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Yes - it does calm down a bit - I think we just get used to it.

 

Going back to the other conversation - my best friend sells wine for a living. One of his party tricks is that a gang of 7 or 8 of us sit around drinking wine, we send him out of the room, and swap glasses...he then comes back and smells each glass and gives it back to its owner.

 

He can smell the person on the wine.

 

He says that girls are easiest - you can smell the makeup. - So not odd at all! Get yourself down to Debenhams and have a good sniff!

 

(My glass by the way? Always the emptiest ;) )

I don't think  it's  weird at all to go and smell the makeup, others can smell it on you when you give them a hug, you should know what they smell on your face :P

 

I agree with EL B, everyday things that were smelling sooo strong for a while, now have settled down, but the things that I only smell off and on are still stronger than they were when I smoked..like when it rains and I bring the dogs in, they smell more of "wet dog" then they used to - or like last weekend- hubby made cabbage rolls, boy did that cabbage stink up the house "more then before I quit"   :laugh2:

I think gradually you will adapt and the smells won't seem as strong.  It's like having a nose for the first time, isn't it?

Wendy it is totally normal  :)

 

I confess that when I first quit I became a little obsessed about the way soap smells. I started a one man campaign to find the best smelling men's soap. I have quite a collection now 9+ months into my quit, thanks Amazon :P  

 

I can tell you this Wendy, the soap that I thought really smelled good after I first quit and started getting my smeller back, smells totally different now.

 

It has been an enjoyable work in progress witnessing my sense of smell awaken and refine itself after being restricted by that disgusting cigarette smoke for 35 years. 

 

So I say sniff and be happy  :)

It's so funny how the "side effects" of quitting smoking are from one to the next.  I never really experienced being able to smell things better.  Not like some describe.  I must have a damaged sniffer!  

 

I would imagine like the others have said, that everything falls back into place and becomes less "extreme" after a while.  

I don't think it would be at all odd to smell the face powder...you are going to put it on your face, after all!  I don't think your smelling ability will die down, but you will get used to it.  It would be wonderful if we could only smell lovely smells better now, not the yucky ones!

It will calm a bit more but not too much,

I'm a make up artist and yes make up does smell, most not too pleasant, sponges and powder brushes cause a lot of the smell as well, most people don't realise they should be washing brushes etc

 

Mineral make up especially Jane iredale make up smells nice, no added crap, worth switching to mineral make up without a doubt x

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Speaking of make up, my skin has got so much better I hardly wear any right now. There's more colour, no blotchiness, less grey and dark areas, I look much healthier.

 

I accept my current avatar might suggest otherwise.

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