Olfactory Hallucinations ( phantom smells )

[Kurt.]

@Toast

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I’ve got a kink

 

[Joey66]

Right colour on his hair too

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Right colour on his hair too

Stick it to the man, J.

 

[Rich1878]

I know how this is gonna go, but has anyone ever experienced phantom smells ( posh name Olfactory Hallucinations ) ?

Basically, you smell something that`s not there, in my case I`ve been waking up in the middle of the night, to the smell of burnt toast, when everyone else is asleep.

I`ve tried shoving rice up my nose, running a magnet over it too and yer ma isn`t downstairs making toast either.

I'm.sure I read somewhere that if you smell burning then you could have company (as in ghost)

 

[Bedfordblue]

My younger brother unfortunately supports those neighbours of ours, whenever I visit him there’s an unusual smell of cows arse when we talk about football.
Very odd.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Phantosmia

Phantosmia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Goodison87]

My old dog ate the Christmas turkey (raw) and a box on brandy chocolates many years ago. She was pissed for a couple of days. The resulting mess was everywhere in the kitchen. I almost passed away cleaning it up.

I kept getting memory smells of it for about 2/3 years, even on holidays abroad. Thanks to this thread I now know what to call it ..

 

[SerenityNigh]

I know how this is gonna go, but has anyone ever experienced phantom smells ( posh name Olfactory Hallucinations ) ?

Basically, you smell something that`s not there, in my case I`ve been waking up in the middle of the night, to the smell of burnt toast, when everyone else is asleep.

I`ve tried shoving rice up my nose, running a magnet over it too and yer ma isn`t downstairs making toast either.

Was a big symptom post covid, lasted months, but smelt sewage smells all over the place. Was only certain types of smells that triggered this but was very common and very strong. Fortunately coffee did not trigger this or I would have been in a bad state. Never had this outside of covid though.

 

[Tommy Chong]

I'm.sure I read somewhere that if you smell burning then you could have company (as in ghost)

That was my thought!

@COYBL25 Get one of those paranormal investigating shows around the house to confirm it...

 

[SerenityNigh]

Was a big symptom post covid, lasted months, but smelt sewage smells all over the place. Was only certain types of smells that triggered this but was very common and very strong. Fortunately coffee did not trigger this or I would have been in a bad state. Never had this outside of covid though.

Actually had somthing similar once before abar 20 years ago after a cold. Had a heightened vinegar (non brewed condiment) smell when eating fries (chips) and ketchup (tomato sauce) at Wendy's (Wendy's), so that was basically ruined. Not sure there were any phantom smells here, just super sensitive.

 

[LostLegend]

I know how this is gonna go, but has anyone ever experienced phantom smells ( posh name Olfactory Hallucinations ) ?

Basically, you smell something that`s not there, in my case I`ve been waking up in the middle of the night, to the smell of burnt toast, when everyone else is asleep.

I`ve tried shoving rice up my nose, running a magnet over it too and yer ma isn`t downstairs making toast either.

Have you checked the toaster to make sure you haven’t mistakenly left some toast in there?

 

[Rich1878]

That was my thought!

@COYBL25 Get one of those paranormal investigating shows around the house to confirm it...

Yeh, defo got company mate.

 

[Rich1878]

I know how this is gonna go, but has anyone ever experienced phantom smells ( posh name Olfactory Hallucinations ) ?

Basically, you smell something that`s not there, in my case I`ve been waking up in the middle of the night, to the smell of burnt toast, when everyone else is asleep.

I`ve tried shoving rice up my nose, running a magnet over it too and yer ma isn`t downstairs making toast either.

Are you waking up at certain times?

 

[COYBL25]

Are you waking up at certain times?

Virtually every time, bang on 3am.