My dog was chased around as a puppy by an old lady with oven mitts. Now he gets anxious when he smells old people. So from my anecdotal evidence, I think they

My dog was chased around as a puppy by an old lady with oven mitts. Now he gets anxious when he smells old people. So from my anecdotal evidence, I think they probably have a distinct smell. My theory is that the smell is distinct because of pharmaceuticals. A lot of older people are on all sorts of medications. I think a lot of medicines cause the body to give off differing odors. From personal experience, I've noticed my body odor change when on different medicines. And have actually noticed that other elderly people I've been around have a faint chemical odor to them.