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Your nose is ignoring your home smell on purpose: the science of olfactory

Why does your home suddenly smell like nothing? Your brain is doing olfactory fatigue: it down-regulates constant odors so new smells stand out, like perfume fading on you while everyone else still notices it^[1]^[2]^[10].

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