Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
Senior Member
Just to add to Geoffs point about scent and taste:
Who's had one of the many fruit teas that are available?
You know the ones, Apple & Cinamon, Strawberry & Vanilla, Lemon & Ginger, etc.
You pick up the tea bag and give it a sniff...hmmm that smells nice.
You stick it in a cup and pour some boiling water on it...ahh lovelly delicious smelling aromas of apple and cinamon fill the air.
After letting it brew you take out the bag and let it cool.
After a while you take a sip of the delicious, fruit, spicey smelling tea.
And what does it taste of?
F*** ALL! THAT'S WHAT. THEY SMELL GORGEOUS, BUT TASTE NOTHING LIKE THEY SMELL!
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And another thing...
When I was a kid I was taking a bath and notice a bottle of 'Apple Shampoo' on the side of the bath.
I opened the bottle and had a sniff. Hmmm....lovelly fresh apples.
So I had a taste.
AAARRRRGH!
Obvioulsy it tasted nothing like fresh apples. Although scent and taste do work together they are quite seperate especially when transmitted through different media.
Who's had one of the many fruit teas that are available?
You know the ones, Apple & Cinamon, Strawberry & Vanilla, Lemon & Ginger, etc.
You pick up the tea bag and give it a sniff...hmmm that smells nice.
You stick it in a cup and pour some boiling water on it...ahh lovelly delicious smelling aromas of apple and cinamon fill the air.
After letting it brew you take out the bag and let it cool.
After a while you take a sip of the delicious, fruit, spicey smelling tea.
And what does it taste of?
F*** ALL! THAT'S WHAT. THEY SMELL GORGEOUS, BUT TASTE NOTHING LIKE THEY SMELL!
---------- Post added at 14:04 ---------- Previous post was at 14:00 ----------
And another thing...
When I was a kid I was taking a bath and notice a bottle of 'Apple Shampoo' on the side of the bath.
I opened the bottle and had a sniff. Hmmm....lovelly fresh apples.
So I had a taste.
AAARRRRGH!
Obvioulsy it tasted nothing like fresh apples. Although scent and taste do work together they are quite seperate especially when transmitted through different media.