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  2. Phantosmia - Wikipedia

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    Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This hallucination is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.

  3. Body odor - Wikipedia

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    For example, some animal species that feign death to survive (like opossums), in this state produce a strong body odor to deceive a predator that the prey animal has been dead for a long time and is already in the advanced stage of decomposing. Some animals with strong body odor are rarely attacked by most predators, although they can still be ...

  4. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory epithelium plays a large role in why humans are attracted to persons biologically rather than physically; this relates directly to the sense of smell and not physical appearance. Olfactory communication is common in all animals and recent studies have shown that humans have this communication trait as well. This kind of ...

  5. Why you shouldn't eat your boogers - AOL

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    Boogers trap invading viruses and bacteria before they can enter your body, so eating boogers might expose your system to these pathogens. See more stories on Insider's business page . Following ...

  6. Trimethylaminuria - Wikipedia

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    Smell events are often sporadic and episodic in nature (based on diet over the previous 24 hours), making it often difficult to diagnose by smell alone. Some people with trimethylaminuria report having a strong odor all the time, but there has not been any evidence apart from self reported symptoms that this is the case. [citation needed]

  7. Garlic breath - Wikipedia

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    The major volatile compounds responsible for garlic breath are allyl methyl sulfide, allyl methyl disulfide, allyl mercaptan, diallyl disulfide, dimethyl disulfide and methyl mercaptan, along with minor amounts of dimethyl selenide. [1] [2] [3] Various other sulfur compounds are also produced when allicin in garlic is broken down in the stomach ...

  8. Insect physiology - Wikipedia

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    An insect uses its digestive system to extract nutrients and other substances from the food it consumes. [3]Most of this food is ingested in the form of macromolecules and other complex substances (such as proteins, polysaccharides, fats, and nucleic acids) which must be broken down by catabolic reactions into smaller molecules (i.e. amino acids, simple sugars, etc.) before being used by cells ...

  9. Smelly socks - Wikipedia

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    The smell of dirty socks was the most unpleasant of the smells provided in the movie Polyester which featured Odorama in the form of scratch and sniff cards. [ 34 ] At Fort Siloso in Singapore, the liquid scent of smelly socks is part of the exhibition which provides tourists with a sensory impression of its historical use during WW2.