A mum claims the smell is so bad in her home she has to 'hold her nose' to walk into her kitchen. Haby Ahama, 52, moved into her home, owned by Riverside Housing, in Kensington over four years ago.

An easy way to see how much smell can influence flavour is to eat something like a jelly bean while holding your nose. Hold your nose and eat the jelly bean. Describe what you can taste.

“Essentially, the nose, the airflow and the olfactory bulb (a section at the front of your brain that detects smell) enable the eater to interpret flavour.” This is why when you hold your ...