Facts about sense of Smell...

People recall smells with a 65% accuracy after a year, while the visual 

recall of photos sinks to about 50% after only three months. 


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.


Your sense of smell is least acute in the morning; our ability to 

perceive odors increases as the day wears on. 

Your nose can smell directionally, telling you where an odor 

originates.

A larger portion of the brains of animals and fish are devoted to the 

sense of smell than that of humans. 


Our sense of taste is greatly influenced by our sense of smell. 


The average human being is able to recognize approximately 10,000 

different odors.


No two people smell the same odor the same way. In other words, a rose 

may smell sweeter to some people than to others. 


Everyone has his or her own unique odor-identity or “smell fingerprint. 


The sense of smell plays a vital role in our sense of well-being and 

quality of life.