Taste and smell are deeply connected, creating the full flavour experience. While we might focus on the food or drink in front of us, the combination of your taste buds and your sense of smell transforms a simple meal into something truly memorable.

Anosmia is the total or partial loss to smell, and can be specific to certain smells. This can can have several reasons, trauma to the head which affects the olfactory bulbs either temporarily or permanently is one. It can also be due to an acquired illness or be congenital. In some rare cases it is of unknown origin (idiopathic).

Smell training using essential oils can great help with recovery from anosmia is some cases.