If after a few minutes of spraying perfume on your body, you longer perceive or smell the perfume, but other people that come in contact with you can smell that perfume, one possible reason why this happens is what is called habituation or olfactory adaptation.
Molecules pass through an individual’s nostrils when they inhale and these molecules bond or stick to the wall of mucus within the receptor cells. Now what happens is that the receptor cells will inform the brain to decode or confirm if the smell is safe or if it’s not safe.
But if the perfumes appear to be safe, its smell will fade and an individual will no longer perceive or smell the perfume but other people that come in contact with you can smell the perfumes
Olfactory adaptation is also known as olfactory fatigue; it is a temporary but normal inability to differentiate a certain odor after being exposed to it for a very long time.
Some of the Examples of olfactory adaptation include
Both examples of olfactory adaptation refer to a gradual decrease in the response of the sensory nervous system to a stimulus.
Therefore, one possible reason why you can no longer smell the perfume is due to habituation or olfactory adaptation.
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