The sense of smell is supposed to be our strongest in bringing back memories of another place and time. Does this work for you, too?Care to share some examples?
The sense of smell is supposed to be our strongest in bringing back memories of another place and time. Does this work for you, too?
Well, since I started it I guess I should go first.....cutting up butternut squash reminds me of Halloween pumpkins, the excitement and anticipation..."White Shoulders" perfume of my first boyfriend...that inexplicable sound of needles falling from a Christmas tree of my first homemade card...lavender yarn of the birth of my "nephew"...
See, not everything is about the sense of smell, although I do agree that it's the strongest.....
The scent of Gardenias remind me of my Mom. The smell of sauce cooking reminds me of my Grandma Matea, who would come to stay overnight on the morning of Christmas eve, and wake my sister and I up with singing "Santa Clause is coming to town" in broken English.lol! The smell of the ocean, always reminds me of summers in Cape Cod growing up, when we went clamming, and I ate 46 clams.......lol, no I didn't get sick! I was 11. Mothballs remind me of my other Grandmother.....I didn't like her.Originally Posted by K. Slink
The sense of smell is supposed to be our strongest in bringing back memories of another place and time. Does this work for you, too?
Certain perfumes bring back certain places and things. Joy brings back NYC, and Opium brings back Asia. I am very much in tune with fragrances. Passion by Elizabeth Taylor brings back the Bahamas.
Absolutely. Any time I walk in a pine forest, or even just smell one of those balsam filled pillows I feel like a kid again, spending summers in the mountains. And it's not the same kind of memory that a picture calls up, it's the emotional memory, the way I really felt back then.
I had not thought about this years, but I have to tell this funny story when you mentioned Opium. When my Mother passed away my sister and I had to go early to the Funeral Parlor to make sure all was o.k. I needed to call back to my Fathers house for something or other and my sister had forgotten to put on her perfume. She asked me to tell her daughter to bring it when they were coming. As I was on the phone I said "Oh, and your mother wants you to bring her Opium that is in her bag on the bed". The Funeral Director was sitting there and as soon as I said it and saw the look on his face, I realized what he was thinking. As soon as I got off the phone I explained that it was her perfume that she wanted. Every time I smell or hear of Opium Perfume I think of that day. It was a VERY sad day for me, but that is one thing that makes me laugh.
Good! I am glad there was something you were able to smile about. Opium really was intended to be just as intoxicating as the real thing! hahahah!
The smell of instant pudding reminds of the summers I spent cooking at camp.
My grandparents' house in Detroit smelled like moth balls, which I didn't realize at the time. Visiting them was always special because they lived so far away. In recent years we attempted to use moth balls to discourage rodents from taking up residence in our basement, unlike visiting my grandparents this was not a special experience. The smell from the moth balls was so strong I was ready to move out! We did evict the vermin in spite of the moth balls and now I know how to remind myself of my grandparents.
Minty Lifesavers of my grandmother because she always had them in her purse...and the much dreaded moth ball aroma of the deep gold carpeting in the house I grew up in--my mother had read somewhere that sprinkling some in the vacuum cleaner bag would help freshen the air. OMG!!! She must've gone overboard in the amount, vacuuming immediately became a dreaded chore...
Bring on grandma's rose scented air freshener, please!!!
That can be nasty. I use baking soda much easier on the nose. I use a lot of aromatherapy candles. Cinnamon and rosemary are favourites.
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