Other senses

Researchers have pondered the sense of smell for a long time. Linnaeus, around 1792, offered several classes of odors: (1) aromatic; (2) fragrant; (3) ambrosiac (delicious); (4) alliaceous (garlic or onion-like); (5) hircine (goatish odor); (6) foul; and (7) nauseous (Woodworth 1938). Another classification of odors is upon the dimensions of spicy, fruity, fragrant, resinous, burnt and putrid (Henning 1915, in Boring 1942).