My friend, undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, had a distinct smell. As have those treated with specific chemotherapies.
Athletes smell. Indoor and outdoor athletes differently. Pool swimmers of chlorine, open-water swimmers of the sea.
Parkinsons and Alzheimers appear to have distinctive smells.
Diabetes is characterised for its distinct smell (and taste).
We are chemically-regulated, processing, producing, and (to an extent) signalling systems. The notion that there are associated perceptible scents is exceedingly probable.
Another aspect of older people (and again: Parkinsons and Alzheimers in particular) is a loss of the sense of smell. Which may mean that odors otherwise noticeable and addressed aren't.
My friend, undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, had a distinct smell. As have those treated with specific chemotherapies.
Athletes smell. Indoor and outdoor athletes differently. Pool swimmers of chlorine, open-water swimmers of the sea.
Parkinsons and Alzheimers appear to have distinctive smells.
Diabetes is characterised for its distinct smell (and taste).
We are chemically-regulated, processing, producing, and (to an extent) signalling systems. The notion that there are associated perceptible scents is exceedingly probable.
Another aspect of older people (and again: Parkinsons and Alzheimers in particular) is a loss of the sense of smell. Which may mean that odors otherwise noticeable and addressed aren't.