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This study examined 98 women aged 18\u201340, including OC users and naturally cycling women, using the Sniffin\u2019 Sticks test\u2014a standardized assessment of olfactory threshold, discrimination, and identification\u2014and self-report measures of life satisfaction and subjective happiness to capture emotional factors linked to olfaction. All participants were evaluated at two standardized time points: for naturally cycling women, during the periovulatory and luteal phases; for OC users, during the corresponding active and inactive phases of the pill cycle; and for continuous users, at matched intervals. OC users were categorized by hormonal formulation (ethinylestradiol 0.02 mg, ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg, estradiol valerate, or progestogen-only pills) and regimen (cyclical or continuous). No overall differences in olfactory performance were found between OC users and non-users. Exploratory analyses indicated that women using estradiol valerate-based oral contraceptives tended to show higher threshold and TDI scores compared to other regimens, a pattern that warrants further investigation given the limited sample size (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 4). Lower olfactory performance was also associated with progestogen-only formulations and continuous OC use, and longer OC use duration was negatively associated with threshold sensitivity. Across all groups, better olfactory performance was related to higher subjective wellbeing in both OC (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 47) and NOC (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 51) groups. 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