Why can't most men smell none?

[Cullmanz Own]

Why is it that alot of men cannot smell their dominate mone, none? Is because of numbness to it? Does any one have

anything on this??

[bjf]

i believe it's just a case of scent

fatigue. an extreme case.

[jvkohl]

i believe it's just a

case of scent fatigue. an extreme case.

Olfactory researcher, colleague, and helpful friend, Chuck

Wysocki was the first to note that -none sensitivity could be induced with exposure (which counters the scent

fatigue theory). His finding was intially anecdotal: working with -none and unable to detect it, he gained the

ability to detect it after a few weeks of ongoing exposure. He later published something in this

regard.

It's more likely a matter of threshold. Repeated exposure to higher than normal (like your own

production) concentrations causes olfactory receptors to develop that respond to -none. Estrogen levels in women are

most likely involved in their increased ability to detect -none.

JVK

[bjf]

I would have thought you could still

learn to conciously smell something with scent fatigue. You just have to be exposed to higher levels of it often

enough, throwing up the "i must smell this alarm". But your alternate explanation makes sense.

[Cullmanz Own]

See whats strange for me is

I can smell it sometimes but then there are times when I smell nothing but alcohol. I dunno. It must just be me.