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 fags 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 fags 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 fags 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