The past two weeks turned into me trying to understand what I wanted to truly focus on for my thesis.

I wanted to create an experience that would heavily revolve around the inability to smell.

Some Smell Facts

Complications of anosmia

1. an inability to taste food, which can lead to eating too much or too little

2. an inability to smell spoiled food, which can lead to food poisoning

3. increased danger in the event of a fire if you cannot smell smoke

4. losing the ability to recall smell-related memories

5. loss of intimacy due to the inability to smell perfume or pheromones

6. losing the ability to detect chemicals or other dangerous odors in your home

7. lack of empathy from family, friends, or doctors

8. inability to detect body odors

9. mood disorders such as depression

10. lack of interest in social situations, which might include being unable to enjoy the food at a social gathering

I found this list online and I agree with most of it. But not all.

Turns out smell’s important for memory too!

HEIST: That's biologist Paul Moore, author of the book, "The Hidden Power Of Smell." Moore says smell memories are different from other memories. When you smell something, he says, it triggers a response in the limbic system, what he calls the emotional part of the brain.

MOORE: When olfactory memories come in or olfactory signals come in, you feel about them first. You don't process it. You don't think about it. You feel about it. And then you think about it. And then the memory is laid down.