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Top 10 Reasons to Appreciate Your Sense of Smell

#10 … When you’re going to bed at night, and you’ve pulled the smoke alarm out of your wall because the little green light is keeping you awake, you have your sense of smell to alert you to any smoke if your house is burning down.

#9 … You can find the dead mouse before your son sees it inside the laundry room cupboard.

#8 … You know whether or not the milk went bad in the fridge while you were in isolation.

#7 … You can tell whether or not anything went bad in the fridge – and for some reason, your husband does not think to use his sense of smell for that.

#6 … When you go outside to walk the dog, you can breathe in the crisp, freezing air – and you never know winter has a scent until you’ve walked outside and been met with … nothing. (Close your eyes and step outside – you’ll see what I mean!)

#5 … Poodle smell is awesome, even if your dog is wet and/or muddy. Bury your head in that fur and breathe it in. There’s nothing like it in the world. (Baby smell is also spectacular, but I don’t have any of those around lately.)

#4 … If something is burning in the oven, you know it right away. For that matter, if your hair, your clothes, your dryer or your carpet is on fire, you know that right away as well.

#3 …You can tell if yesterday’s sweat pants – that you only wore for an hour – are still able to be worn today.

#2 … Scented candles, crayons, and chocolate.

And the #1 reason to appreciate your sense of smell is…

#1 …. You can taste the food you eat! This, especially is wholly underrated. Yesterday I cried while eating homemade kale chips; they were so delicious.

Never take for granted the ability to use your senses.