Sunday, April 12, 2009

Why would i all of a sudden start smelling flowers when there are none around?

i was sitting @ my desk @ work and i started smelling what smelled like flowers. it smelled like a funeral home. i thought someone had brough flowers into the office but there were none.

Why would i all of a sudden start smelling flowers when there are none around?
i dont understand this either ... its happened to me a few times before as well .. its called *clairolfaction* if you want to research it. Its like psychic smelling..





perhaps you are picking up a scent from the past ? perhaps its of a someone who has past ? or maybe you are smelling a far off place ?





who knows





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Missy .. to comment on the other responses .. I know you can tell the difference between the scent of flowers in which you clearly dont see in the room .. and the scent of a perfume or lotion etc
Reply:Well if you ask a catholic.... (and at least indirectly, you asked a former catholic)


that means you were visited by the %26quot;Blessed Virgin Mother, Mary.%26quot;





throughout history, people that claim to have had visions of Mary, usually report having smelled flower (roses) a very strong sent that is very impressionable.





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Hey FK-Faces... Don%26#039;t make fun of me....bizhes!


I am under no circumstance religious nor superstitious...


But it is a documented fact...that many catholics that have %26quot;visions%26quot; of the virgin mary usually smell roses or there is an important references to roses as a part of their vision.





Not a very evolved comment, %26quot;evolvedkwo...%26quot; GRRRR!!!
Reply:i%26#039;ve had that happen before, from the time i was about 10...and the first thing that popped into my head was that it smelled like my dad%26#039;s funeral...someone told me that it was something called a %26#039;sense memory%26#039;, but that if i ever smelled oranges when there were none around, to call a doc immediately...
Reply:A spirit was there with you who needs special prayers from you.
Reply:spirits


this is one of the most common occurrences with spirit


they bring with them scents... usually something you would recognise


and one of the hardest things to disprove from a scientific view


I know some psychical researchers who have smelled these things when doing investigations ... and they know that scents contain molecules that dont just appear and disappear ... they linger and fade





so if you can rule out anywhere that the smell may be coming from ( open windows , air vents etc ) ... then you may just have a nice visit from spirit





hhmm I wasnt aware of this being connected with a stroke or epilepsy .. so maybe worth checking that also


all I know is that when doing investigations ... more than one person has reported this phenomena , which would rule out illness
Reply:Sounds like a co-workers tacky perfume to me.





Oh wait no, it was a visitation by the Virgin Mary, silly me..





*sigh*
Reply:Have you recently lost a loved one or friend? When people who have been close to me pass away, I will smell flowers %26amp; their perfume or cologne for several months after their death. Some have even covered me in their scent. When my father died, people would say I smelled like him. Every Sunday, he would cook out and have several bloody marys. I just hoped no one would think I was a lush, lol. Thankfully two of my priests had forewarned me this could occur. I was grateful not just to them but knowing my loved ones are %26amp; were sending me signs that they had successfully crossed over and were happy, and hopefully watching over me.
Reply:That can be a form of epilepsy, where a feedback loop is established in your olfactory system.





Bad Liberal is also correct, it could be a TIA stroke, which my father suffered over and over. His sense of smell went haywire. Eventually dementia took his brain entirely.
Reply:This question shouldn%26#039;t be in religion, but rather science or psychology. My mother is a nurse specializing in Psychiatrics and took several courses involving sensations and memory. Quite fascinating actually. I am working towards a degree along the lines of Psychology after I am done with all of these other sciences required before you take the MCADs. You should go pose this question in science, not Religion.
Reply:was it a seizure?
Reply:As a doctor, I%26#039;d say you%26#039;ve had a stroke, or are experiencing liver failure, which can cause a fruity taste in the mouth and smell.
Reply:You may have a psychic nose. Happens to me sometimes.
Reply:My grandmother liked to wear a perfume called Gardenia. It has a wonderful fragrance and once in a while I will be walking throu my hall and it will smell like my grandmothers perfume. I asked my mom about it and she believes that we are visited by the spirits who loved us during certain times of our lives, I believe this also. So, I know my grandmother is visiting when I smell Gardenia. Maybe someone was visiting you. Did you have a relative who loved their garden or always kept flowers in their home?
Reply:Could also be anything potentially flower scented. Perfumes, lotions, cleaning products, etc.
Reply:memory cells in the nasal passage, nasal imagery is easy to set off from the smallest of things
Reply:You%26#039;ve had a stroke?





(Seriously, this could be a symptom.)
Reply:Occam%26#039;s Razor says -


One of your office mates put on perfume.
Reply:Death is near...........
Reply:Did you also see God? You%26#039;ve had quite a week, haven%26#039;t you?
Reply:imagination?
Reply:Also happens with perfume smells.



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