I noticed in my "dreams" that I only had a handful of senses every night. Sight, feeling, and hearing. But the vision was blurry. So, when I did reality checks during the day I focused mostly on What can I smell right now? Can I taste the roof of my mouth? Or the food I'm eating?
When I woke up ad started remembering the dream I had, I noticed that my vision was much less blurry, and I could very distinctly taste the difference between the frosting on cake compared to a brownie at some tennis party.
So it's getting better! I still have yet to smell anything in dreams, but overall my senses are coming together better having recently started doing reality checks. :-)
As I grow spiritually, I find that, as you have, my "dreams" are indistinguishable from my waking life.