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→→’s chemistry changes from within as we get older producing a certain scent. Some may describe it as musty. Some may call it stale. Maybe a bit medicinal.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/old-people-really-smell/
Sources:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=old-person-smell
http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20120530/do-we-smell-our-age
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/old-person-smell-age-scent_n_1559378.html
http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/31/old-person-smell-really-exists-scientists-say/
http://www.caring.com/articles/old-person-smell
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51596/what-causes-%E2%80%9Cold-person-smell%E2%80%9D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Nonenal
