[CobaltBlue]

I have a client, a nice old lady who is getting gaga, who doesn't have a phone, so I have to go to her house to work on her case. She has a dog that she lets pee everywhere, and two cats whose litter box she never cleans, and there are dirty dishes and dirty clothes everywhere. Sad thing is, her daughter, who is mentally competent, lives with her but won't lift a finger to do housework, so bringing in the county wouldn't work.

Whenever I visit her and then leave, it feels like my skin is saturated with the aroma down to the pores, and my hair smells like it, too.

[mountaineer]

Speaking of the elderly, it seems many of them lose their sense of smell over the years. I worked with an older woman who was absolutely drenched in the fragrance "Opium," which was discernable long before she even entered the office. My former employer had an elderly client whose perfume lingered in the offices for days after she had left. Recently, I've noticed my mother spritzes a bit too much, too often, of her favorite fragrance. It's a tough thing, whether and how to mention it.