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Tuesday, 03 June 2008

Listen! Do you smell something?*

Everyone knows, I assume, that smell is one of the strongest ties to memory. A familiar smell can instantly bring you back to a particular moment, remind you of a person or place, etc.

It always surprises me how amazing this really is. I've remembered things I hadn't thought of in years instantly, perfectly, just from catching a chance smell.

Caress soap and Cover Girl foundation and pressed powder always make me think of my mom when I was a little girl. The combined smell of these things just is her. I immediately think of our house on Maple Street and her getting ready in the bathroom.

Fresh sawdust instantly puts me in my summers with ASP, driving a rusty old pickup with the windows down, winding through the quiet mountain roads keeping an eye out for turtles and coal trucks.

Tareyton cigarettes make me think of my Grannie. I guess just because of this, that is the one cigarette smoke I actually like to smell. And of course there's almost no one in the world who smokes these. Do you know anyone who does? (Note: smoking is gross and killed my Gran, but the smell still makes me think of her in a good way.)

Fresh cut grass makes me think of our big old house on Mt. Zion Road in Pennsylvania. Maybe because I spent a lot of time mowing the lawn there when I was under the impression is was "cool" to do this chore because I got to use the riding mower!

Do you have any smells that have such strong memories for you?

*Name that quote!

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Posted: Jun 03, 2008 13:06

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