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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a scented world we live in. Even as newborns, we rely on the sense of smell to find comfort in the familiar scent of love: the mother\u2019s smell.<\/p>\n
We take a deep breath when the kitchen is filled with a mouthwatering smell of our favorite meal. We stop and smell the roses. We love the smell of clean laundry. The smell of rain.<\/p>\n
However, the things we take for granted, like the smell of roses from someone we cherish are someone\u2019s greatest desire.<\/p>\n
Just imagine yourself living in an olfactory silence, or the medical term being anosmia. The condition is usually defined as temporary or permanent impairment in the sense of smell.<\/p>\n
In other words, people affected by it cannot register smells.<\/p>\n
Some health conditions are usually connected to partial or total impairment in the proper functioning of the olfactory gland.<\/p>\n
The olfactory gland is the \u201cbrain\u201d that controls your sense of smell. The most renowned perfumers have trained their olfactory gland and heightened its sensibility and functioning.<\/p>\n
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As a complete and utter perfume aficionado, I cannot imagine myself walking in the shoes of someone with anosmia.<\/p>\n
That is, I couldn\u2019t until a few weeks ago, when I met a very pleasant lady, who due to certain medications she has to take, had been diagnosed with anosmia.<\/p>\n
When I tried to get a sense of her condition and urged her to describe it to me, she asked me to describe how clouds smell. I said I cannot do that, since I haven\u2019t smelled them.<\/p>\n
Her response: Exactly!<\/p>\n
She\u2019s the one who coined the term olfactory silence, because she believed that smells talk to us.<\/p>\n
She explained that without scents, the world is much duller place. She still enjoys her favorite meals, however the experience is downsized by the lack of inviting prelude of scents.<\/p>\n
She still loves dressing up, but she always feels like she lacks something just because she cannot feel her perfume on herself.<\/p>\n
However, she says, “even though I cannot sense my perfume, that doesn\u2019t mean I should stop wearing it”.<\/p>\n
That is the essence of selfishness: if we find ourselves in a scentless world, does that mean we should cut all the flowers just because we cannot smell them?<\/p>\n
Maybe my perfume will catch the attention of someone who had a rough day, and a single note in it will transport him back to a happy memory.<\/p>\n
The next time you open a perfume and your heart starts pounding by its intoxicating fragrance notes dancing in the air, remember how lucky you are.<\/p>\n
You still get to stop and smell the roses!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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