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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

The locus coeruleus, found in the brainstem, helps regulate this process through long nerve fibers that extend to the olfactory bulb.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2026

Then the team hopes to treat the problem by placing sensor chips in the patient’s olfactory tissue to help preserve or restore scent perception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

It came to my olfactory sense, full and fresh, overwhelming: the smell of vegetation.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

“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

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

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

So presently savory odors began to arise in the vicinity, that, when wafted to the olfactories of the three boys coming wearily back over their morning trail would be sure to hasten their footsteps.

From Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge by Alan Douglas

To the olfactories," resumed the spirit, "the visitant was stifling.

From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by John Kendrick Bangs