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JR, That's happened me.....not an odour with which I'm familiar at all..alwaysw chemical-like tho'....I've always assumd it was the result of the decompositioin of the pill(of the time) taken.....I know there have been no pleasantness such as from a rose,Lily-of-the-valley,hyacinth....all flowers whose smell one never forgets even when you can't get it any more.....RD Peace! Everyone! J. R. Bruman wrote: > > 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