
The sense of smell plays a vital role in our sense of
well-being and quality of life.
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Everyone has his or her own unique odor-identity
or “smell fingerprint.
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No two people smell the same odor the same way.
In other words, a rose may smell sweeter to some people than to others.
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The average human being is able to recognize
approximately 10,000 different odors.
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Our sense of taste is greatly influenced by our sense of smell.
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A larger portion of the brains of animals and fish are
devoted to the sense of smell than that of humans.
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A woman’s sense of smell is keener than a man’s.
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It is important to understand that throughout every day and night of our lives we smell a wide variety of odors without being aware of them at all.
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People recall smells with a 65% accuracy after a year, while the visual recall of photos sinks to about 50% after only three months.
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Courtesy of www.senseofsmell.org
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