Related tags:
odor + (64)
resolved + (60)
stink + (26)
cleaning + (20)
scent + (15)
apartment + (14)
car + (13)
taste + (12)
cat + (11)
smoke + (10)
laundry + (10)
gas + (10)
food + (9)
mildew + (9)
perfume + (8)
cologne + (8)
dog + (8)
clean + (8)
chemical + (7)
house + (7)
gasoline + (7)
senses + (7)
nose + (7)
musty + (7)
mold + (7)
stinky + (7)
urine + (7)
stench + (6)
smoking + (6)
odour + (6)
fridge + (6)
fabric + (6)
dryer + (6)
deodorant + (6)
clothes + (6)
cigarette + (6)
bathroom + (6)
bodyodor + (6)
air + (6)
aroma + (5)
anosmia + (5)
BO + (5)
carpet + (5)
clothing + (5)
hygiene + (5)
home + (5)
health + (5)
pee + (5)
olfactory + (5)
sense + (5)
sweat + (4)
smelly + (4)
shampoo + (4)
science + (4)
plastic + (4)
odors + (4)
incense + (4)
funk + (4)
freshener + (4)
foot + (4)


Users that often use this tag:
Anonymous (22)
Deathalicious (3)
GleepGlop (2)
peacay (2)
tigrefacile (2)
The Winsome Parker... (2)
dontjumplarry (2)
KateHasQuestions (2)
gov_moonbeam (2)
MadamM (2)
Infernarl (2)
Ash3000 (2)
Xalf (2)
JPigford (2)

How and why do we become accustomed to smells? What makes some odours personally super-pungent one day and unnoticed 'background noise' later on, despite the smell remaining objectively unchanged? [more inside]
posted by peacay on May 19, 2012 - 7 answers

For a lot of people, a particular aroma can be a strong trigger for memory. I don't think it works in reverse: why is this? [more inside]
posted by peacay on Jan 18, 2007 - 17 answers