[Experiment] - The influence of taste/smell on dreams.

Hi everyone,

My name is Jasper. I'm a 19 years old IT-Student from The Netherlands, and I've been interested in Lucid Dreaming for over two years now. Some time ago, I read an article about food, and how it effects the human brain. The taste of chocolate for example triggers the production of opioids which give you a feeling of love and hapiness. But what are the effects of taste and smell on dreams? I want to contribute to this amazing forum and the LD scene in general by conducting an experiment...

I'm looking for DV-members who are willing to test the effect of taste or smell on their dreams by eating or smelling a product listed below just before going to bed. It doesn't matter if you're an advanced LD'er or if you didn't have any LD's at all so far. As long as you're able to dream and taste/smell.

I've been thinking about this experiment for a few days now, but I still haven't found a good method of conducting it, and I'd also love to hear your stories about the influence of taste and smell on dreams. So please reply and tell me what you think about it!


The tastes/smell I'd like to test in this experiment:

(taste) Garlic
Probably the most discussed topic when it comes to the effect of food on dreams. A lot of people are reporting a lot of very vivid nightmares after eating garlic. Other people experience very strange dreams that make absolutely no sense. It's also said that garlic causes insomnia.

(smell) Rose
I heard that the smell of roses causes sweet dreams. It would be a great help for people who are suffering from nightmares.

(taste) Mint
Mint is said to cause vivid dreams, and some people are even reporting having more lucid dreams after eating mintleaves, or drinking minttea just before going to bed.

(smell/taste) Cinnamon
I heard about the effects of cinnamon on dreams here at DreamViews. Some people are experiencing very memorable, colourfull and vivid dreams after having some cinnamon before going to bed. If this is true, It'll be a great help for beginning LD'ers who are just starting a Dream Journal.

My sources:
http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis...ightmares.html
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...d.php?p=702809
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...p/t-78454.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ell-sleep.html

I'll try cinnamon tonight or tomarow. Thanks for your cobtribution.

Night one: cinnamon (smell)

I had long vivid dreams but, my recall is terrable this morning. I know the dreams were long but I can only remeber fragments.

Dream one: I am inside my house when I notice it's full of cats and one barks at me

Dream two: I see a giant garage door. For some reason it is broken and I am calling it my radar. A voice tells me to fix my radar so I do.

Hi, I am a psychology student studying in England. I am also interested in dreams so when I was asked to conduct a psychology experiment, I decided to do one about dreams. When I was researching I found this forum and thought your idea was really interesting. I was wondering if I can borrow your idea and conduct an experiment? Please let me know. Thanks :)

Wow man, this is very interesting. For the mint test, could it be a breath mint before bed ( the classic red and white mints)? If so I can try that tonight.

OP hasn't been active since 2010, don't necro post.

Rofl, I didnt even notice, my bad.

I'm really sorry for not being active on here for a long time. There was so much stuff going on in my life I completely forgot about LD'ing and Dreamviews for a while.

@ Liobambi, Sure you can! Feel free to contact me if you've got further questions and please keep me updated on the outcomes and insights of your research! Good luck!