Did Rhinitis make your sense of smell worse? (sinus, infected, ears)

[TomNook]

For those of you with allergic/non allergic rhinitis or other types of rhinitis, did your smell get worse/weaker over time? or did it stay the same?

I heard constant inflammation can hurt your smell, is it true?

[gouligann]

I don't believe so. I have had sinusitis for years in one nostril. It is plugged more than it isn't. (drives me nuts)
At one point, it was very infected and I took antibiotics and used a sinus rinse twice daily. I also smoke.

I can smell better than most people.