I saw a mention of the olfactory sense suppression medication in Strange New Worlds, and it made me wonder when the earliest version of this concept was written.
I know T’Pol mentioned humans smelling badly in ENT, and I’m almost sure she was taking some kind of suppressant.
Beyond that I don’t recall any of the other shows outright stating the practice, but it seems so in line with Vulcans that it had to have been thought up earlier right?
Pretty sure it’s only been mentioned in Enterprise by T’pol and by Spock on SNW.
It was definitely only established in ENT, but by doing so they established it early enough in the timeline that they’re able to call back to it. Like the other poster said, it’s only mentioned by T’pol a few times, notably during the siege of P’jem. She notes how she takes a nasal numbing agent because humans smell bad to Vulcans, and that it was wearing off during the hostage situation.
Further to that, it’s mentioned by Spock in SNW as a result of it being established in ENT.
My question was for real world, rather than in-universe time. I should have been clear, I was looking to track down the earliest time that writers thought of it.
answer is still the same, was first mentioned in Enterprise.
