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 olfacto, to smell, pertaining to the sense of smell, and Greek philia, "love"
- osmolagnia – Greek osme, "smell", and lagneia, "lust"