Rachael Mead was born unable to smell. It means she experiences the world differently – from tasting food, to a heightened ...

Q: Over the last couple of years, whenever I put on perfume or use a different skin product, I get a burning smell in my nose. It can take days or sometimes up to a week to clear. Why does this ...

About 25 years ago, after a particularly bad cold, I suddenly lost my sense of smell — I could no longer sense the difference between sweaty tennis shoes and a fragrant rose. Since then, my olfactory ...

On particularly cold days in Chicago, there are brief moments when it’s like the city has no smell. You tilt your face up toward the winter sun, inhale and there’s just nothing. If an animator wanted ...

Of our five senses, smell might be the most ignored. And yet the role it plays in our lives is inescapable. Smell activates many parts of our brain, including our limbic system, which plays a key role ...