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Persimmon Soap

lbwshop — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:10:07 GMT

Has anyone tried persimmon soap to lessen the dreade "old people" smell?? It sounds good, but I want soe first person reviews. Thank you.

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Desertdi — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:16:12 GMT

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SilleeMee — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:46:38 GMT

I haven't tried it yet but now I am. Had not realized that 'old people smell' needs a special kind of deo soap b/c regular soap won't do it. I'm going to get a body wash with persimmon.

Gosh just another thing to worry about when you get old.

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Citrine1 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:53:51 GMT

Ha! When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it said Persimmon SOUP. Soap sounds much better to me.

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Bookplate — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:11:38 GMT

I'm sorry but what now??!!

Any old people who smell, smell because their hygiene is poor, just as any young or middle-aged people smell because their hygiene is poor.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:22:28 GMT

@Bookplate wrote:
I'm sorry but what now??!!

Any old people who smell, smell because their hygiene is poor, just as any young or middle-aged people smell because their hygiene is poor.

At about age 40 the body starts to produce the chemical 2-nonenal which increases with age. The chemical has a distinctive 'old people smell'.Traditional soaps and other deo products will not remove it. That chemical is a kind of lipid which is resistant to removal by regular bathing with regular soap.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:43:40 GMT

Sorry, but I never noticed old people smelling any different than anyone else. I think this is a marketing ploy being used by deodorant manufacturers.

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Moonlady — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:55:52 GMT

Oh, for the love of Mike lol.

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Bookplate — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:01:11 GMT

Enjoy the magic soap then, and don't forget the full-body deodorant afterwards!

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shoekitty — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:10:36 GMT

Old people smell, lol lol. I thought my husband and I were the only ones who used that word. Sometimes I come into the house and yell, I smell old people lol. I know it's time to clean out closets, hall closet, get rid of clothes , blankets, bedding that sits on neds and hasn't been used. Luckily we have a whole house fan we use at night and usually keeps the house fresh smelling! I hate deodorizers. I think my closet with dozens and dozens of shoes handbags and such, was the culprit too. Went through that. Wrapped, sealed hand bags, got rid of old shoes I was going to wear .....someday. Lol

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Carmie — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:45:35 GMT

Yes, I have bought and used persimmon soap. I posted about it on the forums about two years ago and the mods deleted it.

They said it was an inapproperiate subject. Go figure.

I like the soap. I am not sure I smell like an old person, but just in case, I tried the soap. I liked it and still use it, but not all the time.

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Desertdi — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 04:47:21 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Sorry, but I never noticed old people smelling any different than anyone else. I think this is a marketing ploy being used by deodorant manufacturers.

@Kachina624

Speaking of "old" people...my sciatic nerve got pinched today...(so bad I let out a LOUD groan). Did the leg exercise a couple times...and then was good enough to WASH FLOORS!). Thanks AGAIN. di

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Starpolisher — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:36:23 GMT

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‎07-13-2025 06:22 PM

@SilleeMee

You are absolutely correct!
At about age 40 the body starts to produce the chemical 2-nonenal which increases with age. The chemical has a distinctive 'old people smell'.Traditional soaps and other deo products will not remove it. That chemical is a kind of lipid which is resistant to removal by regular bathing with regular soap.

I buy Persimmon soap 🧼 for dh and it works! He sometimes gets that old people smell. There is absolutely nothing lacking with his hygiene! As a matter of fact, he's a germophobe with excellent hygiene! 👌🏼

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SoCal Bred — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:12:27 GMT

I remember as a young girl my siblings and I would visit our paternal grandmother who at the time lived in a Senior Care Home, she always smelled like mothballs to me, lol. Rest in peace, grandma.

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goldensrbest — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:56:53 GMT

I think it is that people are not bathing enough.

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PamfromCT — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:17:17 GMT

Now that is an opportunity for QVC to start a new line of products. Usually Susan Graver, Kim Gravel, etc, blah blah.

They could sell all kinds of products for the home and body. Slatkin stuff for elders, plus all kinds of products to remove all traces of elder smell from our homes. I am surprised they haven't hopped on this one.

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Desertdi — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:13:47 GMT

@lbwshop wrote:
Has anyone tried persimmon soap to lessen the dreade "old people" smell?? It sounds good, but I want soe first person reviews. Thank you.

@lbwshop @Carmie @SillieMee

I don't know if it's really the "soap" you use, but you need to EXFOLIATE everything, not just your face...

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Desertdi — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:43:14 GMT

@SoCal Bred wrote:
I remember as a young girl my siblings and I would visit our paternal grandmother who at the time lived in a Senior Care Home, she always smelled like mothballs to me, lol. Rest in peace, grandma.

@SoCal Bred

It's NOT the residents...those "senior" homes pump all sorts of aromas thru the ventilating systems...a lot of it is LAVENDER because it is supposed to be "calming".

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I am still oxox — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:44:00 GMT

My parents were 90 and 95 when they passed and neither of them smelled at all. We became we close with my dad in the last 3 years of his life and he was super clean

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SilleeMee — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:22:16 GMT

'Old people smell' is not a matter of cleanliness but involves changes to the way the skin's lipid content breaks down and causes the odor. Those lipids are a biological part of normal skin but in older people the lipids breakdown leaving behind the odor. You can't just remove the lipids from the skin w/o harming the outer layer. However, the odor caused from their breakdown can be neutralized by the tannins found in persimmon soap.