You can smell the fragrance of your deodorant when you just put it on,but after a little while the smell fades.What explains this phenomenon?

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The phasic nature of olfaction refers to the fact that our ability to perceive a smell diminishes over time. This is due to the rapid adaptation of our olfactory system to the constant presence of an odor. So, even though the fragrance of the deodorant is still present, our brain becomes less sensitive to it, and we stop perceiving it as strongly.

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