Re: Does scent affect taste?

Most of what you taste is scent.  Experiments with blind folded and nose 
plugged victims showed that they could not tell apples from oranges or 
pears.

The older one gets the less sensitive their taste buds become.  That why 
old foggies like hot sauce.

I do not know of any experiments with women vs. men in taste sensations.

You might ask again for another mad scientist since my information is about 
25 years old.
Sincerely,

John M. Lewis
Mad scientists


ADMIN NOTE:  About 75% of what we perceive as taste depends on our sense of 
smell.  For more information on this (along with references), please refer 
to this posting at Newton's Apple.