Have you ever smelled a fragrance that reminds you of someone special? Or have you been to the home of someone who smells like your mother’s cooking? Do you remember exactly how these smells made you feel?
According to science, all creatures have an olfactory receptor (smell receptor), which is
a protein
capable of binding odorant molecules. It plays an important role in the sense of smell.
Rabbits have 100 million of these olfactory receptors, while dogs have 220 million. Humans, however, have only 5 or 6 million. But they are still powerful enough to control our lives.
Read on to discover how odors can affect our
brain
water
and change many things about our lives
1 – Smells improve your taste
If you eat something that doesn’t smell good, it will immediately affect its taste, and vice versa, even if the food tastes good in both cases. But honestly, smell is able to tell us whether food is very salty, sour, sweet or bitter.
Our
nose
is technically the first receiver (before we have a chance to look at it). So the nose smells and then sends messages to the brain, which combines it with what our tongue sends and then creates the taste we know.
A complicated journey, but it really enhances our experience, so be sure to add some
spices
to your meals.
2 – Odors are a time machine
The smells bring back specific memories in a second, which is likened to going back in time; a real-life version of Back to the Future. The
beauty
of it all is that the smells remind you of the exact feelings and emotions you had that day, which is like reliving the whole thing.
According to numerous studies, our sense of smell activates more intense emotional memories than images, because we lose 50% of our visual memories within a few months, whereas odor memories persist a year later.
3 – Smells boost your confidence
Perfumes and deodorants are our tools for smelling good and not being embarrassed by our body odor. But according to a recent study, fragrances do more than that.
feel confident
and sexy, which attracts others to us.
In other words, a good scent will make you look great and help you get your crush back in no time. Don’t forget to thank your nose!
4 – Smells affect your love
As well as boosting your confidence, smells can trigger your mood in a tricky way because it happens on a subconscious level!
Sometimes we don’t understand why we suddenly feel depressed or anxious.
depressed, anxious
or angry, and we never think that smells could be the reason, but they are!
So the next time you feel like you’re having mood swings, prepare a bath with roses and the scent of
lavender
and relax. You will notice that
your anxiety
slowly fades away.
5 – Smells can drive you crazy
Because of the strong connection between smells and emotions, a person with less ability to smell is more at risk of becoming depressed. On top of that, it will diminish his ability to recall old memories, feelings and enjoy food as it’s supposed to.
The inability to smell different fragrances is correlated with the
s
chizophrenia
.
6 – Smells make you psychic
Human sweat and tears contain chemosignals, each of which activates a different section of our brain, such as joy, fear, sadness, desire and so on.
However, if the person next to you is feeling sad, their sweat will tell your brain and you’ll be exposed to that feeling. They may think you’re a psychic for “sensing” their emotions, but just let them know that our superpower exists in the middle of our faces.
7 – Smells make you lose money
Environmental fragrance is a method retailers use to brainwash us through our noses. Coffee shops and
bakeries
let the smell out of the entrance so that people can follow the smell, get
hungry
and eat something.
Stores and car brands put on specific scents that will make you want to buy. Every marketer is well aware of the scent that will attract you to their store.
So our sense of smell not only helps us relive our memories, it also spurs us into action (purchase, movement, etc.).
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