<prompt> Merciful anosmia is seen in:Atrophic rhinitisAllergic rhinitisEthmoidal polyposisWegeners granulomatosis  <response>: In atrophic rhinitis, there is foul smell from the nose, making the patient a social outcast though the patient himself is unaware of the smell due to marked anosmia which accompanies the degenerative changes. This is called as merciful anosmia. 