Lost My Sense of Smell to Perique

[4dotsasieni]

So, first I burn out my taste buds through years of eating spicy-hot SE Asian food - now I seem to have destroyed my sense of smell through too much retro-haling of perique blends.
So, what shall I do? Swab it out with Everclear? Use a retort? A bristle pipe cleaner? My poor nose has been broken three times, partially severed once, but up to now I've retained an excellent sense of smell. Now I can hardly smell anything. Anyone else had this problem? Any advice?
My guess is that time will resolve the problem, but I'd welcome any suggestions. No more retro-haling for me for a while.

 

[4dotsasieni]

Roth, no, I'm not 100% sure it's the Perique, but I have been smoking a lot of Peterson's Irish Oak recently, the only blend I smoke that has Perique in it, as far as I know. I think I'll stick with Latakia blends for a while, for a nice cool smoke. Hopefully, this, too, will pass, but it's really weird to suddenly lose the ability to smell.

 

[kashmir]

Yes, my advice would be to stick with the Latakia servings for a while. In the days when I was principally a VA or VaPer smoker, on occasion I thought, like you, I'd loss my sense of smell. Invariably it would come back after a week's abstinence. But for the last five years I've subsisted principally on a diet of Latakia and never has the problem returned.

 

[foggymountain]

So now you can Visit Venice without suffering from the stench. The natives say winter is the best time. I have not been there but always wanted to go. It is a preview of what is going to happen here in Manhattan soon.

 

[4dotsasieni]

I knew there must be an upside! Thanks for pointing it out, Foggy - I'll book my tickets immediately (but I hate Italian food).

 

[jbbaldwin]

I tried a very small bowl of blending perique to learn its attributes.
Just once.
I retro-haled a mouthful.
Just once...
Time is a great healer, as they say.

 

[4dotsasieni]

I am happy to report that my smeller is smelling again. I conducted a short service today, and realized that I was able to smell the incense burning.
So apparently this was only a short-term phenomenon. I was really worried; even thought it might be some sort of mini-stroke, although there were no other symptoms. At my age anything can happen. But, it seems this was only the result of exhaling too much strong smoke through my nose.
So I think I'll lay off retro-haling for awhile, especially the Perique.
Oh, shucks, Foggy, I guess this means I can't go to Venice after all! :laughat:

 

[gwtwdbss]

Glad your getting your smell back Bill!

 

[pstlpkr]

Ol' Doc Lawrence recommends that you get a tin of Perique, break out a small bowled churchwarden... and smoke a bowl.

A little "hair of the dog"'ll fix you right up.

Mmmmmm good stuff.
Dang! Now I've got to smoke a bowl of Perique.

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[4dotsasieni]

Thanks, Dr. Lawrence, but I think I'll seek a second opinion. :roll: