olfactory

smells are so important to me. breathing in and out. taking in the scent of the world and environment.

my sense of smell is acute. i've been compared to a dog, an animal and even an alien for my sharp sense of smell and hearing. i could smell woodchips burning in a closed grill in another house opposite my own with only a crack in the window. i can practically taste the smell of cooking when i enter a home. and, strange as it may seem, i often sniff my food to get a general idea of how it might taste like.

my sense of smell is strong.

but there is a down side to it. i cannot take strong odors. a mere whiff of cigarette smoke would send me reeling and i cannot enter a perfume store without my eyes tearing up and me choking. the smell of alcohol, even wine, makes me a tad nauseous. which is why i always smell so nice, as verisa can pervert-ly confirm. she's always sniffing my hair, sniffing my clothes.

at this moment, my landlord's sister's dog just left. he was started to smell and i have now begun to recognize and label that smell as wet dog smell. this place now stinks of his smell. >x< i've just sprayed some lavender air-spray but my nose is complaining because i can distinctly smell those two different scents mingling together.

i hope i get my appetite back for dinner. and i sincerely pray that the smell would fade by tonight.