Smell · Your Results
Your smell, explained by your score.
Find your band below. Your app result points you straight to it. Smell is the most improvable of the five senses, and most of what helps, you can start at home.
Smell, monitored over time.
Smell is one of your five senses. Complete all five within 14 days to generate your full Sensory Score.
First, the most important idea
The reading that matters most is not any single score, it is the direction. A smell score that is drifting down from your own baseline, even while it still looks normal, is exactly the early signal SuperSenses is built to catch. So if your result is lower than last time, follow the low-or-declining plan below, whatever band you land in today.
Superior or Strong
Your smell is strong. Keep it that way.
Good news. Your sense of smell is working well. The job now is to protect it and to keep a record, so you would notice early if it ever started to shift.
- Keep a record. Re-measure once a year. A single strong score is great; a strong score that holds for years is the real signal.
- Protect it. Treat congestion and allergies, do not smoke, and protect your head from injury. Most smell decline traces back to things like these.
- What is good for the brain is good for smell. Movement, sleep, and healthy blood pressure support every sense over time.
When to re-measure
Once a year. That yearly point is what turns a score into a trend.
Average or Typical
Your smell is in the typical range.
Nothing here calls for action today. The value of testing is the trend, so the main thing is to lock this in as your baseline and re-measure each year. The first sign worth catching is a drop from your own number, not a low score in absolute terms.
- Set this as your baseline. Re-measure annually, and sooner if you notice a change in everyday smelling or tasting.
- Protect it. Manage congestion and allergies, do not smoke, and look after sleep, movement, and blood pressure.
- Training is optional here. Some people train anyway because it is safe and may sharpen smell. It is not required at this level.
When to re-measure
Once a year, or sooner if something feels different.
Low or declining
Your smell score is low. Here's what to do.
A low score means your sense of smell is reduced right now. That is common, it is often improvable, and it is not a diagnosis. Smell can fade for everyday reasons, a recent cold, congestion, allergies, certain medications, or smoking, and it can also decline slowly with age. The encouraging part is that the best-studied response is something you can start yourself, today.
Start today
Begin smell training. This is the most evidence-based way to rebuild a reduced sense of smell. Twice a day, spend about twenty seconds with each of four scents, rose, lemon, eucalyptus, and clove, breathing them in gently and paying close attention. Do this every day for at least twelve weeks. It is simple, it is safe, and consistency matters more than anything else.
You can start today with four essential oils, rose, lemon, eucalyptus, and clove, from any health store or pharmacy. If you would rather have a ready-made set with the daily guide, ours is on the way.
SuperSenses Smell Training Kit Coming soon
The four scents, in order, with a simple daily guide. Join the waitlist and we will tell you the moment it ships.
Check the easy causes. A few things are worth ruling out right away:
- If you have a cold, congestion, or allergies right now, treating that alone may bring some smell back.
- If a new medication started around when your smell changed, mention it to whoever prescribed it.
- If you smoke, that is worth addressing, for your sense of smell and a great deal else.
Give it time, then re-measure
Smell recovers slowly, over weeks and months, not days. Checking too soon mostly shows noise rather than real change, and it tends to worry people for no reason. Train daily, then re-measure and compare against your baseline.
When to re-measure
Wait about three months before you retest your smell. Train consistently until then, and we will remind you in the app when it is time to check your trend.
Know when to see a clinician
Most reduced smell does not need a doctor right away. But it is worth reaching out to a clinician if any of these are true:
- Your smell dropped suddenly or disappeared completely
- You notice it on one side only
- It comes with pain, nosebleeds, or changes in vision, balance, or memory
- You have trained consistently for a full three-month cycle with no change
If any of these apply, contact your primary care doctor or an ear, nose, and throat specialist.
One practical note. When your sense of smell is reduced, you may not notice smoke, gas, or food that has gone off. Make sure your smoke and gas alarms work, and go by dates on food rather than by smell.
