Strange Odor

[sdimanna]

I have had a strange odor in my nostrils for the last six months, it started out smelling like rubber baby dolls and has
recently changed to smell more like a sweet musty odor. What could be causing this and how do I get rid of it. It is
making me nauseous.

[friggy]

There are many causes of phantosmia, you can Google it, but notice that it often starts after a sinus infection.  A common cause, and the only one you can cure, is an infection of the upper sinuses (frontal and sphenoid) by anaerobic bacteria, which may or may not produce any other symptoms of sinusitis.  Here is the cure:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322
The Flip-Turn Sinus Flush is mildly risky, because you have to bend over to do it, preferably in a shower, but you can also do it outside on soft ground. A regular sinus saline irrigation won't work, because of gravity.

If it works for you, continue to flush for 3 days after the smell goes away, or it can grow back, which it did 2 times to me before I figured it out.