# Stinky Granny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273 "2023-12-08T00:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/1 "2023-12-08T00:36:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/2 "2023-12-08T00:42:24Z")
> **[Scents and Senescence: "Old Person Smell" Is Real, but Not Necessarily Offensive](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/old-person-smell/)** > > A new study confirms that people, like many animals, easily recognize a unique—but not unpleasant—eau de elderly ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/3 "2023-12-08T00:43:29Z")
Once again I am delighted to have no sense of smell. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/4 "2023-12-08T00:45:35Z")
That would be a superpower to have with 2 preteen grandwrex boys running around here. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/5 "2023-12-08T02:37:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Is this really the truth? Forget it, Beck. It’s Marketing Town. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/6 "2023-12-08T02:41:36Z")
Ok. Mr. Stinky-fish🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/7 "2023-12-08T02:45:27Z")
_"She’s my Sister! She’s my Daughter! She’s my Sister! She’s my Daughter! "_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/8 "2023-12-08T02:46:43Z")
O----kay? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/9 "2023-12-08T02:50:30Z")
Yeah. Bad for Glass… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/10 "2023-12-08T04:21:43Z")
Chinatown reference. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/11 "2023-12-08T04:22:34Z")
I know, I know ! I make me laugh sometimes 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/12 "2023-12-08T04:23:27Z")
Well fuck me. I was thinking of rule 34 when I opened this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/13 "2023-12-08T04:34:34Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Chinatown reference. Or _is it?_ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/14 "2023-12-08T04:36:42Z")
I once thought I would try Alberto VO5. For those of us of a certain age, that was definitely old people smell ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/15 "2023-12-08T04:48:15Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/16 "2023-12-08T04:53:20Z")
Is it? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/17 "2023-12-08T05:02:12Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > 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. > **[Oscar the nursing home cat can sense death](https://www.ctvnews.ca/oscar-the-nursing-home-cat-can-sense-death-1.250136)** > > His name is Oscar. He's not the friendliest cat. But he has an uncanny knack for predicting within hours when nursing home patients with whom he lives are about to die. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/18 "2023-12-08T05:02:15Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Is it? [Of Course!](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=%2fU3OloS2&id=1C249E9B1030D56E19A0B58BDDDE1A454CAFD6CD&thid=OIP._U3OloS2lbkftsUqE3P51gHaFw&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fimages.masterworksfineart.com%2f5f9cba39-438a-4ace-8fc4-b360387dba6c.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.fd4dce9684b695b91fb6c52a1373f9d6%3frik%3dzdavTEUa3t2LtQ%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=628&expw=807&q=this+is+not+a+pipe&simid=608044353265357575&FORM=IRPRST&ck=E75157392C03EF5F5E264BA5555362E4&selectedIndex=1&itb=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/19 "2023-12-08T05:37:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Oscar the cat seemed able to sense it. Yep, definitely a thing. Bonnie the cat did the same at the nursing home my mother in law was in. My cat tries to do it to me, but he’s just being an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273/20 "2023-12-08T05:44:25Z")
Oh, lordy. I’ll have to watch my Siamese more closely. It could be considered a threat coming from them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273.md?page=2)