Ben, the olfactory-personality synaesthete?

A story Hannah told me I could blog about her 10-year-old son Ben.

They were driving to our house yesterday when Ben, after cautioning Hannah that he wasn't sure he should speak of such things, commented, "When I think of certain families, I think of the smell that family has."

Hannah was curious about what he meant.

"Well, for example, when I think of Erin's family [that's us, folks]  I can smell poop."  He quickly added, "But I don't mind the smell of poop, because I like them."

Hannah inquired as to whether their own family had a characteristic scent.

"Yes.  Our family smells like vomit."

Hannah, perplexed, asked what Melissa's family smelled like.

"Oh, they smell like vanilla."


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3 responses to “Ben, the olfactory-personality synaesthete?”

  1. My kids do this too although they don’t usually have such recognizable smells to attach to people. They just know it when they smell it.
    Don’t know how I’d feel being the “poop” house though. Maybe you can bake a lot of cookies when he comes over and eventually you’ll be the sugar house.

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  2. You didn’t let the kids spackle in the new house, did you? 🙂

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  3. LOL. No spackling.

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