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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2022-12-18 04:57 pm

[ SECRET POST #5826 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5826 ⌋

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Re: From yesterday's general comments...

(Anonymous) 2022-12-19 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
Essential oil merchant here (gonna call myself by this nickname from now on - I am not, but some people here seem to believe that, so be it) but there are two things to note about humans' sense of smell -

1. Our (humans') sense of smell is also very powerful, actually. It's said that smell is the best sense for triggering memories but they don't always reach our conscience. Even because we tend to be visual first and foremost. See: "Indeed, unlike the other sensory systems, the sense of smell does not pass through the thalamus to be routed to the cortex. Rather, odor information is relayed directly to the limbic system, a brain region typically associated with memory and emotional processes. This provides olfaction with a unique and potent power to influence mood, acquisition of new information, and use of information in many different contexts including social interactions." (Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330889/)

2. It's true that memories influence our likes and dislikes when it comes to scents (see above) but cultural and habitual doesn't seem to begin to explain why some people love, say, smell of gasoline while others exposed to similar experiences hate it. Maybe there's a biochemical aspect to it, maybe not, it's a mystery(.gif) so far really.
(if we REALLY must, a """scientific""" source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/why-some-people-love-the-smell-of-gasoline)

So, uhh. It's a bit of a wrong belief that our sense of smell plainly sucks.