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Skewed Smells: A Weird COVID Mystery

Skewed Smells: A Weird COVID Mystery

Can COVID make food smell like burnt hair?

Every Little Thing

April 5, 202121m 5s

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Show Notes

Caller Leña had COVID-19 last October and temporarily lost her sense of smell. As it started to come back, she noticed something strange — fruity things smelled like burnt hair and condoms. Where are Leña’s mystery smells coming from? Rhinologist Simon Gane fills us in on COVID-related smell loss.

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