Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Study proves "old person smell" is real. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/06/06/ncbi-rofl-study-proves-old-person-smell-is-real/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: AlexP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/06/06/ncbi-rofl-study-proves-old-person-smell-is-real/#comment-26303 AlexP Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22227#comment-26303 Odd that the researchers didn't include children and babies. Babies have a very distinctive odor, both their breath and their bodies. It tends to elicit caring behaviors in females, and while science may not have validated 'baby smell', mothers throughout the ages have recognized it. Furthermore, children also have an odor that is different from babies. This scent is most distinctive in young, active boys, but it can be noted on girls and geeks, too. Assuming that only old age has a distinctive scent when a large proportion of the population hasn't been tested seems ... negligent. Odd that the researchers didn’t include children and babies. Babies have a very distinctive odor, both their breath and their bodies. It tends to elicit caring behaviors in females, and while science may not have validated ‘baby smell’, mothers throughout the ages have recognized it.

Furthermore, children also have an odor that is different from babies. This scent is most distinctive in young, active boys, but it can be noted on girls and geeks, too.

Assuming that only old age has a distinctive scent when a large proportion of the population hasn’t been tested seems … negligent.

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