People with no sense of smell.

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I once knew 3 people (at the same time) who had no sense of smell, they concealed it so I didn't realise until later. Two of them became a couple ugh, there'd be too many problems with that!

My sense of smell is Extremely Accute

Though smoking cigarettes seem to offset it

Every time I try to quit, I can't handle all the smells

yeah, I think that's a factor in why I took up smoking.

Ha Ha

I just noticed your title

Resulting in passionate unbiased decision's

I have almost no sense of smell; if I do smell something, it's very muted to me and strong to everyone else.

There shouldn't be a problem with two non-smelling people being together though, as far as I can tell. A good personal cleaning standard should be enough to resolve it, but I suppose some don't keep up with that.

what about burning? stoves, fires etc.

This might sound a bit weird

kinda off-topic

not Rly

I am experiencing some hellacious Dejavu

I don't know either one of you

Nor have I heard this before

But it's like I seen it yesterday

This is really weird, I mean VERY

hehe keep it weird is our motto here.

talking about two people living together who cannot smell things very well
and the possible ramifications thereof, is hauntingly familiar
Extremely, to the point of Goose Bumps, seriously
I have no idea why, it just is, yet I'm ...
Concerned
Interested
Provoked
Afraid
Just like the proverbial train wreck, only this is real, Very Real, Hmmm

If you lurked around for awhile before you joined, it's quite possible you've seen a similar conversation. Topics tend to repeat around here, and I can remember at least one other sense of smell topic a while back. I don't remember it going to the point of couples and their smelling problems, but I said my piece early on and left it at that, so it might have gone there.

Beyond that, both Postperson and I have made numerous posts around, and though I can't recall any sort of conversation, you very well could have seen both of our writing enough to mistake it for a previous conversation.

Or maybe you're just deja vuing for no real reason. I get like that a lot if that makes you feel any better (probably won't, but there it is).

It is a SYMPTOM called Anosmia they should seek a medical advice


Causes of anosmia include:

Upper respiratory tract infection (e.g., sinusitis or the common cold)[3]
Nasal polyps
Hypothyroidism
Head trauma, damage to the ethmoid bone[4]
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Tumors of the frontal lobe
Parkinson's Disease[5]
Alzheimer's Disease[6]
Toxins (especially acrylates, methacrylates[7] and cadmium[8][9])
Old age[10]
Kallmann syndrome
Laryngectomy with permanent tracheostomy
Esthesioneuroblastoma is an exceedingly rare cancerous tumor that originates in or near the olfactory nerve. Symptoms are anosmia (loss of sense of smell) often accompanied by chronic sinusitis.[11]
Intranasal drug use
Samter's triad
Foster Kennedy syndrome

Nonsense! I'm Dr.Phil! <.< (joking)

As for me, my sense of smelling is rather strong, except for having one of nostrils blocked most of the time. =/

I've always had a poor sense of smell, never really thought about it much.