A quarter of a million people in Sussex have experience loss of smell during the Covid pandemic and a charity is helping people regain it.

Abscent, a smell loss charity which specialises in smell training, will be in Brighton to provide a smell training workshop.

According to the charity, more than four million people in the UK have experienced smell and taste loss.

Of these people, research reveals that 46 per cent also experience smell distortions such as parosmia, which is a distorted odour with a known source. For these people, onions can smells like rotten meat, for example.

Some even experience phantosmia, which is a smell sensation without a source, such as random cigarette smoke without a source.

Abscent is partnering up with Living Room Health, a new healthcare clinic in East Street, Brighton, to provide smell training workshops for people in the city.

The Argus: Living Room Health is in East Street, BrightonLiving Room Health is in East Street, Brighton (Image: Google)

“We are very proud to be bringing smell training to Living Room Health.

“Our work with researchers and scientists around the world to better understand the function of the olfactory sense is crucial for the future,” said Chrissi Kelly, the founder of Abscent.

“We know that people struggle to get help. We are delighted to be able to help people and thanks so much to Living Room Health for making this happen.”

Simon Checkley, CEO, Living Room Health, said; “We know that there is a real need for support for people experiencing smell loss.

"We are very happy that we can partner with Abscent to provide this service that will benefit so many people.

"We applaud Abscent’s work in helping people with smell loss and we encourage people to come in and ask for help because it is available if you need it.”

The Argus: Smell training can help recovery after smell loss due to CovidSmell training can help recovery after smell loss due to Covid (Image: Elly Johnson via Unsplash)

Smell training is the process of actively sniffing the same four scents every day, spending around 20 seconds on each scent with intense concentration. 

Anyone can do smell training if they would like to improve their sense of smell.

The smell training takes place on November 30 at 4.30pm.