Eau du elderly is characterized by top notes of mothballs and wet cardboard coupled with basement, expired canned goods and ...

Other Causes of Old-person Smell The elderly people’s smell caused by 2-nonenal is peculiar and not specific to the ...

Research suggests that older adults do have a distinct smell due to the age-related breakdown of specific chemicals in our bodies. But it’s not necessarily an unpleasant smell. Your body odor ...

No matter how much you try to hide your age, you can’t nip-and-tuck your scent away. People will still be able to figure out how old you are simply by taking a sniff. Researchers have determined ...

Old People’s Smell Is A Real Thing, But It’s Not Everyone’s Destiny The smell widely associated with older people comes from a body odor chemical, not from changing choices about what to wear.

Older people tend to be less thirsty, which results in them being predominately more dehydrated and shedding more dry skin. Dead skin cells can carry a musty smell.

Old people do have a unique smell. Researchers found that volunteers could reliably distinguish the body odor of the elderly from a whiff of the young or middle-aged. And, it turned out, the aroma ...

The distinctive "old person smell" you may have picked up on when visiting your grandparents most likely wasn't your imagination, a new study indicates. When given whiffs from pieces of pads worn ...

“Old people actually smell less than younger ones,” Dr. Preti said. “Unless you go to a nursing home, where there are hygiene issues in the mix, you’re not going to find this musty ...