It’s not something that is entirely true about all elderly people anyway, but you will agree there is this distinct smell that comes with aging though.
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It’s not something that is entirely true about all elderly people anyway, but you will agree there is this distinct smell that comes with aging though.
Every one has there own smell, when I was very young and we visited older people the one thing I always remembered is that smell of old people. It though was not the person who I was smelling, it was all the life of collected things and particular items used primarily by elderly.
Babies also have a distinct smell, this also because of the items used particularly used on babies. Young girls and boys smell distinctly different, everyone has a distinct smell depending on their hygiene and items use for hygiene or to cover up the lack of. I believe if anyone no matter the age used the same items and routine for hygiene, they would not smell so different, but each of us still are a bit different in smell simply because of that which we eat or drink daily.
A perfume can smell differently on each person who wears it, one thing that was obvious since my early years is walking into a room after a couple just had sex. Without any reason to suspect so, it was obvious to me the smell of sex was there and those in question smelled the same. Just like those who smoke and do not think others smell it on them.
I don’t think you can lump all old people into one category that implies that they all have an “old person smell”. There are definitely some that do have a distinct scent, although these smells are not necessarily similar from person to person. With that being said, there are some people who are young who do not smell great.
This can be associated with poor hygiene. If a person doesn’t brush their teeth, wash their hair often enough, wear deodorant, or bathe regularly, all of these factors can contribute to the smell they will give off. If somebody is elderly and bedridden, this may be more likely to happen if they are not cared for properly. It is much harder to keep a person as clean as they should be if they are not mobile, although it can be done.
I know many elderly people who smell clean, or who actually have no apparent smell at all. Some seniors like to wear a specific perfume or cologne. Sometimes, they may not realize how much they have used and this scent can be overpowering. I think that this can happen somewhat more frequently with elderly people as their sense of smell may have diminished with age.
Some people like to use common scents – my father used to use “Brut” aftershave. He used it for many years, but I discovered that many other men used it as well. Every time I smelled that particular scent, I thought of my father!