It may be added that these odors were augmented by aromatics, incense, etc., artificially applied.

In more modern times Malherbe and Haller were said to diffuse from their bodies the agreeable odor of musk.

These "human flowers," to use Goethe's expression, are more highly perfumed in Southern latitudes.
Modifying Causes .-- According to Brieude, sex, age, climate, habits, ailments, the passions, the emotions, and the occupations modify the difference in the humors exhaled, resulting in necessarily different odors.

Nursing infants have a peculiar sourish smell, caused by the butyric acid of the milk, while bottle-fed children smell like strong butter.

After being weaned the odors of the babies become less decided.
Boys when they reach puberty exhibit peculiar odors which are similar to those of animals when in heat.