You get more and more desperate. I started sniffing in garbage cans. You know, you want to sniff strangers’ armpits because you just can’t smell anything. … I eventually went home and sprayed my wife’s Chanel No. 5 directly into my face. Couldn’t smell a thing, but I did go blind!

— Actor Hugh Grant on losing his sense of smell while he had Covid-19 earlier this year. Read more in Hugh Grant Jokes That He’s ‘Rather Proud’ of His Coronavirus Antibodies After Secret Battle at US Magazine (or watch the interview with Colbert that triggered this article). Hat tip to tiffanie!