The present paper is based on a clinical situation in which the patient seeks an analysis because all her love relationships failed causing intense suffering. Along the treatment she says that she knows why her relationships come to an end: She stinks. We formulate the clinical hypothesis that stench is inserted into the patient’s psychic economy as a defense mechanism and, taking the concept of narcissism as a guide, we discuss the role of the olfactory hallucination as a psychic support for the patient.
Olfactory hallucination; narcissism; defense mechanism; psychoanalysis