nose blind
Olfactory fatigue state
Nose blind describes the inability to detect a smell, particularly one that has become so familiar through constant exposure that you no longer notice it.
People become nose blind to odors in their own homes, on their clothes, or from their pets, while visitors immediately notice what the resident cannot.
I've gone nose blind to the cat smell in my apartment.
The term gained currency through air freshener advertising that warned consumers about this olfactory phenomenon.
- smellOlfactory perception
- olfactionSense of scent detection
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- body odorHuman sweat smell
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