Can you die from a smell?

Question

I could tell you more, but I don't think I should.

Answer 1

Yes, it can happen when the thing you smell is toxic or poisonous which can cause suffocation.

It is also possible that the smell accessible to you contains allergenic particle which you are allergic to, then you react on it severely up to the extent of having anaphylactic shock then you die if not lucky enough.

Another cause is: when you dislike the smell, you hold your breath until you get suffocated. (Sounds a joke.)♥

Answer 2

It's not the smell itself that can kill you...but the thing making the smell. If the smell is anything toxic, you could die.

Examples: Smoke, cyanide gas, Carbon Monoxide,

Answer 3

Not from a smell, per se, but from a poisonous chemical that could be causing the smell.

Answer 4

It is possible.If you smell carbon monoxide in an enclosed place for some time as it happens in a car accident.

Answer 5

Yes you could. There are poisonous smells out there that kill people. For example, in one war, a chlorine bomb was created. The stench killed many many soldiers.

Answer 6

Yes. The running shoes belonging to a 15 year old male - wet from the rain and left under the bed to grow fungus. I needed to be recusitated.

Answer 7

If it is the smell of something toxic like sulfur dioxide or cyanide or ammonia you can. if it is just unpleasant you might wish to but that won't do it.

Answer 8

yes, it depends while having a smell which gas u r inhaling, means if its CO then definitely one can die.

Answer 9

yes but also depends on the smell

Answer 10

Yes, one can !!!
For example, the smell of Carbon monoxide!!!