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ference between the two. If you had no sense of
smell, you would describe the taste of both as
“sweet,” but not be able to describe their differ-
ent features. 56
The reason is that we need our sense of
smell to be able to perceive the taste of any-
thing we eat, and cannot fully appreciate the
flavor of anything without smelling it.
What makes something pleasant to eat is
the combination of both its taste and aro-
ma. Researchers emphasize this by say-
ing that taste is 75% smell. 57
The sense of smell plays
a very important role in
taste.
