Background

What are smelling dreams about?

Smelling is a sense we use to experience the world. Smells can be very immediate and strong. They can be distant and weak. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about smelling dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with smelling dreams. These are the words that make smelling dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of smelling dreams can be illuminating about show smelling affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example smelling dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how smelling in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that smelling is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that smelling is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, smelling dreams have more taste than 99.9% of dream symbols, more vivid dreams than 95.0% of dream symbols, and more hearing than 93.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, smelling dreams have less weird dreams than 82.9% of dream symbols, less sad dreams than 63.4% of dream symbols, and less aggressive acts than 57.7% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of smelling are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of smelling are lucid dreams. But dreams of smelling are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of smelling, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Additionally, dreams of smelling are auditory! They focus on sounds and hearing. Dreaming is primarily a visual medium. We see in our dreams, but hearing is less dominant. It is interesting to explore why smelling in dreams could be related to hearing. Furthermore, dreams of smelling are smelly! These dreams have more words related to smells than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is surprising because smelling in dreams is relatively uncommon. Also, dreams of smelling have more words related to taste than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, smelling dreams involve the perceptions of taste. Taste is a chemical sense. We taste things through interacting and touching the object we are tasting. Finally, dreams of smelling have more words related to touch than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, smelling dreams involve directly interacting and feeling another person or object. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of smelling is different than dreams of smelling in general.

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of dreams have smelling

How common are smelling dreams?

1.5% of dreams have the smelling symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 65 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.

Identification

How are smelling dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like aroma, odor, smell, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and senses.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of smelling?

Smelling dreams are notable because they have substantially more emaciation, Fiji, Haiti, talismans, taste, pheasants, acid rain, peninsula, Greece, beggars, tasers than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of smelling?

Smelling dreams are notable because they have substantially less antelopes, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Sauron, Legolas, Gollum, Gimli, Luke Skywalker, Frodo, Dobby than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into smelling dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in smelling dreams.

Who is in dreams of smelling?

Who is in dreams of smelling?

Smelling dreams are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of smelling?

What are the emotions in dreams of smelling?

Smelling dreams are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of smelling take place?

Where do dreams of smelling take place?

Smelling dreams are more related to home and more related to magical places than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of smelling?

What happens in dreams of smelling?

Dreams of smelling are more related to sex, more related to disasters, and much more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of smelling related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of smelling related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of smelling are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to sad dreams.

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How do dreams of smelling related the senses?

How do dreams of smelling related the senses?

Dreams of smelling are much more related to hearing, much more related to taste, and much more related to touch than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of smelling in dreams?

Smelling dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things smelling dreams are associated with lucid dreaming, focused on sounds, focused on smells, focused on taste, focused on touch, associated with going to the bathroom, and very vivid. Do you think this is true for your dream of smelling? How might your dream of smelling be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience smelling in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about smelling in dreams. See how you feel about smelling now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of smelling

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of smelling dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for smelling dreams. Read at your own risk.

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