I saw an ad for Lumi deodorant. The “Doctor” who invented it say as you get older you smell, in places and ways you don’t expect. Or smell on yourself. I think she said “You can’t smell your offensive aromas”
Is this really the truth?
I was reminded recently that I loved the smell of my ol’Grannys house. I can bring up the memory of the smell of that house as I sit here.
I don’t think I ever thought she stunk. She never had air conditioning so I assume she sweated all summer here in the South.
I’ve heard all nurses have B.O. all the time. I’ve found this to be untrue. There was an outlier or two.
I had a dentist with B.O. once. That was terrible. Let me tell you. I quit him pretty quickly.
I know what they mean, but I can’t quite define it. When I was younger, I associated the smell with dry cleaning or mothballs, but much more faint. A friend of mine who used to work in a nursing home swears there’s a definite aroma to elderly people who are nearing death that isn’t there in people of the same age who go on to live another month or more.
Maybe due to metabolic processes that occur near the end stage, maybe accelerated cell breakdown or something like that. Oscar the cat seemed able to sense it.
