What are distorted smells?
Most – if not all – people, when recovering from viral anosmia, seem to go through a phase where their smell and flavour perception is distorted. This is known as parosmia. Smells are either inaccurate, dreadfully unpleasant or both. Many people pass through this phase to normal, or near normal perception, although it is often still reduced in acuity. Others remain stuck in the distorted phase, which can be terribly depressing.
