The acquisition of odour hedonics

A newly wed couple had checked into an hotel the evening before and in the morning the smell of bacon drifted into their room from the kitchen below, and he who was from a different religious background woke up hungry, urging her to go for breakfast.

Abstract

The following is a true story about affective responses to odour. A newlywed couple had checked into an hotel the evening before. In the morning the smell of bacon drifted into their room from the kitchen below. She had grown up in a kosher home and woke up feeling sick, but he who was from a different religious background woke up hungry, urging her ‘let’s go for breakfast’.