purplehaze Report post Posted February 7, 2010 Hi everyone-I was just wandering if anyone knows why I have a sweet floral kind of smell just after I sneeze-it only lasts a few seconds but it's weird. xxx PS-no I don't have flowers in the room Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 7, 2010 Air freshener or pot pourri? And maybe sneezing resets your stinkometer to zero so you notice it again? Think monkey house at the zoo - you go in and PHoaaar it stinks. Then you get used to it and don't notice it and somebosy else comes in and sayd 'Phoaaar it stinks in here' and then you notice it again because their words have reset your stinkometer... Sweetpea scented snot? Begonia blossom bogies? Frangipani flob? Nasturtium nostril? Salvia saliva? Stylomecon septum? I have a similar problem when I break wind Amaranthus............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisac Report post Posted February 7, 2010 LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jannih Report post Posted February 7, 2010 Hi everyone-I was just wandering if anyone knows why I have a sweet floral kind of smell just after I sneeze-it only lasts a few seconds but it's weird. xxx PS-no I don't have flowers in the room Could it be a disturbance in the temporal lobe of the brain ? Several years ago, my sister used to say that she could smell lavender, when there was no lavender or lavender smell. An EEG detected a disturbance in her temporal lobe.The temporal lobe amongst other things controls the olfactory (smell) sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted February 7, 2010 Could it be a disturbance in the temporal lobe of the brain ? Several years ago, my sister used to say that she could smell lavender, when there was no lavender or lavender smell. An EEG detected a disturbance in her temporal lobe.The temporal lobe amongst other things controls the olfactory (smell) sense. Normally those smells are unpleasant, but that does not rule it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolblue Report post Posted February 7, 2010 Could it be a disturbance in the temporal lobe of the brain ? Several years ago, my sister used to say that she could smell lavender, when there was no lavender or lavender smell. An EEG detected a disturbance in her temporal lobe.The temporal lobe amongst other things controls the olfactory (smell) sense. Also see Jamie Ward's work on synesthesia http://www.syn.sussex.ac.uk/ cb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purplehaze Report post Posted February 8, 2010 Thanks guys-it's really weird and been going on for some months but I haven't wanted to tell anyone incase they think i'm mad-but then last night I googled it and others have also had it but no one had the answer. Very interesting!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
