sense of smell

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Lisa Chin @Chineetah (56) 17 Nov 20

I just read that being able to smell ants was genetic. I didn't know that not everyone able to smell ants. I can only smell the 'sugar ants'. What about you? Can you smell ants?

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Sense of Smell

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 2 Dec 16

Recently, I wrote about the “five senses” and which one would be the easiest one to lose. A couple people said “the sense of smell.” So, I was just thinking about that. What is your favorite AROMA? Do you like the smell of...

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The smell of pine.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 2 Dec 16

Call me the Christmas movie couch potato, but I truly love Christmas stories. On many movies, the Christmas trees play a central image, when characters marvel around that familiar fir tree I usually call pine, and they decorate...

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Sensitive Senses

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 28 May 16

One of the big things with fibromyalgia is sensitive senses. You know those senses - hearing, smell, taste, touch, sight. People with fibromyalgia have heightened senses. When it comes to hearing there can be the issue with...

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Phantom Smells

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 23 Aug 15

Do you ever smell things that aren't there? I've been known to smell KFC in my family room when the restaurant is way over at the other end of town. Tonight I smell cigarette smoke. Not the actual smoke but the kind of left over...

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Don't people know their sense of smell declines with age?

thinkingoutloud @thinkingoutloud (6127) • Canada 1 Apr 11

My daughter and I had a very rare morning out together today. What a treat! We got up early and went to a local breakfast restaurant. We were enjoying our meal when all of a sudden I smelled something SO strong... it was actually...

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if God will take away one of your five senses..

kayedanda @kayedanda (1850) • Philippines 26 Oct 08

(sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) and you could choose which one He will take away, which sense are you willing to give up? it'd be the sense of touch for me, as i think i can't live without the other four. what about you?...

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Smells good!

Jess @JJ4Ever (4693) • United States 1 Feb 08

Our sense of smell is the only one of the five senses that goes directly to our brain, (or so I've heard) which is probably why most people are so quickly affected by smells. Ladies, if a man walks by wearing a nice cologne, we...

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What Smells Bother You?

Island_Geko @Island_Geko (3758) • Canada 15 May 07

Living in an appartment building I experience alot of odd smell, like rotting garbage or food, cigarette smoke, propane and cooked foods, even wet dog. What smells bother you the most and why?

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April 28 is Sense of Smell Day

songbirdnaimh @songbirdnaimh (1422) • United States 28 Apr 07

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfaction

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WHY DOES A DOG HAS A GOOD SENSE OF SMELL?

ssh123 @ssh123 (31071) • India 27 Oct 06

You have experienced at home that dogs can find out smell. Police use dogs to nab the thief only by the smell by dog. What is the speciality of the dog and how it does?

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