Scientists confirm existence of ‘old person smell’
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/30/scientists-confirm-existence-of-old-person-smell/?hpt=hp_c2
It is not all old people that have a particular smell about them, but quite a few really do seem to have an air of decay. I have found a lot of old people have a sickly sweet cloying aroma about them that seems to permeate the space around them such that it takes days sometimes to air the place out. Maybe it is just around nursing home ‘inmates’, though it is certainly stronger in some places than others. The article sounds like it is focusing on ‘generic’ old people, rather than nursing home ‘inmates’, so perhaps not even addressing the smells I recall.
Frightening places, nursing homes. Just like the roach motel, people check in, but they never check out!
Yes, there is an “old person” smell. Furthermore, there are racially-specific and gender-specific smells that have nothing to do with personal hygiene.
I don’t see this as big news.