You may find you do not even miss being able to smell, because you have never had a sense of smell in the first place. However, as you will read in the answer to Question 26, there are ways to deal with unpleasant smells or smells which indicate "danger".

If you say to somebody that you have no sense of smell, they will probably respond by asking "But what about your sense of taste ?". It is a common misconception that if you cannot smell things, you also cannot taste them. It is true that smell and taste tend to complement one another, but one can manage without the other. The smell receptors are located in the nasal cavity, whereas the taste receptors are located in the taste buds on the tongue. This, together with the fact that smell and taste are registered by different areas of the brain, means that your sense of taste can operate even though you cannot smell.