[evincarofautumn]

I have an extremely strong sense of smell, inherited from my mother. Both of us are able to detect smells at lower concentrations and identify them more accurately than almost anyone else I know. My partner has told me that there are many things she didn’t even realise had a smell until I pointed it out—she is not anosmic, because she could recognise the smell after I drew her attention to it, as long as it has a high enough concentration. I have identified people I know by smell (who left their sweater behind at the party?), detected someone slicing cucumbers or celery a few rooms away, can identify what the neighbours are cooking, have pinpointed the location of certain types of ant nest, and more. If anyone is studying smell and wants to use me as a guinea pig, feel free to get in touch! I also have synaesthesia, which may play a role in how I process smells, but it seems to be mainly a physical thing.