I took over a coworkers work for about 2 weeks which involved visiting a steel foundry repeatedly.
look, sorry but im ahem sensitive about washing my hands and about odours. the smell was a complex mix of burning metal, gases, general pollution, dust etc. diverging from topic, having to wear several types of safety equipment, especially ear plugs is such a weird feeling and the environment of heat, noise, offensive smells gives this instinctive feeling of "you need to leave here now!" at first.
but, i seem to be at least temporarily super sensitive to sulfur and a variety of burned smells since doing this. drinking an imp stout now and i get notes that just make me think of industrial settings, which did not occur before i started this foundry thing.
now you: anyone had any weird or even unfortunate experiences that messed with your sense of smell?
my covid loss of smell ability years ago has cleared up of course