What are the definitive smells of the 70s?

[evildrome]

I was chatting with the wife about what would be the definitive smells of the 70s.
I came up with Kensitas Club, Izal, whatever it was they used to clean hospital floors back then, turps, glossed radiators (I still feel ill thinking about that), balsa wood & Airfix kits.

The wife mentioned warm school milk & carbolic soap.

What would be your definitive smells of the 70s?

 

[MikeJhn]

Castrol R, but perhaps a bit 50s rather than 70s.

 

[Spectric]

Castrol R, but perhaps a bit 50s rather than 70s.

Still using it in the seventies as it is so good for roller big ends, although did move onto Belray.

 

[Spectric]

The stench of cigarettes, everywhere you went either the people stank of **** or the room was filled with smoke.

 

[niall Y]

Patchouli oil, - this would cover the late 60's as well. Don't come across it much now, but when I do it transports me back

 

[Spectric]

Patchouli oil, - this would cover the late 60's as well. Don't come across it much now, but when I do it transports me back

We wont ask what you were doing in the late 60's !

 

[MikeJhn]

Nothing changed there, it's now Vape smoke, just makes your realise that you always have been walking through other peoples exhaln't.

 

[niall Y]

We wont ask what you were doing in the late 60's !

I was at college in "Kings Road", Chelsea in the early 70's. - Celebrities, Weed, Afghan coats and Patchouli oil.

 

[Sideways]

Back then, my nan used to visit every week and always sat in the kitchen chatting to my mum. She smoked, and the combined smell of **** and milk coffee is etched in my memory

Oh, and speedway. It was popular back then and the smell from the fuel is really distinctive.

 

[evildrome]

The stench of cigarettes, everywhere you went either the people stank of **** or the room was filled with smoke.

Corporation buses in the winter... I nearly threw up once as a kid on a bus from Renfrew to Glasgow.

Wet coats, wet dogs, closed windows, far, far too much smoke.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Afghan coats, I had a beauty. Patchouli, strangely there's an old lady locally who still uses it - you can smell her from across the road. Si7 two stroke oil.

 

[xmetal]

Jeyes Fluid (the proper stuff with coal tar) springs to mind.

Gunk.

 

[Woody Alan]

Hi Karate and Brut

 

[Mel769]

Burning dust from television sets

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Hi Karate and Brut

The first lady I had Ugandan discussions with wore Brut. She smelled wonderful and fortunately for me definitely was not a lady.

 

[eribaMotters]

Creosote. Camforated oil, not that Vick stuff.

Colin

 

[Richard_C]

The exhaust from my 2T Vespa 125. I think I bought it for about £30 in 1968 and got the same for it when I sold it in 1970. If only....

 

[Thingybob]

We wont ask what you were doing in the late 60's !

Wearing an Afghan coat striving for peace and a pack of rizlers

 

[Thingybob]

Afghan coats, I had a beauty. Patchouli, strangely there's an old lady locally who still uses it - you can smell her from across the road. Si7 two stroke oil.

I've told the missus not to put so much on were in Devon and you can smell it

 

[Thingybob]

Cutting fluid from the lathe at work my overalls stunk of it and we used to go home in them