Last weekend Wall Street Journal What Your Sense of Smell Says About you ,Jude Stewart article says your smell reveals your age, your diet, your emotions, how robust your immune system is even which disease you may have (eg. Covid-19, malaria, Parkinson’s, MS, melanoma, breast and lung cancer).
“In one study, more than 90% of mothers could correctly identify the smell of their newborns. Fathers, too. In another study, 15 mothers amd 12 fathers were asked to sniff bottles of amniotic fluid and choose the one belonging to their child. Twelve of the mothers, and 11 out of the 12 fathers chose correctly.”
WSJ, Oc. 26, 2021
The article is adapted from a new book, “Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell” by Jude Stewart.
Diseases, Ok, but emotions ?
In a study researchers collected sweat samples from participants who had watched a happy film- Disney’s “The Jungle Book” or scary clips -The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick. When volunteers sniffed the happy bunch they grinned instinctively. When they sniffed the scared samples, they grimaced in fear.
The next time your with a friend…make sure you feel comfortable with what he or she smells. Your smell may just be able to detect a rotten person.