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Having two threads concerning smells made me think of this idea. People posting various examples have drawn the comment that this is a smell-thesarus.
In the same spirit as the what are you reading and what music did you just listen to threads, I propose the “What did you just smell?” thread.
If you’ve encountered an interesting, evocative, or unusual smell, post it here. What was it and what did it smell like? Did it mean anything emotionally or whatever beyond simply being described as similar to some other smell?
I’ll open with the example that motivated this thread:
Last night, I opened the back door to let the dog out, and the smell in the air instantly brought up a memory of something from when I was a pre-school kid. There was a bath mitt, a sponge glove thing, in the shape of a Charlie Brown character if I recall. Or maybe it was a different character, but the color was chocolate brown. When wet, it had a particular smell.
I don’t know why the air smelled like that. But it’s testament to how an odor can instantly pull up some associated memory.
In the same spirit as the what are you reading and what music did you just listen to threads, I propose the “What did you just smell?” thread.
If you’ve encountered an interesting, evocative, or unusual smell, post it here. What was it and what did it smell like? Did it mean anything emotionally or whatever beyond simply being described as similar to some other smell?
I’ll open with the example that motivated this thread:
Last night, I opened the back door to let the dog out, and the smell in the air instantly brought up a memory of something from when I was a pre-school kid. There was a bath mitt, a sponge glove thing, in the shape of a Charlie Brown character if I recall. Or maybe it was a different character, but the color was chocolate brown. When wet, it had a particular smell.
I don’t know why the air smelled like that. But it’s testament to how an odor can instantly pull up some associated memory.