Does swimming effect your sense of smell?
My wife and I recently had a lovely dinner with a person very knowledgable about wines. We are both wine lovers and appreciated his wonderful "wine lesson". However, when he got into the description of the wines in terms of berrys and oak and leather etc I had to stop him and say that I can sometimes detect a raisin taste or maybe even a blackberry taste but I have never been able to get any of those other subtle tastes that the wine experts use to describe wines.
So he asked me if I had sinus problems or something else that might effect my sense of smell. Well, the only thing I could think of was chlorine. Does anyone have any thoughts or information on wether 30 plus years of swimming and breathing that wonderful chlorine smell could have ruined or at least altered my sense of smell? If so I may go to exclusively drinking 2 Buck Chuck!!!
Glenn:)
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Glenn,
I have googled your query and have not been able to find any scientific research or articles on point.
I would not let an inability to perceive certain tones or notes in the scent of a wine indicate anything.
I enjoy good wine, I breath it in and perceive it through my olfactory senses . . . but that doesn't mean I agree with or can detect some of the notes that others may.
I can also tell when I step in dog poo.
So I'd say that my olfactory senses remain in tact despite frequent contact with cholorinated water.
But that is, of course, merely anecdotal . . . and probably all you will find in response. Your mileage may vary.
carl
Glenn,
I have googled your query and have not been able to find any scientific research or articles on point.
I would not let an inability to perceive certain tones or notes in the scent of a wine indicate anything.
I enjoy good wine, I breath it in and perceive it through my olfactory senses . . . but that doesn't mean I agree with or can detect some of the notes that others may.
I can also tell when I step in dog poo.
So I'd say that my olfactory senses remain in tact despite frequent contact with cholorinated water.
But that is, of course, merely anecdotal . . . and probably all you will find in response. Your mileage may vary.
carl
