Why Your Sense of Smell Matters
Your sense of smell is a window into your brain’s health. Early loss of smell is one of the most reliable indicators of brain aging, often appearing years before memory changes. By training your sense of smell, you can strengthen the brain regions that shape memory, mood, and emotion, building long-term cognitive resilience.
Live Fully. Strengthen Your Brain Through Scent.
Dementia Prevention
& Support
Support long-term brain health, slow cognitive decline, and reduce dementia risk through proactive olfactory training. Because smell is deeply linked to memory and emotion, preserving it helps protect cognitive function and sustain quality of life.
Memory Improvement
& Resiliency
Engage your brain’s natural plasticity through scent. Regular olfactory training strengthens the pathways that support sharper memory, better focus, and steadier emotional balance, skills that enhance daily functioning and long-term cognitive resilience.
Smell & Life
Enrichment
Reconnect with the richness of everyday experience, morning coffee, forest air, your child’s shampoo, the scent of the ocean breeze. Strengthening your sense of smell deepens presence, pleasure, and connection, enhancing your overall quality of life.
Dr. Jamie Knight
Dr. Jamie Knight is a lifespan psychologist and researcher specializing in olfactory health and dementia prevention. Her work explores how smell training can enhance brain function and extend healthspan. Through Olfactory Health, she brings this science to the public, translating decades of research into practical tools for everyday life.
Voices From Our Scent Community
I joined the Olfactory Reboot because I’d been noticing small things like names slipping, walking into a room and forgetting why. I wasn’t ‘losing it,’ but I also wasn’t sharp. I read about how changes in smell can be early signs of cognitive decline, and it freaked me out a bit. Then I found Dr. Jamie’s program. It was clear from the first session that this wasn’t just smell training. We learned how the olfactory system connects to memory and emotion and then practiced engaging it, on purpose. I’d sit with a scent and journal about what it triggered. It felt like exercise for a part of my brain I didn’t even know I’d not been using. By the end of the 6 weeks, I was remembering small things more easily but beyond that, I felt more and suddenly became access points to entire memories. That made me more like myself again.
Amanda
I booked the Olfactory Health Assessment after reading a few articles about how smell can be an early marker for Alzheimer’s. I’m in my mid-50s and pretty healthy, but my mom had dementia and I’ve always wondered if there’s something I could be doing earlier. Honestly, I didn’t even realize my smell was starting to change. I’ve started the smell training exercises she suggested and feel better and good knowing I’m doing something for my long-term brain health.
Betty
I lost my sense of smell after COVID and honestly didn’t think I’d ever get it back. This program was a total game changer. The sessions were supportive and actually enjoyable. I loved having clear steps to follow, and the smells brought up memories I hadn’t thought about in years. By week 4, I started smelling lemon again. I cried. I recommend this to anyone struggling with smell loss or brain fog,it works!
Sara
