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More Of A Remark Than A Question. I Can Normally Smell Very Little. Last Night I Had An Olfactory Hallucination...aftershave. I Wish...

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Meyerton, ZA
December 6, 2024
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A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

BTW, the technical name for this is "phantosmia"; smelling smells that aren't there. One of those cases where the word sounds far more magical than the reality it describes...

June 19
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I have too I didn't realize what it could be it's something I've smelled before but just can't remember what it is

December 6, 2024
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I switch from no sense of smell at all to a generally unpleasant "drains" smell that follows me around. I tell all my friends not to be shy and to tell me if I or my house stink. Apart from jokes about the "old people smell", I've had no "yes you do" answers yet, so either I have polite friends (yeah right...they're MY friends, so chosen largely for their ability to call a spade a spade, or occasionally a bloody shovel) or I remain (relatively) fragrant.

As to aftershave I miss "Joop!", the original. I think only part of that is down to me too; they've changed the formula I think, and it's more harsh. It used to have a lovely warm vanilla smell, whereas now I can smell more of the alcohols in it.

June 19 (edited)
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Sending a hug though that made me laugh. I'm sure it's not funny for you when it happens.

December 10, 2024
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Not all of my Hallucinations are pleasant. Sometimes I smell pleasant floral smells but other times I am presented with metallic smells that are scary.
I try to have fun with my situational hallucinations. If they get to scary you can reach out to any characters and the hallucination will stop.

December 6, 2024

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