Olfactophilia Explained

Olfactophilia or osmolagnia is a paraphilia for, or sexual arousal by, smells and odors emanating from the body, especially the sexual areas.^[1] Sigmund Freud used the term osphresiolagnia in reference to pleasure caused by odors.^[2]

Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary includes them into parosmias, disturbances of the sense of smell.^[3]

Etymology

• olfactophilia – Latin Latin: olfacto, to smell, pertaining to the sense of smell, and Greek philia, "love"
• osmolagnia – Greek osme, "smell", and lagneia, "lust"

See also

• Body odor
• Body odor and subconscious human sexual attraction
• List of paraphilias

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paraphilias. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130525235330/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/CH20.HTM#b1-PARAPHILIAS. 2013-05-25. This webpage cites the source: Money, John. Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition in Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1986
2. Web site: Collected Papers: Three case histories. Sigmund. Freud. 1 January 1963. Collier Books. 77. 20 December 2016. Google Books.
3. Book: Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary. Robert Jean. Campbell. Director Gracie Square Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Robert Jean Campbell. M.D. July 30, 2004. Oxford University Press, USA. 978-0-19-515221-0 . Google Books.