User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 525: Why Did the Emperor Never Love His Child?, Review/@comment-2214433-20170305095443/@comment-1776824-20170306102511

They smelled similar. Sting said it's not uncommon for first degree relatives to have similar smells, but smelling exactly the same isn't supposed to be a thing. By that logic, the possibility also exists for children and their parents to not smell the same. It's...not a hard concept.