Beauty

[Kind1too]

I am wondering what it is? Is it something you associate with your grandmother? Is it a new fragrance that an old lady is wearing? Or is it a classic that's been around for many years. Is it good? Is it bad?

Is Viva la Juicy old lady perfume or Chanel No. 5 old lady perfume?

Is it something to avoid or look for?

I have read when women love something because it smells so good just like their grandmother always smelled.

Is it based on the fragrance or the person they associate it with?

[HappyDaze]

I am sure it varies from person to person but to me, amazing grace is one. Powdery kind of floral is kind of old lady-ish.

[VaBelle35]

I would say Chanel 5, White Shoulders, Youth Dew are old classics that just about everyone wore back in the day. That's probably what people are referring to.

[brewhaha]

formaldehyde

[Clover29]

It probably means something different to different people. To me, it's a single flower scent, like lily of the valley, gardenia, rose, and especially lavender. Old fashioned perfume.

I wear single flower scents, so I don't think it's bad. I just don't wear old lady shoes

[betteb]

On 12/27/2014 brewhaha said:

formaldehyde

[GCR18]

I associate an old lady perfume with a scent that enters the room before you do.

[Kind1too]

Well I just turned 60, so I thought that maybe anything that I would wear would be considered "old lady" perfume by my 22 yr. old DIL. I gave her Viva la Juicy for Christmas, a young woman recommended it. I like it too, but have worried that she might consider it too old. You know 18 yrs olds consider 40 old. It seems to me to be used as a derogatory term. I guess if I wear Justin Bieber, it will smell like an old lady too.

[Tinkrbl44]

On 12/27/2014 Kind1too said:

I am wondering what it is? Is it something you associate with your grandmother? Is it a new fragrance that an old lady is wearing? Or is it a classic that's been around for many years. Is it good? Is it bad?

Is Viva la Juicy old lady perfume or Chanel No. 5 old lady perfume?

Is it something to avoid or look for?

I have read when women love something because it smells so good just like their grandmother always smelled.

Is it based on the fragrance or the person they associate it with?

"Old Lady Perfume?" .... Seriously?

OP, I'm not sure why this fixation on age here ..... but most good fragrances do tend to smell a bit different on each person, based on their diet and skin chemistry.

Perfume is the most concentrated form of fragrance, and should be used the most sparingly .... followed by Eau De Toilette ..... and then Cologne is the lightest.

Regardless of which fragrance resonates with your emotions and chemistry, when it comes to application, less is more.

[151949]

I love and wear often Lily of the Valley from Crabtree & Evelyn. I guess it is an old lady scent but I like it on me. When I was shopping at Crabtree & Evelyn with a girlfriend and I was going to buy rose she kept telling me it was a grandma scent. I liked it because when my grandma was alive she always wore To a wild rose from Avon and this smelled just like it.