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I had a complete loss of my sense of smell, which I first noticed when I put my nose into a bottle of softener and smelled nothing. The first scents like parfume came back after two weeks. Real stench was away for months and came back with parosmia. Sounds not too bad if you can't smell stench but on the other side: making new friends with dogshit under your sole is not easy.

Intranasal zinc has absolutely shown to have a direct correlation on loss of smell: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=78...

I heard similar from people. I did not get corruption but my sense od smell came back after 4-5 months. In some ways, I miss it, depraved of one of the earthly pleasures :P

I think you were just drinking an IPA.