odourprint
English
Etymology
From odour + print, after fingerprint.
Noun
odourprint (plural odourprints)
- A uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
- 2009 March 29, Tracy McVeigh, “US Department of Homeland Security announces plans to invest heavily in body odour profiling research”, in The Observer:
- In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".
- 2011, Joe Schwarcz, Dr. Joe's Health Lab, p. 74:
- The next step would be to try to identify a specific odourprint that may be associated with anxiety.
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Alternative forms
- odorprint