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You enter a room and notice a distinctive new smell. after a bit of time you no longer smell the odor. this illustrates the phenomenon of
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You enter a room and notice a distinctive new smell. after a bit of time you no longer smell the odor. this illustrates the phenomenon of
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This is olfactory fatigue, also known as odor fatigue.
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