sulfuric acid, ammonia and formaldehyde, that's what surrounded vera fedorovna until her retirement, a hazardous industry and so dulled her sense of smell. here covid completely deprived the woman of the ability distinguish smells. it is not known how it would have ended, but on the advice of the attending otolaryngologist. she applied here to the samara medical university, where scientists are testing a complex for restoring the sense of smell with a court flower. the system consists of two parts. the first immerses a person in virtual reality, the second affects the olfactory receptors here a compressor that pumps air through certain flasks with aromatic liquids and delivers it to the patient's mask, while the concentration of odors can be adjusted virtual reality provides for two main scenarios, one is the diagnosis of smell. and this scenario looks like. so the patient must recognize the scent and point to the correct item a. and this, maybe cuba, it can be, and, accordingly, a certain fruit, in order to assess a serious case , a person is offered, including pungent odors, such a