Now that I know what it is .....
Smell, fragrances, or odors that trigger vivid memory images ...... just thinking about the "smell, fragrance, odor" brings back the imagery, and almost takes you back to that time and place ................. remember a room, or a place, and that odor almost comes back .............. some on my list:
My old school, Oakwood High School, in Dayton, Ohio ..... 7 through 12 .... I had not been in the building for almost 50 years, but we visited there a few years ago, an one walk in the door, the aroma was the same, and it brought back all those memories.
The Church and the Church Basement where I went to Sunday School and had our Cub Scout meetings, 1st Methodist, Dayton, Ohio.
The Seashore .... always the same, brings back so many memories, vacations, USN, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Japan, Korea .... the ocean seemed to have a different odor in the Orient, for some reason ..... OH, the odor that permeates the air in Japan ....... I think it was the Sandalwood ......... very distinct.
Mennen Skin Bracer .......... takes me back to 1950, The Citadel, in Charleston, SC, I used that .... my first after shave......... memories there.
Aqua Velva ............. Lake Tahoe, the Nevada Lodge, Crystal Bay Club ..... Reno, and with those ..............
the AIR at Lake Tahoe, clear, crisp, a hint of Cedar in the air, and cedar smoke from the fireplaces......
So many, any of yours to add to my list?
