It’s a hue-ge breakthrough. Scientists from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK have drawn a connection between how people smell and see colors. The body of work, published last week in the ...

The University of Liverpool is part of a new study that reveals for the first time how particular scents can influence our perception of colour. In a paper published in the journal Frontiers in ...

JENA, Germany — Why does freshly cut grass smell like summer? What makes a bakery’s aroma so universally appealing? And why do some smells trigger vivid memories while others repulse us instantly?

For many people, the smell of suntan lotion or the ocean brings back memories of summertime past, and a whiff of freshly baked bread is reminiscent of family time around the dinner table in decades ...

When Thomas Hummel gets a whiff of an unripe, green tomato, he finds himself in his childhood home in Bavaria. Under the tilted ceilings of the bedroom that he shared with his two older brothers, ...

We often only realize how important our sense of smell is when it is no longer there: food is not as tasty as it once was, or we no longer react to dangers such as the smell of smoke. Researchers have ...

When we catch a whiff of perfume or indulge in a scented candle, we are smelling much more than Floral Fantasy or Lavender Vanilla. We are actually detecting odor molecules that enter our nose and ...

How people evaluate odors does not depend entirely on the odorant itself—context influences perception. A research team from the Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors ...

Ever wonder why your friend swoons over lavender but you think it smells like dish soap? Or why does the scent of vanilla make you nostalgic, while someone else gags? Turns out, it might not be ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...