白粉おしろい臭くさい

i-adjective

smelling of face powder

Literally describes the scent of traditional white face powder (白粉). Often used for a cosmetic, slightly old-fashioned smell.

See also: 白粉

• 祖そ母ぼの鏡きょう台だいのあたりは、いつも白粉おしろい臭くさい。

  The area around my grandmother's dressing table always smells of face powder.

i-adjective

coquettish; redolent of the nightlife world

Figurative extension: suggests a woman who seems experienced in the nightlife or entertainment business, often with a slightly negative or old-fashioned nuance.

• 彼かの女じょの話はなし方かたには、どこか白粉おしろい臭くさいところがある。

  There is something about her way of speaking that seems coquettish, as if she's used to the nightlife world.