Friday, December 04, 2015

Incense: Does Anger have a Smell?

Incense: the smelly stuff in a cone or stick shape that is used by hippies, psychics, and quirky people

Incensed: when someone is flying into a rage very quickly, usually with a decently high level of provocation

Can someone be incensed while burning incense? Probably, since smell and emotions, while not completely unrelated, can have some links together. For example: pretend your incense-burning S.O. accidentally burns down their house, with some of your things in it, you could become incensed at them. Afterwards, smelling incense could trigger those memories and make you feel incensed even though time had passed.


Although the above is a bit extreme for an example, it does illustrate quite clearly the difference between the smelly stuff (technical terms used here) and the emotion.

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