Supplier Little Brownie Bakers issued a recall of some batches of Lemon Chalet Crème Girl Scout cookies. The recall is not in response to any real health concerns it appears; the recall is based on a quality issue concerning the smell and “off” taste from certain batches of cookies supposedly due to a breaking down of some oils…
Anosmia, as you can imagine, isn’t a very common affliction—or at least it’s not something that’s talked about or noticed very often. So the opportunity to meet fellow anosmics, in person, is a rare event. In fact, I’ve only actually met one other person with anosmia in my lifetime. Sure, I’ve “met” a lot of people through this website and through the Facebook group and I’ve often talked with people who have known at least one other person with anosmia, but in person (myself) I’ve only met one man, and I don’t even remember his name…
As a person with anosmia, I get a lot of strange questions. But the above question, “Has anyone smelled your Tylenol lately?” has got to be one of the strangest questions I’ve gotten, especially considering a coworker of mine asked it as I was leaving the office the other day…
That’s right! Three-hundred people have visited this site and answered the question, “Were you born with a sense of smell?” Here are the results so far:
It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of Alan Ackmann’s smell descriptions from my book o’ smells, so I thought I’d start out November with a good one: The Smell of Chex Mix…
While surfing through my Twitter Feed, I noticed a headline that I just had to click on. @72suited posted a link to Honolulu seeking to ban ‘BO’ on buses put out by the Associated Press.
According to the article, “the Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.”
I haven’t updated this site in a while for one major reason; I’ve been quite sick. But don’t worry—I’m not contagious and I didn’t eat something that had “turned” (and Lord knows how often that happens!). Simply put, I’m pregnant and experiencing what approximately 80% of pregnant women experience: nausea.
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.
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