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I myself am grateful for the appearance of Lord Ormund if only because Norton is clearly having a blast and his olfactory sensitivity and devotion to aromatherapy add some much needed humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Pigeons "have an extremely sophisticated olfactory system, so that they can smell grass seed when it's being sown," said Davis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Mice have about 20 million olfactory neurons, each expressing one of more than a thousand receptor types.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026

The initial goal is to create a diagnostic test to measure olfactory loss—a marker of Covid-19 and other conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Electrodes in the olfactory bulbs of salmon will fire when the olfactory epithelium is exposed to water from their spawning grounds, whereas water from other streams causes no response.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Perfume from oleander hedges smote softly the olfactories of Brown; the southern whip-poor-wills' hurried whisper thrilled the darkness with a deeper mystery.

From Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

I conclude that our friend had his nest somewhere near and was disturbed by the fire, and his olfactories excited by the smell of the broiled fish.

From The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada by William Henry Giles Kingston

Persons passing along Nassau Street, between Ann and Beekman Streets, for some days past, have had their olfactories unpleasantly assailed by a vile stench.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 by Various

The whole process of rendering menhaden into oil is less offensive to the olfactories than might be supposed.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake