Smell Quote by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

— Fernando Pessoa

Smell is the sense of memory and desire.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead.

— Lyall Watson

Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste,…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger…

— Donna Karan

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.

— Will Cotton

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. The odors of fruits waft…

— Anonymous

Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.

— Diane Ackerman

An inferior sense of smell," Marcus said, as if absolutely nothing of significance had happened, "is distinct from being told that one smells unpleasant.

— Jim Butcher

I'm just a huge fan of smells, first of all. I have a bit of an obsession with smells.

— Jessica Stroup

Smell is incredibly important and sensual; it communicates who you are.

— Anonymous

Smell is the shortest synaptic leap in the brain to our memory, and I'm amazed that people don't sniff everything.

— Richard E. Grant