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The Research of the Fragrance Effect

... On Consciousness, Emotion and Mood for More Well-Being and Enjoyment—From the Stone Age to Current Brain Research

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This chapter discusses the effect of fragrance on consciousness, emotion, and mood. For this purpose, it goes back to antiquity. Furthermore, it is about the topic of smell. It starts unconsciously, can remain completely unconscious, but can also become conscious quickly and thus be experienced as smelling. I also present the effects of odors, fragrances and perfumes, as well as essential oils, on moods, emotions and cognitive experience on the example of some first newer studies. Our olfactory brain shows amazing abilities. This even goes so far that brain regions and networks around the piriform cortex, which is part of the olfactory brain, can change and even create entirely new olfactory perceptions from the outside world, which cannot be understood by outsiders. However, therapy with fragrances can also be used for a whole range of diseases and symptoms.

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Mensing, J. (2023). The Research of the Fragrance Effect. In: Beautiful SCENT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67259-4_1

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