Taste and smell
Separate flavour from the tongue
Two wine explainers split smell at the nose, smell from the mouth, and the five tastes.
Human senses and product experience
What people taste, smell and feel
The Censes explains published accounts of taste, smell, touch and packaging. The word senses here means human senses. Pages cite the sources they use. They are not a study, a diagnosis or a product claim.
Five places to start
Touch
Keep texture out of the taste list
Astringency and what the eyes suggest are not extra tastes.
Personal care
Smell and skin feel are different notes
A formulation page names fragrance and emollients as separate ingredients.
Food packs
A valve is not a tasting
A coffee-pouch report says what a one-way valve is expected to do.
Opening
Write the torque and the clock
Cap figures from two industry pages stay attached to cap size and timing.
Lead article
sensory-science
Smell is not the same sense as taste
Two wine explainers separate smell at the nose, smell from the mouth, and five tastes. They do not diagnose smell loss.
Fragrance and skin feel are separate notes
A formulation page lists fragrance and emollients as different ingredients. Feeling a cream is not proof it works.
Record cap torque before calling a pack easy to open
Two industry pages give cap torque in inch-pounds, with cap size and timing. They do not measure a person's hand.
A coffee valve is not a tasting result
A 2026 pouch report says a one-way valve is expected to protect coffee aroma. It does not publish a tasting.