A Girl Who Sees Smells () is a 2015 South South Korean drama adapted from the KTOON webtoon of the same title by Seo Soo-kyung a/k/a Man Chwi. Starring Park Yoo-chun, Shin Se-kyung, Namgoong Min and Yoon Jin-seo, it aired on SBS on Wednesday and Thursday at 21:55 for 16 episodes from April 1 to May 21, 2015.

Its early working title was Sensory Couple (), before reverting to the name of the original webtoon. It reached top of the Contents Power Index (CPI) rankings for the most influential dramas.

Plot Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When they are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, detective Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness. That same night, Choi Moo-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister (Kim So-hyun), also named Choi Eun-seol, who is treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. However, when Moo-gak returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.

Eun-seol comes out of her coma six months later, but has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned blue with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. Wanting to protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he is her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Three years and six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedian and works as a gofer for a small theater company called Frog Troupe.

Cast Main Park Yoo-chun as Detective Choi Moo-gak, the male lead of the series. After the murder of his sister, Moo-gak is determined to become a police inspector and take revenge for his sister's death. He is desensitised and is unable to smell or taste his food. Shin Se-kyung as Oh Cho-rim/Choi Eun-seol, the female lead who witnessed the murder of her parents and lived on as the sole witness of the barcode serial murders. She has a strange ability, being able to see smells as patterns in the air. Eun-seol forms a team with Moo-gak, with whom she works to solve barcode murders. Namkoong Min as Chef Kwon Jae-hee/Jay Kwon Ford Yoon Jin-seo as Yeom Mi

Supporting

Jung In-gi as Oh Jae-pyo Nam Chang-hee as Jo In-bae as Eo Woo-ya Jung Chan-woo as Wang Ji-bang Park Jin-joo as Ma Ae-ri Lee Won-jong as Kang Hyuk Choi Tae-joon as Ye Sang-gil Jo Hee-bong as Ki Choong-do Kim Byeong-ok as Chief of Police as Tak Ji-seok as Detective Kim as Kim Joong-in Song Jong-ho as Dr. Chun Baek-kyung Heo Jung-eun as Ji-eun

Special appearances

Kim So-hyun as Choi Eun-seol (ep 1–2, 5) as Park Hyung-jin (ep 1) Bang Eun-hee as Yang Mi-yeon (ep 1) as Kang Sang-moon (ep 1) Kim Bo-mi as Convenience store clerk (ep 1) as himself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1) Jang Ye-won as herself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1) Running Man cast as Themselves (ep 1) Park Han-byul as Joo Ma-ri (ep 2) as Autoclub employee (ep 2) as Arrested man at the police station (ep 2) as Driver that hit a car in the mountain (ep 2–3) Son Se-bin as Driver's girlfriend (ep 2–3) as Hwang Ki-soo (ep 4) as Tak Min-seok (ep 4) as Yang Seok-jin (ep 5) Lee Jung-shin as Himself (ep 6) Julian Quintart (ep 10)

Ratings Episode #Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area1April 1, 20155.6%7.1%5.6%6.1%2April 2, 20156.0%6.6%6.1%6.8%3April 8, 20156.6%7.1%7.0%7.9%4April 9, 20157.8%8.8%7.8%8.0%5April 15, 20157.4%8.4%7.1%7.5%6April 16, 20158.5%9.8%7.5%7.7%7April 22, 20157.3%8.0%8.1%8.4%8April 23, 20159.2%10.5%8.3%8.5%9April 29, 20157.9%8.5%6.8%7.0%10April 30, 20159.3%10.7%8.0%8.4%11May 6, 20158.0%9.4%7.5%8.1%12May 7, 20158.6%9.8%6.9%6.7%13May 13, 20159.1%10.6%8.7%9.2%14May 14, 201510.1%11.4%9.5%9.7%15May 20, 201510.9%13.5%9.6%9.5%16May 21, 201511.9%14.4%10.8%11.4% Average 8.4% 9.7% 7.8% 8.2%

Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Recipient Result 20158th Korea Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, ActorPark Yoo-chun 4th APAN Star AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesShin Se-kyung Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Yoo-chun Excellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesShin Se-kyung Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries Namkoong Min Special Award, Actress in a MiniseriesYoon Jin-seoBest Couple AwardPark Yoo-chun and Shin Se-kyung Best OST "Spring Is Gone by Chance" by Yuju & Loco

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External links

The Girl Who Sees Smells (original webtoon, expired) at kt KTOON The Girl Who Sees Smells (expired translation) at Tapas The Girl Who Sees Smells at Naver Webtoon The Girl Who Sees Smells at Webtoon