They say that scents can trigger our memories far more than the memories of what we saw or heard. I've been wondering why. All our senses are valuable and contribute to our experiences, so why does the sense of smell trump the other senses in regards to accessing our innermost memories?
When we see something, we see shape, outlines, grooves, shadows, texture, size, and colors, all in different combinations.
When we hear something, we hear volume, tone, pitch, tempo, crescendo, decrescendo, clarity, and layers of sounds, again in different combinations.
When we smell something, we do not have as big a variety of measure or description to what we smell. What if the things we smell, subconsciously or consciously, is not just the scent of wood, metal, garlic, or any other association to nature or things. What if what we smell is similar to the sense of sight and hearing? What if there are many different scent particles in different volumes, sizes, intensities, and combinations? And what if those combinations are so unique that we can associate a certain event to the scent we smelled at that moment?
Some say that they can smell ghosts. I have never smelled ghosts, at least not to my knowledge, but I believe it is possible.
If some can see ghosts, which is using the sense of sight, and we can hear ghosts, which is using the sense of hearing, why can't we smell ghosts?
I think people who limit their beliefs to what they can see or hear are two-dimensional because you are disregarding other senses like the sense of smell, touch, perception, balance, and so on.
Takeaway from this random thought: The sense of scents is underrated. There is probably so much more that we can learn just by studying the many qualities of scents.
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