Most girly pampering out there seems to involve the sense of smell (thank you, aroma therapy craze!), which of course is lost on me for the most part. So as far pampering goes, the only sense that can really be pampered is one—touch. And so, if I am going to pamper myself with any bath product, that bath product first and foremost has to feel good.
Today marks one full year that NeverSmell.com has been up and running! And in that year, I have been introduced to so many fellow anosmics from around the globe. So, to you all, I’d like to say thanks…for stopping by...
So, I got another email in my Outlook inbox at work about the break room refrigerator smelling again. And if you have a job with a communal refrigerator, I think you know EXACTLY the kind of email I’m talking about…
I am looking for guest bloggers for NeverSmell.com, specifically people either (1) born without a sense of smell or who have lost their sense of smell who’d like to share their own personal stories; (2) are creative writers with an untrammeled sense of smell who would like to write their own descriptions of smells for our gimpy readers; and (3) professionals in the olfaction industry who use their sense of smell for a living…
I’ve decided that I don’t rant enough here at NeverSmell, so here’s a little rant on why I hate oatmeal.
You’ve heard me talk here before about how anosmics tend to taste by texture, often preferring some foods over others based on a food’s “mouth-feel” (to borrow a term from Fast Food Nation). Well, oatmeal is one of those foods where getting the meal past my tongue is very very difficult. And if I may be blunt…
This next video made by Jessica Abell, Francie Kaplan, Stephanie Oberto, and Erin Smith (“Sweet Beats” by Francie Kaplan), is a “documentary for the schools, inspired by tragedy in my own life,” so the YouTube description states…
For those of you who do not know, YouTube is filled with a ton of videos on the subject of anosmia. And since I didn’t know about this until recently, I thought I’d share with you some of the more interesting videos…
If you are looking for a very basic article discussing the function of smell and taste, the American Academy of Otolaryngology (another word unrecognizable by my spell-checker) has a simple article on the subject answering some basic questions such as…
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