Although finding your signature scent can take months (if not years), there’s a certain satisfaction that comes once you land on a fragrance that perfectly embodies you. Friends and colleagues recognize it as your trademark, strangers in the elevator inquire about the brand, and you can rest easy knowing that you always smell superb. But then, one day you wake up and spritz on your go-to juice only to realize… it doesn’t smell like anything at all anymore. Has the bottle gone bad? Is your nose feeling particularly uncooperative? Nope. Your newly discovered nose blindness is likely due to a finicky process known as olfactory adaptation.
What’s the deal with olfactory adaptation?
Your nose and brain are connected through a complex system of olfactory receptors and chemical reactions, which explains why scent has the power to trigger memories and other psychological and physiological reactions. But, “there are still studies going on to fully understand that connection,” says Lin
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