Don’t ask me how this question popped into my head, but it did. Now, I know I couldn’t smell in space no matter what the conditions (being a congenital anosmic and all). But is it possible for someone (in general) to smell in space?
I’ve searched the Internet for answers and here’s what I’ve found:
Just for fun, I did a quick search for how many times the word “smell” appears in the Bible. Below is a list of verses I’ve found so far (though it varies depending on your translation, of course…I used NKJV):
The other day, when my husband bought the new T-Mobile G1 phone, he turned to me in the store and said, “Heather, you should know that this phone has a new phone smell to it.” The sales guy jumped in and said, “Oh that’ll go away,” presuming that I didn’t like the “new factory smell” or something. And then we felt that we had to explain that I didn’t have a sense of smell. And any anosmic can probably predict his reaction…
It’s been a while since posting an entry from my husband’s smell dictionary so I’d thought I’d post a fun one: Fingernail Gunk! Personally, as someone with congenital anosmia, I had no idea that the gunk under fingernails could have an odor. It always amuses me when the things I think should smell don’t and then the things I assume don’t smell do.
So here it is, Alan’s description of fingernail gunk…
The other night as the cool autumn night air crept slowly into our rented house my husband and I crawled into bed, nose to nose, talking over the events of the day. The moonlight from the bathroom skylight lit each other faces and our talk soon deflated into gentle, sweet sleepy compliments…
Heather Ackmann was born without a sense of smell (congenital anosmia) and constantly finds herself explaining all kinds of strange things to strangers, like eating habits, whether she uses deodorant, and whether she can "smell this." She built this website for the curious who are afraid to ask, and for the afflicted who love to share. You can read more about me here