She knows what your nose needs

Sue Phillips‘ perfume helps COVID-19 survivors regain their smell

People suffering from the ongoing virus, had a nose for nothing this past year, but now some COVID-19 long-haulers can finally stop to smell the roses, thanks to a legendary perfumer Sue Phillips, who has owned her custom perfumery for 12 years, and is offering scent therapy healing sessions.

COVID-19 survivor Marissa Karen captured during her scent therapy session

"A piece of my life was missing, and I'm elated that something dormant for more than a year is triggered," said Tammy Farrell, 51, after her hour-long session with Phillip. When Farrell contracted Coronavirus in March 2020, she lost her ability to smell. She's been waiting for her nose to kick into action since then, but despite sniffing garlic powder and walking past fragrant bakeries, she's had no luck. Weeks turned into months, but Farrell still couldn't smell. Desperate, she sought help from neurologists and underwent brain scans and blood tests, but all tests returned normal.

"I couldn't help but cry. I couldn't enjoy eating, because it became fuel for my body rather than pleasure." The perfumer gave specific commands to Farrell: "Smell with your brain - try to absorb the aromas with your brain." Suddenly, Farrell began to cry. "It smells lovely," she said of a balsamic vanilla-scented strip. "It smells very rich. I haven't smelled anything this strong, ever."

Tammy Farrell, 51, captured regaining her sense of smell. Pic Courtesy/New York Post

"Smell is such an important part of life's pleasures," Phillip says. Clients pay $650 for a one-on-one consultation with Phillips - she also offers a Zoom option in which she sends smell strips ahead of time - and a custom fragrance to take home. She creates scents with ingredients like lavender, musk, amber, and vanilla that are divided into top, mid, and base notes. The client then smells individual scented strips to help arouse the dormant sense. Phillips said she has helped 20 people regain at least some of their ability to smell. Even doctors working with COVID-19 survivors are open to the therapy. "There's an opportunity for ‘physical therapy' [and] the re-learning of those scents," said Dr Yosef Krespi, an otolaryngologist.

Couple's Doraemon party is a hit

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Not for the faint of heart

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The world's largest pedestrian suspension bridge - 516 Arouca - opened this week in Portugal. The views of rock-strewn mountains covered in lush greenery are spectacular from the 1,693-foot crossing, but the see-through metal grid pathway that wobbles with every step might give many walkers pause.

Man names son after his favourite workplace

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Ice age bones found in Las Vegas home

A Las Vegas couple said workers digging behind their home for a pool installation made a surprising discovery - a set of bones that could be up to 14,000 years old. The couple contacted Joshua Bonde, director of research at the Nevada Science Center, and he visited the site on Tuesday. Bonde said the bones likely came from a horse or another large animal.

Living in ‘Patience' will cost you Rs 2.96 crore

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Castaway!

This sailor lived alone on a ship for four years

Mohammed Aisha, a Syrian sailor working on a Bahraini cargo ship stranded off the Egyptian coast, was forced to spend four years in exile. In July 2017, the ship was detained at the Egyptian port of Adabiya. The ship's owners in Bahrain too, were experiencing financial difficulties. After the MV Aman was technically abandoned at sea, the ship's Egyptian captain went ashore, and Aisha, the ship's chief officer, was appointed as its legal guardian by a local court. The other crew members gradually left the vessel. By the summer of 2019, he was all alone on it with no power, no sanitation, and no information on when his ordeal would end. He was recently reunited with his family.

Here's how to catch a cheating boyfriend

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