Food and Pleasure - The Science of Yumminess

Smell Is The Most Important

Smell plays a key role when it comes to receiving pleasure from food. Smell is a better way to determine the taste of a food item than it is identified through sight. We have learned how sweet and savory dishes taste like, how spicy scents like, and what fresh foods smell like. If you can smell food and imagine what it might taste like and then actually confirm it by eating it, your brain interprets it as a pleasure, because you've satisfied that curiosity.