The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Scents like peppermint, like these ammonia smelling salts, the reason they wake you up is because they trigger specific olfactory neurons that communicate with the specific centers of the brain, namely the amygdala and associated neurocircuitry and pathways that trigger alertness of the same sort that a cold shower or an ice bath, or a sudden surprise, or a stressful text message would evoke.
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There are data, believe it or not, there are good data on peppermint and the smell of peppermint, minty type sense, whether you like them or not will increase attention, and they can create the same sort of arousal response although not as intensely or as dramatically as ammonia salts can for instance.
scents like peppermint, like these ammonia smelling salts. The reason they wake you up is because they trigger specific alactory neurons that communicate with the specific centers of the brain, namely the amydala and associated neural circuitry and pathways that trigger alertness of the same sort that a cold shower or an ice bath or a sudden surprise or a stressful text message would evoke.
There are data, believe it or not, there are good data on peppermint and the smell of peppermint. minty type scents, whether you like them or not, will increase attention, and they can create the same sort of arousal response, although not as intensely or as dramatically as ammonia salts can, for instance.