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Count me in - Not only am I NOT able to smell anything others smell, I sometimes catch a whiff of odors that are surely phantom, but rarely noxious. The biggest drawback in this olfactory disruption for me is in cooking. With loss of smell, taste is also compromised. I have to rely on measurements in order not to destroy a good meal. "Season to taste" does not apply anymore. NKPorter On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:56 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > I notice that several of you seem to be smelling things that others do > not > smell. My husband did the same thing early in the disease. He > smelled smoke > and fire and I spent many nights searching for that smell. He also > smelled > something odd on his skin while I did not. It was several years later > that we > first read about olfactory hallucinations. Do not let the word > hallucination > frighten you this is just another of Parkinson's little difficulties > and harmless > at that. We have a friend who for years smelled chocolate and accused > his > wife of hiding it from him!!! I have tried to find a reference to > this in one > of my Parkinson's books but so far have not. I assure you that you > are not > alone in this experience. If you go to a support group mention it and > probably > others there have the same experience or talk to your Parkinson's > movement > disorder--believe me they have heard of it. Hope this helps Jackie > wife of PWP > of nearly 20 years. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn