Can't smell when music is playing

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I was at Bath & Body Works and I couldn't smell the perfumes and soaps very well because of the music. When the music ended I could smell better but when the new song started, I couldn't. I've heard of people who have to turn off their refridgetors to taste their food but is this sort of thing common to autistic people?

I've never experienced that, before.

that sounds like a variant of synesthesia or something.

dunno if that sort of thing is common. i read everything i can find on here about sensory sensitivities and synesthesia and i seem to have wiring that is screwy in a slightly different way than most. in addition to sensitivities, i experience what you describe sometimes, which is when there is too much input, sometimes one sense will shut down or give me inaccurate information.

for example with a lot of noise, sometimes i can't taste my food. i had never heard of anything like this until i read in Tony Attwood's book about someone having to turn kitchen appliances off to taste their food. i thought i must be imagining it.

and sometimes i misinterpret smells and tastes. it smells overwhelmingly like salami in my car but when i ask someone else, they either don't smell it or it just smells like exhaust.

and once at a concert i lost my vision for maybe five or ten minutes. i was conscious, and felt fine. i just couldn't see.

When my mum is cooking with the frypan, I can't smell the food because the noise gets in the way. I'm pretty sure it's a processing issue.