Becoming More Sensitive to Smells

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I have always been pretty sensitive to smells, and can usually identify what smells are. At the office, one of the workers there called me into the boss's office and told me to sniff. So I did. She asked me what I smelled. I told her, "Mold." Our boss had an intractable sinus infection which eventually had to be surgically addressed. No doubt it came from the mold in our old building. I think it was remedied, and it undoubtedly came from a leaky roof. I'm out of the loop, so no one informed me as to how it got remedied. So, I was proud that I could help solve the problem. Others in the office also smelled it, so I was in good company. A couple of days ago I went to my tenant's house and stood outside waiting. I could smell cigarette smoke. I didn't even think they smoked. Today I was in the cafeteria at the hospital where I work (they were having a free Thanksgiving meal for staff). An employee walked by with his scrubs on, and when he passed, his cologne almost knocked me down. And I was sitting, so that would have been something. I wanted to go remind him that wearing scents around patients was never a good idea, as so many have allergies. I don't, but so many others do. It seems I smell my way around my world. But it's getting more pronounced. I changed my laundry detergent to scentless. But last night I put on a t-shirt to sleep in, and I hated how it smelled. Perfumed and smelling like my last laundry detergent, or a lady of the night. I was hoping it wouldn't put my cat off from sleeping with me. Are you sensitive to smells?