When did you regain your sense of smell?

[esteband]

I was kinda hoping I'd notice the smell of wet leaves in the fall first. Or the smell after it rains. But based on the answers so far, it looks like I have to expect some pretty rank ones first.

But that's ok - the bad smells are important too. How else are you gonna know if the milk went sour? Or if there's a gas leak?

But what a tragedy to lose your sense of smell. I can't believe how lightly I took it when I was smoking cigarettes. For me, the sense vanished almost overnight. One day, I went to work, and all I could smell was cigarette smoke. Nothing else. Then after a few weeks, I couldn't smell anything else at all unless it was very powerful. All subtlety was gone. That should've woken me up and got me off cigarettes right away. But no use crying over spilled milk, (which probably went sour anyway)...

[esteband]

Thanks all for your responses so far. It's nice knowing I'm not alone, that there are some folks with the same experience as me.

[martha1014]

I took me about a month before I could smell. I was amazed at the difference. I did not realize things smelled so good and so bad. I was really shocked that I had not been able to smell all of this time. I just thought it was normal.

[mudmanc4]

Like some of you others, I noticed just how "we" as humans smell, breath, BO , rain leaves , kinda like the first Harley ride in the spring, when you can smell everything.

And I can smell a smoker from afar, bigtime, I knew it had a stong odor, but daAAm !

I was in line at the bank a couple weeks ago, and out of the blue I smelled that strong stale a$$ smoke smell, seriously had to breath through my mouth, I looked back a bit when it was my turn at the bar, it was a nicely dressed man with a lot going on. I wondered if he was at all aware of just how strong that smell was.

[Deschain]

Mudmanc, I bet that guy could only smell his aftershave...poor dude probably thought he was looking sharp and smelling nice (like we all did).

Jeez, if I think about all the expensive aftershave I've wasted over the years, I might break down crying! - I might as well have just rolled around in the ashtray and saved me some cash!!!


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[rasci2]

I regained my sense of smell in about a week. Obviously not all the smells were pleasant. Believe me, after fifty years of smoking there were quite a few surprises. However, the return of my taste buds has been great. Everything tastes better.

[TWISTED VICTOR]

I can smell nicotine re-entering a room I've previously vaped in, but other than that, my sense of smell and taste haven't seemed to change any over the last 2+ months .

[CHUCKLEHEAD]

About 2 months afther the divorce!!> Jokin really 2 months

[pianoguy]

I noticed an improvement in my sense of smell in less than a week, and it's getting better with each passing day. Taste is getting a bit sharper, too - I can imagine that my salt and pepper consumption will drop like a rock

[traderblue]

Two weeks for me

MT

Same for me 2 weeks.