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It contrasts genuine synaesthetic responses with ordinary sensory associations and with metaphorical or comparative language used in describing perfume. The discussion explains repeatability, prevalence estimates, and why some artists simulate cross-sensory links. 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Image credit: Dankonikolic (Own work)– [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synesthesia_5.jpg](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synesthesia_5.jpg)  \n([http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synesthesia_5.jpg](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synesthesia_5.jpg))  \nSynaesthesia: a definition  \nSynesthesia is a perceptual condition of mixed sensations: a stimulus in one sensory modality (e.g., hearing) involuntarily elicits a sensation/experience in another modality ([e.g. vision](e.g. vision)).  \nLikewise, perception of a form (e.g., a letter) may induce an unusual perception in the same modality (e.g. a color) .  \nSource: [http://www.synesthete.org/](http://www.synesthete.org/) ([http://www.synesthete.org/](http://www.synesthete.org/))  \nSynaesthesia is a kind of sensory interplay. It isn’t the same as consciously setting out to find equivalences between things attributed to separate senses, realms, or artistic media. And it isn’t the same as using metaphors or similes to describe things, as in the following passage by William Shakespeare from Romeo and Juliet:  \nBut soft, what light through yonder window breaks?  \nIt is the east, and Juliet is the sun.  \nHere, Romeo sees Juliet at night through a window, and finds her beauty so vibrant and illuminating that he compares her to the sun. In the world of scent, our vocabulary to describe smells and perfumes is limited, due to an insufficient vocabulary or language to describe smell; so we use metaphors, similes and comparisons to describe perfume frequently. When we describe smells, especially those that are unusual or new to us, we refer to other things outside the world of scent to describe the smell. A particular perfume note might smell nutty, dark, or velvety, dirty or bright. These adjectives actually come from the sensual realms of sight, touch and taste, and yet we often use such words to describe smell. But this is not synaesthesia, rather, it is a deficiency of the language that we have available to us to describe scent that forces us to use words that commonly describe other senses.  \nSimilarly, we might imagine the colour orange when we smell orange oil, or red when we smell raspberries, or green when we crush and smell a pine needle, but these are understandable, logical associations. They are not synaesthetic responses. We compare perfumes to works of art or music or even famous people, but not in a genuine synaesthetic way (unless we are smell synaesthetes) . Again, we do this to try to describe what we are smelling to others so that we can communicate about our experiences with smells.  \nHowever, for a small percentage of the population (between 2-5%), the parts of the brain that usually detect and experience our five senses as discrete things, connect with each other neurologically, so that when one sense (or perceptual mode) is engaged, it triggers a response in another part of the brain that relates to another sense (or perceptual mode) . The result? A kind of sensory co-existence of two (or sometimes more) sensory or perceptual experiences at once. One sensory experience triggers a simultaneous co-experience, usually between seemingly unrelated things.  \nOne key factor of working out if you’re a synaesthete is the repeatability of such experiences. For instance, if every time a person hears the musical note “G” they see the same shade of yellow in their mind’s eye, and they have other colours assigned to other musical pitches, they almost certainly have synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is something that people seem to either have or not have. It’s not something that ","cbCaisPgtsxnBPdu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisPgtsxnBPdu","pdf",756593,"English","# Synaesthesia: a definition\n## Mixed sensations across sensory modalities\n## Not synaesthesia: metaphors, similes, and logical associations\n## Prevalence, repeatability, and cultivation\n## A personal grapheme-colour experience","[{\"question\":\"What is synaesthesia according to the document?\",\"answer\":\"Synaesthesia is a perceptual condition where a stimulus in one sensory modality involuntarily elicits an experience in another modality, resulting in co-existing sensations or perceptions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document distinguish synaesthesia from metaphor or simile?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that metaphorical or comparative language is used to communicate unfamiliar smells, whereas synaesthesia involves genuine cross-sensory responses between sensory/perceptual modes.\"},{\"question\":\"What key factor helps determine whether someone is a synaesthete?\",\"answer\":\"The document highlights repeatability: the same trigger (e.g., a musical note) should reliably produce the same associated perception (e.g., a specific shade of yellow).\"}]","Smell and Synaesthesia Part One - Frédéric Malle | PDF",1790642459,11]