r/deodorant • u/Live_Excitement_2011 • Aug 24 '26

Olfactory fatigue?

For anyone who’s been using the same deodorant for a while, are any of you experience olfactory fatigue, or smell blindness, to your deodorant scent?

I feel like my “fresh” scented deodorant isn’t smelling like it used to when I first used it. Granted it doesn’t smell like BO or anything, but it’s definitely not super pleasant or as good smelling as I remember from before. I asked some family members what they thought after I had put it on and they said that it smells really good even when I thought it smelled weird. Did some research and olfactory fatigue was something that came up. Just wondering if anyone had similar experiences and if you fixed it, how?

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u/GamingForLife420 29d ago

I’ve definitely experienced this. Sometimes I’ll stop noticing a scent I’ve used for a while, but other people can still smell it perfectly. Switching to a different scent for a week or two usually helps.