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Keith Chancey wrote: > > I know most us PWP have lost much of our ability to smell, but does > antone else get a smell "stuck" in their mind? I will sometimes > encounter a strong smell that will stay with me long after I am no > longer exposed to it. Also, I can't describe it adequately, because I > doubt I am processing it like normal people do. My roughly similar experience seems to be olfactory hallucination. For years I used to work on cars in my garage, often cleaning things with gasoline, alcohol, paint thinner, and other organic solvents. Now, 4 years after diagnosis of PD, I can hardly recognize any of those odors, but on rare occasions I sense an odor that is vaguely "chemical" but comes from nowhere. Not troubling or disabling, but I wonder sometimes why those nearby can't smell it. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013