The smell of a certain type of food can transfer you straight back to a childhood memory of family dinners or a picnic.

The smell of a perfume or cologne will make you think of a kindly older relative or a crush you had at school.

I mentioned it to him as we stood in the tearoom afterwards because Mum had lots of little packets of tissues for us to have during the ceremony. I opened mine when we went earlier in the morning to have the viewing (it is true, the deceased look very peaceful) and I opened up the packet and the tissues had a very distinctive smell. Now unfortunately that smell brings with it an unpleasant memory. Not of smiling, happy Granny (like the smell of Tabu does which strangely enough I can smell right now as I type this) but of 'empty' Granny.

Obviously I prefer the happy smell memories, this is the only bad smell memory I have. I'll have to go about creating more of those good smell memories. No doubt The Sexy is thinking "Shortbread is a good smell, bring on the shortbread, I LOVES the shortbread" :P

Tyd

30 June 2008 - 8:53 am

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