Odor

Sometimes we smell different fragrances before we wake up it would classify under a sleep paralysis episode. If you are smelling something bad in your dream the specific type of odor and location are clues to where the issue is.

A foul odor can symbolize a curse, Amos 4:10. A pleasing scent can symbolize goodness and a pleasing life, Eph. 5:2

When evolution led mammals to adapt to a nocturnal existence, olfactory bulbs developed, and smell replaced sight as the dominant sense. These aroma circuits or odor pathways are believed to have become the neural outline of the limbic system within the mammalian area. This is the emotional center that generates the parental care of mammals: playfulness, vocal calling and emotion. Emotion and mood originally evolved from neural structures, once allocated only to the sense of smell that merely attracted or repelled. Over time, these two simple responses became the complicated emotions we experience today. Dreams that focus on an odor may arouse either a positive or negative response. The situation is 'visible' only to the nose. 'Something doesn't smell right' when you know it is bad, or 'the odor may be pleasing' and attract you when it is good. The other symbolism can shed light on what you are 'sensing' with your nose that you are perhaps not able to see. Attempting to cover body odor can signify hiding natural urges or sexuality from others.

Smelling a bad odor in a dream means hearing bad words, or it could mean distress. Smelling odor that emanates from under the armpit in a dream means headache, nasal congestions, cold, or hearing bad news, divulging secrets, dis¬ pelling rancor and jealousy, or it could mean relaxing after an exhausting workday, contracting an eye disease, or it could mean loathsomeness. If a child smells such an odor from under his armpit in his dream, it means that he has reached his puberty, or it could mean an illness or an accident that could take away his life.