Heightened sense of smell?

[Belle22]

I noticed it in the hospital. I thought the nurses were burning their coffee every day. I am going on 6 months out and I can still smell everything like it is in the room with me. It's kind of a good thing though. It's not like I smell a food and have to have it. It's that some of the smells are strange and aren't directly related to cooking smells, etc. Does anyone else have this?

[RehabNurse]

My sense of smell is keener in certain aspects...notably, other peoples' personal hygiene.

For example, now I can immediately tell whether a person showers using scented or unscented soap. I have become extremely sensitive to peoples' range of natural body scents, although no one's personal scent has offended me or anything like that. A person's individual, unique scent is not to be confused with raunchy body odor because the two phenomena aren't the same.

I know it sounds strange, but my sense of smell has become heightened.

[Belle22]

You said it well Rehabnurse. There is definitely a difference between scent and smell. I have noticed that my "sent" is different. I'm not sure if it is from heightened sense of smell or change of diet causing it. I have always had a sharp nose. I should be a blood hound.

[LisaDurso]

Me too. It is actually great because food is so enjoyable as though every inhalation is an ingestion, without calories.

[Brandonf150]

I had that happen. It went away and back to normal about 3 months later.