No Sense of Smell: What It's Like to Be Anosmic

Since the sense of taste relies on the sense of smell, when a person becomes anosmic, they often have problems with their sense of taste as well.

There are two types of taste loss:

Ageusia - The complete loss of the sense of taste

Hypogeusia - A partial loss of the sense of taste

Fortunately for me, I have hypogeusia. There is a game where you close your eyes, plug your nose, and someone feeds you some type of sauce. Then, you're supposed to guess which sauce it is. This is what my sense of taste is like.

There are some flavors I can't taste at all, particularly garlic. I cannot smell or taste garlic at all. In fact, I made (and ate) brownies once using garlic oil thinking it was vegetable oil. I noticed the texture of the brownies seemed off and asked my mom if she thought the eggs were bad. She noticed the garlic right away.