When my dad shines his shoes on the kitchen table, the scent of the shoe polish takes him back 50 years to his childhood in Pittsburgh. Yet when I press my nose into the leather, I feel nothing.
— Jacob LaMendola made a short film about anosmia; you can find it at the New York Times. Hat tip to Kevin!
I really like the attitude of the guy who says that people keep telling him to try harder and to work at it and he says, to me ‘its a non-issue’.
Yes — really interesting how differently these people react to losing smell.