Sense of smell

[Mmc]

I live on an island in northern Michigan......have lived here a good chunk of my life in fact. We have lilac trees in full bloom everywhere right now and I am amazed at how wonderful they smell. Yesterday I thought, wow the lilacs are really great this year. Then today it struck me that after smoking for 38 years, this is the first time since I was young, that I was really able to smell them.
Thanks v4l and my cyber buddies on this forum!

 

[grandpawrichard]

Mmc,
Congrats to you! It's amazing what we can now smell isn't it? Thank goodness or Lilacs are almost done blooming, because their smell has been killing my sinuses for quite a few weeks now. They are Beautiful flowers but for a person with Sinus Trouble they are terrible.
Women with a Lot of Perfume or men with a lot of Aftershave smell Putrid to me! It makes me wonder how bad they smell that they have to cover it up with such a heavy dose of that crap!

Richard

 

[Morandir835]

Ms. Mmc one of the many perks of getting off the analogs. You're lucky enough to live somewhere that having a sense of smell back is truly a great thing.

 

[keelalagirl55]

Ms. Mmc one of the many perks of getting off the analogs. You're lucky enough to live somewhere that having a sense of smell back is truly a great thing.

It's a blessing and a curse....you haven't been here in the evening with all these critters about! I never knew something so foul

 

[Morandir835]

Know exactly what you mean Ms. Keelalagirl, DC smells awful, and when it rains some parts literally smell like a rotting corpse... Miss not being able to smell it...

 

[keelalagirl55]

lol....oh the sweetness of irony....you quit to get healthy just to wind up miserable at times...lol

But I do love how much better bacon smells...oh and smoked meat...OMG my dad has finally nailed that one...You can almost smell it all the way up the street

 

[lujin4]

And coffee in the morning.

 

[keelalagirl55]

And coffee in the morning.

Oh my YEEEESSSSSS!

 

[Flowerlady-8898]

It is definately a blessing and curse, in my house. I can smell so much better, now, all of the good smells, but when it comes to having men in the house that need a bath, or having to smell my husband's smoke, 'OH MY GOD'...It's horrible! When I was smoking, his smoking never bothered me. Now, I have to run a fan towards him, when he lights up, because I can't stand it. Now, I know how bad it smelt, and I go around apologizing to all of my family members, now, and let them know that I know how bad it was for them...now that I have quit.​

 

[Jbarbaro32]

I work in a dental office so most the time I wish I couldn't smell. And taste! Yum. I thought every place I was eating was changing the sauce.

 

[katz-in-boots]

I work in a dental office so most the time I wish I couldn't smell.

Ewww! Bad breath!!!! Gross!

 

[Mirage Hart]

This being able to smell is what so many talk about... but I have always had a very keen sense of smell, and I don't notice any difference at all since quitting! In fact, about 5 yrs ago where I was working was offices on a third floor of a building that had a restaurant on the first floor. One day, while walking to the mail room I told one of my non-smoking co-workers "there's a fire somewhere, someone needs to call the restaurant downstairs!" Everyone just ignored me, I kept insisting there was a fire. Eventually the fire alarms went off... there was a fire in the restaurant two floors below! Not one single person I worked with smelled it but me! Ok, I have officially established that I'm just weird!

 

[keyzygirl]

I notice the smell of the beach.Some days it smells wonderful and clean and other days its so strong its kinda yucky.My friend has herbs planted near her front door and the smell is overwhelming,lol.Jasmine is a strong smell too.

 

[kittypie]

My sister is a smoking fiend and her sense of smell is akin to that of a bloodhound, except she can't smell her own self! But I have her half-converted, she is smoking about half what she used to.

Me, I'm still smoking 'logs in the morning and in the evening; I don't think I can put them down completely until my sister quits completely or moves out. Preferably the latter...actually, preferably both! I love my sis but...

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

I know, right? I was half an acre away from someone planting flowers and I could smell the sweetness of the freshly dug earth. Was great!

 

[ThankU4Vaping]

It's good to smell again. Coffee (thanks Lujin) smells better as all other good things do. Taste is certainly related to smell and taste is so much better now too! Eating Godiva truffles is an even better experience now, than it was as a smoker. The fluffiness, the richness, the absolute nectar of the gods speaks to me now. My eyes roll around in my head and I must be sitting down for the experience. Yeah, I like it.

 

[Badanswer]

I can smell a smoker the minute they step into the room.....like it was said above....feel bad about stinking for so long.

 

[Clover~]

smelling and tasting is awesome! yay! how did we live without those senses??? breathe deep, everyone! (unless your by a trash dump...or giant pile of poop....or something else that smells awefull...unless you wanna)

 

[Dayna]

Love my new sense of smell! I can smell a smoker a mile away now. What is worse is when I give my 3 dogs a bath!! I have a Great Dane, a Boxer mix, and a Golden Retriever. Wet dog smell is something I could live without!!!! The smell of baking bread and cookies!!!!! Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[plantlvr]

I too have always had a good sense of smell so didn't notice a change EXCEPT the smell of cigarette smoke now, yucky! Not so bad when i smell it in the air, but on a person or room, don't like it at all!
Oh and like granpaw richard said, too much perfume or aftershave, can't stand it