Rachel Herz

Air is like a blank canvas, and the scents that we can perceive are like the paints on it that are the world that we exist in.

So our ability to detect smells is actually far greater than our ability to detect any other sensory experience.

So our ability to detect smells is actually far greater than our ability to detect any other sensory experience.

So our ability to detect smells is actually far greater than our ability to detect any other sensory experience.

We're breathing. We're inhaling through our nostrils, taking a deep inhalation in every breath. A couple of seconds.

We're breathing. We're inhaling through our nostrils, taking a deep inhalation in every breath. A couple of seconds.

We're breathing. We're inhaling through our nostrils, taking a deep inhalation in every breath. A couple of seconds.

Air that we can't smell coming into our nostrils and traveling up our nostrils. Right into our nasal passages, which are actually quite complex. There are sort of, there are these, all these little curvy structures and kind of curves and bends inside the nose, which are actually there to create as much turbulence to bring up the air carrying these odor molecules.

Air that we can't smell coming into our nostrils and traveling up our nostrils. Right into our nasal passages, which are actually quite complex. There are sort of, there are these, all these little curvy structures and kind of curves and bends inside the nose, which are actually there to create as much turbulence to bring up the air carrying these odor molecules.

Air that we can't smell coming into our nostrils and traveling up our nostrils. Right into our nasal passages, which are actually quite complex. There are sort of, there are these, all these little curvy structures and kind of curves and bends inside the nose, which are actually there to create as much turbulence to bring up the air carrying these odor molecules.

And eventually, they're stopped, landing on this patch of mucous membrane, which is basically at the level of our eyebrows. And on this patch of mucous membrane, this is where all the receptors that are capable for detecting You know, smells exist.

And eventually, they're stopped, landing on this patch of mucous membrane, which is basically at the level of our eyebrows. And on this patch of mucous membrane, this is where all the receptors that are capable for detecting You know, smells exist.

And eventually, they're stopped, landing on this patch of mucous membrane, which is basically at the level of our eyebrows. And on this patch of mucous membrane, this is where all the receptors that are capable for detecting You know, smells exist.

And this is where we go, ah, it's a lemon.

And this is where we go, ah, it's a lemon.

And this is where we go, ah, it's a lemon.

The same part of the brain that's giving us the experience of emotion is also giving us the experience of scent. And so instantly that we are consciously registering a scent, we are also to some degree experiencing an emotion. I mean, to smell is to feel is what you just said. It's the exact same system. It's exactly that. It's perfectly said. To smell is to feel. I love that.

The same part of the brain that's giving us the experience of emotion is also giving us the experience of scent. And so instantly that we are consciously registering a scent, we are also to some degree experiencing an emotion. I mean, to smell is to feel is what you just said. It's the exact same system. It's exactly that. It's perfectly said. To smell is to feel. I love that.

The same part of the brain that's giving us the experience of emotion is also giving us the experience of scent. And so instantly that we are consciously registering a scent, we are also to some degree experiencing an emotion. I mean, to smell is to feel is what you just said. It's the exact same system. It's exactly that. It's perfectly said. To smell is to feel. I love that.

At this point in time, the most supported way to, you know, engage or reactivate your sense of smell after smell loss, and especially if it's from illness like COVID, is with smell training.