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It's times like these in which I am glad I do not have a strong sense of smell (and thus not a refined sense of taste).
by blang 9y ago
It's times like these in which I am glad I do not have a strong sense of smell (and thus not a refined sense of taste).
- myrandomcomment 9y agoI used to think I had a strong sense of smell, but then I met my wife. She can smell a fart on the top floor of a 3 story house when I am on the bottom floor! I have learned that my view of clean (which was beat into my head in the military) is down right smelling and dirty vs. how she thinks! The most interesting thing about smell is that it is so much an overriding factor in how we perceive taste. Everyone thinks it is the taste buds in the mouth, but no. Smell is so much more of it. Another interesting thing about having such a strong sense of smell is what you do not like. For example my wife hates beer. It's the smell and the taste is so over whelming vs what I smell and taste in it. I read it is common with people that are "super smellers"
- moehm 9y ago> The most interesting thing about smell is that it is so much an overriding factor in how we perceive taste. Everyone thinks it is the taste buds in the mouth, but no. Smell is so much more of it. That is called the retronasal smell. [0][1] Basically we "taste" food with the nose. [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronasal_smell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronasal_smell [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronasale_Aromawahrnehmung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronasale_Aromawahrnehmung (German) [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Weg_der_orthonasalen_und_retronasalen_Wahrnehmung.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Weg_der_orthonasalen_und...