stinky and sweaty completely.

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Witchofzog · 03/12/2018 15:52

Groin b.o. Yes! It's disgusting isn't it? And my back used to smell too when I did hiit. I mean like armpit smells, but at the base of my back not envy. I disgust myself sometimes 😂

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BringMeTea · 03/12/2018 16:01

Hormones OP. I was a fresh summer meadow with no need for deodorant or even a wash really () until perimenopause. It was a horrible shock! Good news though I reverted to daisy fresh type post menopause.

Rattinghat · 03/12/2018 16:03

Menopause is the new puberty you know. I am just a teen with raging hormones and sweaty pits.

mirren3 · 03/12/2018 16:05

I've just noticed this too, and I had early menopause, so I know it's not that. It's so weird as I definitely don't feel more sweaty either.
My plan is to come back as a man if I have a next life!!

formerbabe · 03/12/2018 16:06

I thought the same thing the other day. I've always showered everyday but when I was younger, if I missed a day, it was no big deal...I didn't smell. I usually shower morning and evening now!

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 03/12/2018 16:09

How can you smell the base of your back?

Since being perimenopausal I found that I react to some deodorants and they smell vile if I get hot or sweat a bit. It's not a BO smell just a really odd chemically/hot fragrance. It seems worse with the gel type ones in the twist applicators.

I also find I can't contemplate starting the day without a shower. Having been hot and sweaty at night I just don't feel clean in the morning even if I probably don't smell too bad.

KurriKurri · 03/12/2018 16:09

I find the opposite - I think I am considerably less stinky now (although of ccourse I might be seriously deluded )

I am post menopause though and on hormonal drugs for breast cancer - so maybe they make me less sweaty. I don't grow nearly as much leg hair either (not that leg hair smells, but not having to shave legs is a benefit of growing older).

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/12/2018 16:10

It might seem obvious but don't just spray deodorant under your arms.
Spray it on all your crevices.
Oh and feminine hygiene wipes for your equipment.

zenasfuck · 03/12/2018 16:11

I definitely smell different. I've never had hygiene problems or smellls but now most likely looking at early menopause and I definitely smell different - not bad but just different

TheQueef · 03/12/2018 16:11

Im a stinker.
As I get older i embrace it and cut about in overalls being a scruff.

Justmuddlingalong · 03/12/2018 16:13

I now smell how I remember my old aunties smelling when I was a child.

Notcontent · 03/12/2018 16:14

Yes, definitely!

redexpat · 03/12/2018 16:15

I smell like my mum did when I was a child. It happened after I had dc2. Never had groin BO before that.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 03/12/2018 16:15

not having to shave legs is a benefit of growing older - Kurrikurri

Oh I can only dream of not shaving my legs as I seem to have developed this really bizarre leg hair situation.

My lower legs are slightly better after years of epilating but from the knees up (particularly at the back where I can't see) it's gone crazy! Wiry, really dark long hairs like pubes .

adviceonthepox · 03/12/2018 16:16

I am nearly 40 and in the last year I've noticed how much more sweaty and smelly I am.

rosetulip · 03/12/2018 16:16

Thats weird, i find the opposite true. Me and my friends, all early sixties were only discussing the other day how we literally never have to use deodorant any more. Kind of like another reminder of the ageing process we figured.

ChristmasFluff · 03/12/2018 16:28

I am less stinky post-menopause. I only sweat when I exercise - or have a hot flush at night, but that's rare now, and they aren't all sweaty ones.

And whilst I have more hair on my chin and in my nose, I have lost the hairs on my legs and arms now.

My bits don't secrete any more, so I don't get any ladygarden smell either - and pants as clean at the end of the day as they were at the start.

I'm quite farty at times tho, which may negate all the above :-D

Jaxhog · 03/12/2018 16:31

Menopause is the new puberty

ikltownofboothlehem · 03/12/2018 16:36

Bloody hell I thought it was just me.

HildegardCrowe · 03/12/2018 16:39

Aged 61. Less stinky.

LizzieBennettDarcy · 03/12/2018 16:41

I'm peri-menopausal and really struggling to feel clean. No deodorant works on me at the moment and it's horrid . My smell has really changed in the last 12 months and I hate it.

SugarandVinegar · 03/12/2018 16:43

@rosetulip That's because your sense of smell has gone.

Justmuddlingalong · 03/12/2018 16:43

I'm peri too and find the mitchum stick deodorant really effective. Not the roll on, that takes a fortnight to dry.

Hillarious · 03/12/2018 16:45

A pp mentions deodorant. When I was pregnant with DC1, my sense of smell was such that I couldn't bear the smell of perfumed deodorant, so for the past 22 years I've been on (increasingly difficult to find) unperfumed deodorants. Any perfumed deodorant just smells rank anyway!

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