Do women smell different after menopause?

You are luck to have your ovaries. I lost everything and was thrown right into menopause. I was 47 at the time and I am now 52. Everything changes. Maybe it is a very slight difference.

I had a hysterectomy - partial as I still have my ovaries - back in 2004. I've never notice anything different in my smell; however, I was recently told that I have one. I still haven't noticed anything different.

Yes, this has been my feeling about this site. I am not the only one coming to terms with the changes that come with menopause. And to know that it's not all negative is important. Because menopause has routinely been associated with negatives, like the end of childbareing, the end of young womanhood & sexual attractivenss..... And yes there is the thing I too noticed about smelling more (but I've addressed that by using an antibacterial soap). But, there are good things too, like the ending of childbareing (no more contraception & menstruation issues) & that was all hogwash about about then ending of my sexual attractiveness! My man still thinks I am sexy & I still notice other men noticeing me. My sex drive has increased not decreased & the problem I had with orgasims can be treated with estrogen cream..... So what ever the issues we face as woman at this stage of our lives, I believe there will be the good bits & the more challenging bits, not unlike other ages & stages really. I'm doing my best now to make the most of this one. When I have a bad day I now know just to ride it out because life is always changing & there will always be another good day too. Take care all of you woman none of us is alone in this!

I am so glad that I found this webpage. I thought that I was going out of my mind. My body odour changed and I thought that I was loosing it. Just very happy to hear that I am not the only one.

Wow. Yes yes yes. So lovely to read every ones thoughts & experiences about this menopause thing. I am definately going through a rebirthing phaze at the moment. I eat differently, use my free time differenly, move differently, dress differently & relate to people differently. All with more meaning & more passion.
I feel younger than I have in years. My partner of 25 years is sometimes finding it hard to keep up with me. But he loves my new energy for life & sex.
I don't know if I'm having a midlife crisis or if it is the changes in my hormones (probably both). But what ever it is, it is good. I'm really wanting to embrace my sexuality in a way I never have before.
Last night as I sat with my father-in-law over a brandy, we were looking at the wedding photos of him & his wife of almost 50yrs, who passed away less than a year ago. They were both so very young & the years since that day had suddenly gone far too quickly for him. At that moment I realized we must live all of our lives fully and in ways most meaningfully for each of us.
This moment deeply reinforced to me how much I want to embrace this period of my life, & with as much intrigue as I embraced my puberty & young womanhood. Yes life is good in the 50!!!

Reading a good book called the "Female Brain" loaned to me by a friend when I brought up the other menopause phenomena... 'ship jumping.' Women around the 30 years of marriage mark, or more accurately 50+ years old are bailing out of their marriages, or maybe out of their skin. Is all the physical pain we've been experiencing, shifting hormones, or depression? Do hormone shifts require a self-love journey that allows us to focus on our own health? Because alkaline producing foods, no grains, lots of fresh honest foods has reduced my discomfort immensely.
Are we being pushed to live for ourselves (which may include family and lover) as our hormones are no longer driving us to protect our young, or ourselves as a mother?
So for some, "goodbye to the so-called-protecting-male", who was a primitive part of the whole child bearing thing might make sense. But not for those who had a friend all this time. :) Because, besides the shifts in the body, which I also have experienced without much guidance, I'm also looking (so it seems) for friendships like I had before the kids, warm, validating, silly, artzy, grounded, a little dangerous (lol). Maybe it is a birthing we're going through? :) Either way, I have figured out a couple of things...healthy natural simple foods (maybe a lot more raw), and deep listening to your new voice and letting go of the old one. Ya, it's a sort of a birth, :)