Period blood smelling sweet - sign of perimenopause?

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The last few periods I have noticed a distinct sweet smell. Honestly it's like sugar that's come out of the oven! Which is startlingly weird, but whatever, not unpleasant. It's not a nasty smell at all.

Google doesn't really tell me anything except maybe bacteria in the vag which sounds bad (!) or it's to do with hormones from the next cycle, which to me sounds like a jumbling up of the delineations about where the phases of the cycle should be? Does that mean I'm possibly now in peri?

I'm 38 and my gynaecologist was very dismissive of my questions around perimenopause as I still have regular periods. But they are getting closer together, and I have autoimmune conditions that can speed up menopausal happenings.

Has anyone else noticed a sweet period smell as they went into peri?

No not sweet. I'm alot older than you mind and still in peri for my sins but mine are quite heavy and quite brown . When I first became peri (about 48) I would flood at work and weep alot but that was before I got put on HRT. My GP kept dismissing me and saying that cos I was regular, I didn't need HRT..I literally was feeling suicidal and crying all the time, not coping at all . It was only when I moved to a new area,the GP tested me and of course I was Peri and put me on HRT. Mind you ,get tested if you feel something is different as my pal started peri at your age and was put on HRT and had a much better experience all together. I hope you get some help.

33 and mine has always smelled like that. Makes me wonder what other people's must smell like if that's my norm!

I'm in peri and my period blood (despite being on HRT) has become very thin and smells gross. So that's nice. I also get more "brown" blood. Definitely not sweet smelling!!

Mine smelt like nothing until recently!

I'm glad somebody else has the sugary smell, means I'm not alone. And as it's your norm, sounds like maybe it's just all part of the spectrum of quirky but normal period stuff!