I had noticed some time back that I seem incapable of smelling bad stuff. I mean, everything smells fresh and clean or pleasant or "chocolate". I think I have a thread somewhere where I noted I seemed to 'smell colors'.
I learned today I "suffer" from Parosmia.
I say "suffer" - cause there seems to be no real "down side". (The obvious exception would be that I can't distinguish "bad" smells that would warn me that food is spoiled, or the stuff that is added to natural gas (t-butyl mercaptan) to make it detectable).
I'm still learning what all this means, but most of the time I'll just notice a very "pleasant" smell that smells like the town I'm preaching in - though I don't know why that town would have such a smell associated with it.
Oh, I just remembered, there's some perfume that women wear that smells horribly offensive to me. Sometimes, like while shopping, I'll go down the isle after a woman, and just be repulsed by this very "sharp" kind of "fly spray" smell. And those women who wear "oils" for fragrance - those are incredibly nasty to me.
But the vast majority of the time, I'll just notice something very pleasant smelling that seems somehow relaxing and -- not quite "euphoric" -- but gives me a very positive feeling.
It's the strangest thing.
I learned today I "suffer" from Parosmia.
I say "suffer" - cause there seems to be no real "down side". (The obvious exception would be that I can't distinguish "bad" smells that would warn me that food is spoiled, or the stuff that is added to natural gas (t-butyl mercaptan) to make it detectable).
I'm still learning what all this means, but most of the time I'll just notice a very "pleasant" smell that smells like the town I'm preaching in - though I don't know why that town would have such a smell associated with it.
Oh, I just remembered, there's some perfume that women wear that smells horribly offensive to me. Sometimes, like while shopping, I'll go down the isle after a woman, and just be repulsed by this very "sharp" kind of "fly spray" smell. And those women who wear "oils" for fragrance - those are incredibly nasty to me.
But the vast majority of the time, I'll just notice something very pleasant smelling that seems somehow relaxing and -- not quite "euphoric" -- but gives me a very positive feeling.
It's the strangest thing.
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