This paper explores the relation olfaction and language. Traditionally, odors have been much less investigated than vision in linguistic research. And, most of the world languages generally poor as for their usable olfactory lexicon. The main purpose of this study is to investigate how languages encode olfactory experiences. The olfactory experience is expressed or named through a large diversity of linguistic devices. We finally suggest that linguistic information associated to odors is deeply dependent of cultural experience.
