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Old 11-18-2017, 07:15 PM   #9
Flyndaran
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Default Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Bad Smell and No Sense of Taste/Smell

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
I have quirk level anosmia. I definitely am not as sensitive to "normal" bitterness or sourness as I should be but I can taste it - many dangerously bitter things have the equivalent of a +4 or more to detect, so my penalty doesn't make it too hard... I'm not convinced I taste some other flavors correctly either. My spice blends border on inedible for other people.
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Taste and smell are incredibly species and individual dependent.
Even when I could track my pets by scent alone, I could not smell milk rotten enough to be chunky. It has no detectable odor other than a very very faint sweaty odor to me. Good thing I didn't like milk.
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