Living with a super nose

It took 37 years for me to learn that I wasn’t awkward, pedantic or picky. I am not ‘off-ish’ or ‘difficult’ I am actually autistic. It felt like It all made sense. My diagnosis unlocked the key to self acceptance, if only I had been able to get that much earlier on!

The biggest insight to come from this process was the reason and understanding behind my life-long fixation with smell. Smell for me genuinely rules my life. I avoid going to places that smell in certain ways on certain days. Sometimes I can tolerate it more than others. I will actively avoid certain people for the way they smell, I don’t mean a classic ‘bad smell’ just smells that make me feel irritable, uncomfortable and physically sick…even make me physically cry. I can be totally distracted from even a basic conversation. I purposefully seek out smells that I love, they can make me feel at ease, vibrant and full of excitement.

It is so hard to explain this to anyone who isn’t like me but at 39 and fully informed, I realised how I can take all of this and translate it into a business that serves to support other people like me, to embrace it and see it as my super power!

My blog will share my personal experience with the world through the lens of a super nose! I hope to reach those that experience the world as I do, in full technicolor smell! I want to create a place where people feel welcome, supported and our super noses can run free.

Faye

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