Old People Smell: The Scientific Truth

“When psychologist Johan Lundstrom decided to test whether there really was an ‘old people smell’ he got good news and bad news. Unfortunately, he found, people can tell the difference between young, middle-aged and old peoples’ body odors. The good news is people aren’t very good at telling which odors came from which age group — they could only tell they were different. Also in the bright side: women smell no worse as they age and men get nicer smelling after 75. “