I'd just drop the term gift in the conversation, because it seems there is such a struggle to keep focus on intellectual giftedness. Next thing you know Pearsons will have a scratch-and-sniff standardized test and more intellectually gifted kids will be bumped into the regular classroom to make room for Johnny who can distinguish Juniper Thyme from English Thyme from Silver Thyme.
But to the original question, DS and I both have fairly sensitive noses and I can't think straight around heavy perfumes and have to use unscented detergents. And my hands tend to swell when using scented soaps. As a kid, I loved milk, but I'd have to stop drinking milk about 3 days before anyone else cared due to the stench.
DS is heavily drawn to smelling intense smells. One day he insisted on smelling every spice and herb in the kitchen (many, many of them) and he can name them all still from that time.
