At times, it can be troubling ... until you learn to keep favorite scents close by. (Have I talked about my medicine bag of herbs?)
I cook by my sense of smell (and I have been told that I'm an artiste in the kitchen). I can't taste anything, but salty, hot and sweet and sour stinks so bad that I don't want to eat much of it. And what's the other one? Bitter? There is no such thing to me. I eat walnuts and pecans whole, because I like the textures and they taste sweet. You just have to learn to deal with your own shit, where ever it comes out.
I like hot stuff, though. I grow habaneros so I can have them fresh. It is a shitty year for growing tropicals in Indiana, though. If you eat habaneros, don't go down on your wife without warning her first. Having an unpredictable personality is fun and alll, but there are limits.