Support & Resources
Further Reading and Resources
Information and links to wider reading and resources helpful to those affected by smell and taste and disorders.
Web Links to Resources, Articles and Blogs:
Effects of Olfactory Training in Patients with Olfactory Loss; The Laryngoscope
Thomas Hummel MD, Karo Rissom, Jens Reden MD, Aantje Hähner MD, Mark Weidenbecher MD, Karl-Bernd Hüttenbrink MD
Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009
Anosmia, by Helen Gatcum and Tim Jacob; Cardiff University
Professor Tim Jacob has done a huge amount of work around olfaction. His pages on the University’s website, below, contain a wealth of in-depth information on anosmia and all aspects of smell and taste.
Assessing the Impact of Anosmia: Review of a Questionnaire’s Findings, 1999 Oxford Journals/Chemical Senses
Scientists Address Anosmia, Loss of Sense of Smell;
Allie Bidwell, Chronicle Staff Writer
Smell (Olfaction), A Tutorial on the Sense of Smell
compiled by Tim Jacob, Cardiff University, UK
Odd Reason Some Guys Have Fewer Sex Partners
Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer, November 29, 2012
Sissel Tolaas
You could describe scent expert and odour artist Sissel Tolaas as something of an obsessive when it comes to smell; she has built up a library of over 6000 scents and works for International Flavors and Fragrances, a company that makes a produces a number of well-known perfume brands. Read more about her in SightUnseen magazine, link below.
Books
Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way
[Paperback] by Molly Birnbaum, 2012. Portobello Books
It was Molly’s book about her experience of anosmia and the journey she undertook to learn about the condition and the sense of smell itself that was the inspiration for the creation of Fifth Sense, so we are big fans of Molly here. If you haven’t read her book, ‘Season to Taste‘, then go out and get yourself a copy.
It was Molly’s book about her experience of anosmia and the journey she undertook to learn about the condition and the sense of smell itself that was the inspiration for the creation of Fifth Sense, so we are big fans of Molly here. If you haven’t read her book, ‘Season to Taste‘, then go out and get yourself a copy.
A World Without Smells
[Kindle Edition] by Lars Lundqvist, 2016
Lars Lundqvist was born without a sense of smell. In this book he talks about his experience of life in a world where smell does not exist.
Lars Lundqvist was born without a sense of smell. In this book he talks about his experience of life in a world where smell does not exist.
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
[Paperback] by Rachel Herz; 2008. Harper Perennial
Remembering Smell
[Hardcover] by Bonnie Blodgett, 2010; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Anosmia. Nostalgia for a Forbidden Sense.
Paperback – November 10, 2008, by Ezza Agha Malak
Published by University Press of the South
Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us
Hardcover – September 28, 2009 by Faith Hickman Brynie Publisher: AMACOM
Navigating Smell and Taste Disorders
Neurology Now Books [Paperback] by Ronald DeVere, Marjorie Calvert
Demos Publishing
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell
[Paperback] by Luca Turin, 2007. Faber & Faber
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
[Kindle Edition] by Avery Gilbert, 2008. Amazon Kindle Edition
On Facebook:
Facebook groups/pages set up by people with smell and taste disorders to help others. Inclusion of these links does not indicate an endorsement by Fifth Sense:
Anosmics of the World! Unite
Living Well With Anosmia
Congenital Anosmia
Phantosmia
Acquired Anosmia and Parosmia Support Page
The Samters Society
Covid 19 Anosmia/Parosmia Support Group
Congenital Anosmia (Closed Group)
Tasteless Cuisine
Girls with Anosmia
Parosmia/Phantosmia Support Group
Anosmia Australia
Smell Loss Stinks – Anosmia Support
Covid 19 Anosmia Loss of Smell and Taste Symptom Monitoring