I… I think i was talking about the waxy cups? But maybe that’s fondant, too. (Though, somehow my smell association with fondant is the cold freezer-burn smell.)
I would also say I can picture a smell, but maybe “imagine” is a better word.
Synesthesia is any kind of crossing of senses. I had a friend in college who had synesthesia for colors and smells and shapes (I apparently smell like a purple and orange blobby shape) but she also had these weird ways of visualizing time that was also in a similar vein. It’s pretty complex and multifaceted.
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Thanks. Had no idea as a Finn what this was about and I was born in the 80’s.
Same. All of what you said. I figured it was something that just wasn’t a thing here.
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Why can I vividly picture what these smell like?
That weird waxy coating, right?
Pretty sure what you’re thinking of is the blasphemy called fondant.
I… I think i was talking about the waxy cups? But maybe that’s fondant, too. (Though, somehow my smell association with fondant is the cold freezer-burn smell.)
Whoops, I misunderstood then.
That you can picture any kind of smell is worth calling a scientist about.
I picture your mom every night
With your nose?
Oh yeeah
It’s called synesthesia.
I can picture smells but I don’t think I have synesthesia, I thought that was just for seeing colors from sounds and stuff?
I would also say I can picture a smell, but maybe “imagine” is a better word.
Synesthesia is any kind of crossing of senses. I had a friend in college who had synesthesia for colors and smells and shapes (I apparently smell like a purple and orange blobby shape) but she also had these weird ways of visualizing time that was also in a similar vein. It’s pretty complex and multifaceted.
Edit: This thread is delightfully full of giddy 90s trolls who are goofing on absolutely everything.
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Probably because it’s likely made of the obscenity that is American buttercream.