Quote Originally Posted by Azaleaj View Post
Sivason, I’m the same. I smell things often in dreams but have only had a vague sense of smell a couple of times. Smell is a favorite waking sense. I love to eat in dreams but I think it’s more a texture thing. My sense of taste is somewhat vague probably due to missing a sense of smell. I assumed smell would come in time but I see you’ve had thousands of LDs and still experience this. Do you think this is common and do you have any theories about why this is for you?
I do not know why this is. The idea that taste is bland due to the lack of smell makes a lot of sense! Smell is tied to taste and a plugged nose creates the same bland taste issue in real life. A member once suggested that smell is very important to animals for waking when a predator is in the area. He thought somehow there was a need to keep the sense of smell separate from dreaming. I have no idea myself. It is just weird.