abstract:Osmophobia (oz′mō-fō′bē-ă, from Greek ὀσμή - osmē, "smell, odour"ὀσμή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος - phobos, "fear"φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus) or olfactophobia (from Latin olfacto, "to smell at"olfacto, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus) refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to odors.