Sounds like smell distortion to me - which onset can be due to varied situations. One of which is sinus infection. I stumbled upon this Yahoo group, which has been very helpful for me. Mick's page is also great page for information:
http://personal.ecu.edu/wuenschk/ViralMick.htm
I hope this is helpful.
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From: gafoodies706@...
To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 7:41:54 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [dysosmia] Re: HELLO I am new and SMELL...................
Hi Does anyone come to this group?...Will be kinda hard to post to myself and get a different point of view...HMMMM?????--- In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, "jacnbailcathouse" <jacnbailcathouse@...> wrote:
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> LOL..but really, the sudden horrid smell I have been smelling since i got sick 2 months ago is irritating to say the least.
> I got sick 2 mos ago with some kind of mutant flu or something, I was with SINUS, and bronchial, fever and on ANTI-B 3 different kinds, and still have a cough somewhat...NOW....after about the first few days of the illness i started smelling BLEACH, then AMMONIA, and i was looking all over trying to find the source of the smell, having someone come over to see if they could smell it...NOPE just a clean house smell...I smelled it at the store, in my house but not outside.
> I was going mad..
> Then I started smelling something like a DIRTY WET ASHTRAY/cigarette smoke smell....I do not smoke, nor do I have anyone or anything in my home that would smell like that....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
> now I get worried I am smelling smoke running about looking and checking plugs, cords, appliances, the breaker box, then it goes from smoke smell to wet cigarette ashtray smell..yuck!
> I do not smell it outside however....sometimes I seem to think I taste it but????,,,,I had a break from this for about a week when I had gotten better, then a few days ago it started again and have pot nasal drip....I am thinkinh maybe I have a hidden sinus infection or something, but these horrible smells.....just gross...
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