Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--And Discovering--The Primal Sense
User Review - Clifford Davis - GoodreadsWe take so much for granted -- our intellectual faculties, our daily breath ... and our sense of smell. Blodgett, through her personal experience, takes us on a journey through what life is like ... Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Bethany - GoodreadsI read this book in the midst of dealing with my own loss of smell (anosmia), followed by phantosmia. It was cathartic to read about someone else's experiences, and feel a kinship. It can be isolating ... Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Dave - GoodreadsBonnie Blodgett, a garden writer from the Twin Cities, tells the story of how, after using an alternative, over the counter nasal spray cold remedy she lost her sense of smell. This loss had a ... Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Danielle - GoodreadsThe story was fine, but the author's grasp of the science is really not very good. I even tried to pretend that I wasn't a scientist who studies olfaction, and tried to read it from the point of view ... Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Vincent - GoodreadsHaving experienced anosmia, this is a very intriguing book. Not sure it's for the general public, though. Still, an engaging read. Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Rachel Olsen - GoodreadsInteresting experince she lived through. Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Celeste - GoodreadsGreat start, but the book really peters out quickly and I lost interest. I couldn't bring myself to finish it--the science behind her olfactory issue was so laboriously described and I just didn't become invested in her story. Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Cynthia - GoodreadsThis woman suddenly lost her sense of smell after using a popular nose spray. It makes me glad I've never sprayed anything up my nose in my life! Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Jenny Brown - GoodreadsRepetitive, whiny, and filled with attempts to drag in scientific issues which the author clearly doesn't understand. I gave up reading half way through and skimmed the rest. Read full review
Review: Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
User Review - Genine Franklin-Clark - GoodreadsI enjoyed this book, an interesting combination of science and a memoir of the author's loss of the sense of smell. This touched me especially, I think, because I take such delight (well, maybe not ... Read full review