Abstract

Psychological interrelation between the base odors (according to Amoore) and the base emotional states ofhuman beings (according to Ekman) is established. The subjects were offered samples of the basic odors. Theirtask was to associate these odors with one of the proposed basic emotions. The analysis of variance showed thesignificant association of putrid odor with the emotion of disgust, the odor of mint with the emotion of surprise,and the odor of musk with the emotion of anger. Other odors can cause two or three emotions. Based on thetheoretical analysis, the article proposes to associate flowery odor with the emotion of joy, the odor of fruit withthe emotion of pleasure, the pungent odor with the emotion of fear, and the odor of camphor with the emotion ofsadness. Hypothesis of the existence of olfactory-emotional language allowing to create the emotional tone ofthe odor of any object, is offered.

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