olfactory hallucinations and psychic experiences

[Old Soul]

I was wondering if anyone here has experienced olfactory hallucinations, linking directly to any "psychic" experiences? of any type , if so I would love to know of some...

here is one deffention of this :

Olfactory aura symptoms
"Parosmia involves a distortion of the sense of smell -- the affected person reports smelling something other than the scent which is present -- for example, the person sniffs a banana but it smells like rotting flesh instead of a banana. Phantosmia involves olfactory hallucinations -- that is, there is no odorant present, but the affected person reports smelling something, usually something unpleasant."


I had an experience one day , there were no flowers in bloom as of yet, no buds on the trees and I was taken back by a strong smell of flowers and in that moment a wonderful memory of my mother,
but it was like I was in that memory in that moment all over again, I could feel her and smell her scent , all my emotions all of my being was taken into that experience

has anyone else had this? I refuse to believe that is just symptomatic of a mental illness , I think there is much more to it

[Erin Pavlina]

I had one experience. I was driving home one day and all of a sudden I had the strong taste and smell of pepperoncinis in my mouth. This is not a food I normally eat but Steve is a big fan. The taste was so strong I couldn't fathom where it was coming from. But I noted the time and when I got home I asked Steve if he had been eating a bunch of pepperoncinis at that exact time and he looked at me funny and said, "Go look in the trash" where I saw the stems of about 11 of them. He confirmed that he was indeed eating them at the time I mentioned. It tripped me out. I really wasn't expecting an experience like that.... ever. But there it was.

[Rose of Cairo]

Well, lately I've smelled strange smells without any source for the smell too. First it was rather unpleasant smells, but recently they are quite pleasant actually. The problem is just that I can't identify them. It doesn't smell like anything I know and I can't even describe it. I can't find what smells like that either, no matter how much I sniff around. It feels like it's just in my head, or directly under my nose, but when I sniff there, there is nothing. Strange

I would badly like to connect to my higher self or guides or whatever spiritual being, but I'm not able to see, hear or feel any. I was asking myself if maybe that's a form of communication? But how could I understand such a signal??

Old Soul, maybe it was really your mother trying to communicate with you?

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I am always smelling things that no one else seems to smell. I am not sure what it means though. For a while I thought I just have a strong sense of smell, but this sounds more fun.

[Lola]

Originally Posted by Old Soul

I had an experience one day , there were no flowers in bloom as of yet, no buds on the trees and I was taken back by a strong smell of flowers and in that moment a wonderful memory of my mother,
but it was like I was in that memory in that moment all over again, I could feel her and smell her scent , all my emotions all of my being was taken into that experience

has anyone else had this? I refuse to believe that is just symptomatic of a mental illness , I think there is much more to it

I think that was your mother coming to visit.

The most notable experience I had like this was about three years ago, one summer evening in my backyard I quite vividly (do you say vividly about odors?) smelled grandma and grandpa's farm. It was an unmistakeable aroma of fresh cut hay, baking bread, cows in the barn, pigs, rose gardens, the greasy smell of grandpa's shop...it really startled me the first time it happened - I instantly knew where I was and I hadn't been to the farm in 30-some years. This aroma came to me a couple more times, although a little less intensely and of shorter duration than the first.

Then a woman, with whom I had a vague acquaintance, contacted me to let me know, "I have a message for you from your grandmother if you're interested in hearing it." Well, that freaked me out (since at that time grandma had been dead about six years)! But it intrigued me as well.

When I met with the medium, one of the first things she said was that grandma had been contacting me but that I wasn't getting it because (grandma said), "She doesn't believe. But tell her she's been smelling me."

The ensuing messages can be credited with inspiring me to, well, not kill myself for one.

Grandma doesn't come around as frequently as she did when my life was in such crisis. And she usually only brings the rose garden rather than the entire farm now. But yeah, sometimes I get a strong scent of roses and a prickly, goosebumpy feeling all up and down my legs and arms and I know grandma's around - sharing the love.

[CFPurpose]

Originally Posted by Old Soul

I was wondering if anyone here has experienced olfactory hallucinations, linking directly to any "psychic" experiences? of any type , if so I would love to know of some...

Yes but only maybe once or twice. Not one of my natural strong points. The proper term for you describe is:

Clairalience (smelling)

In the field of parapsychology, clairalience [presumably from late 17th century French clair (clear) & alience (smelling)] is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires psychic knowledge primarily by means of smelling.[13]

Spirits often communicate to loved ones this way as a way to say hello. Mediums who are more prone to this type of awareness often receive multiple types of smells, some non pleasant and visa versa as a way for the spirit or ghost (2 different things by the way) to communicate to the medium a situation, feeling, memory, ect.

[Old Soul]

often receive multiple types of smells, some non pleasant and visa versa

I have experienced both as well....... interesting indeed:-)

[Rose of Cairo]

ok, but how can we know what it means when we smell something unknown??

[Liara Covert]

Hi Rose of Cairo.
If the smell isn't familiar, you may have a mystery on your hands or, you may simply need to jog your memory.
If spirit senses you can discern a presence, the scent is also an invitation for you to further heighten your sensitivities.

[Lisa McGregor]

But yeah, sometimes I get a strong scent of roses and a prickly, goosebumpy feeling all up and down my legs and arms and I know grandma's around - sharing the love.

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Wow Lola, what an amazing story. I got a prickly goosebumpy feeling just reading it. Thanks for sharing that with us.

love
Lisa