Can tastes be transported through smell?

Question

You know when you smell sometihng and then you taste it, is that for real, or just your mind?

Answer 1

It's For Real.

Answer 2

When a strawberry hits your tongue *or* when some molecules of its odor hit your nose, the same "hey, that's a strawberry" routine happens in your mind. The question of "real" versus "mental", then, is really just one of wording.

One could argue either way: that the taste and the smell are both just mental anyway; or that a sensation of taste should be called an illusion if it's caused by an odor that doesn't correspond to something in your mouth.

Dang; now I want strawberries!

Answer 3

It's for real, one goes with the other, if you can't smell, you can't taste, I am afflicted with that sad condition.

Answer 4

Yes. Because what you are smelling is actually small molecules of what you smell.