Another term for this is retro-nasal olfaction. Our olfactory receptors are located on the lining of our nasal cavity at our olfactory bulb. When stimulated, the olfactory receptors transmit information to our brain for processing and to identify what it is we are smelling. You may have noticed that when you smell something it can often remind you of a place, experience, person, time, or other set of circumstances.
This is due to the location of the olfactory bulb next to the limbic system of the brain which deals with memory. Trillions of different odour compounds exist that can be detected by humans, and foods are made up of mixtures of these compounds e.
As you can start to see, olfaction is a very complex and important human sense. The owner of it will not be notified. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. Read more comments. English UK Persian. Aroma is more associate with food where as scent is more general. See a translation. As for perfume and fragrance I would say that perfume is a more positive word whereas fragrance could be either positive or negative.
They're all pretty much interchangeable. Smell as a noun : A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air or, the case of water-breathing animals, water carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
Examples: "I love the smell of fresh bread. Examples: "I can smell fresh bread. Examples: "The roses smell lovely. Examples: "Ew, this stuff smells.
Examples: "A report smells of calumny.
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