# "Old People Smell"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-people-smell/64994>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-people-smell/64994 "2001-05-10T13:53:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Delila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Delila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delila)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-people-smell/64994/1 "2001-05-10T13:53:37Z")

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Why do old people smell? What is it that makes them all smell alike?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-people-smell/64994/2 "2001-05-10T15:13:12Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43628](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43628)