Odor induced memories

[soFlaNative]

Received a new old stock revolver holster that the shipper had wrapped in new burlap.
The combined scent of leather and burlap reminded me all at once of old Florida stores that sold everything from tack to fruit and my Pap Pap's basement.

 

[Narragansett]

The smell of a freshly fired "paper" shot shell. Brings back lots of memories.

The smell of Federal paper shells on a crisp fall morning at the trap range.....Fantastic!!

I bought a house in Lancaster County, PA in 1996, and one day I was mowing the lawn and an aroma hit me. It was the privet ( hedge ) flower perfume that took me back to 9 years old when we had a house that was surrounded on 2 sides by a tall hedge.

Last night was another one. I had just gotten off the plane from a 10 day stay in Savannah, GA, and I walked out into the driveway in the dark , and the smell of freshly fallen oak leaves and wood smoke in the air was a reminder of decades past. Savannah is nice, but it will never have that Fall in New England smell

 

[brucev]

Odor inducing memories? The smell of fresh homemade biscuits and fried bacon. Takes me back to childhood. Also, takes me back to the very first meal my bride ever cooked. We'd covered 500 miles moving to New Orleans. I'd just got back to the apartment from returning the Uhaul trailer. She had everything ready for when I got back. Wonderful. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[chief38]

Think about it - smells, odors, scents, is what drives the marketplace. Perfumes, colognes, deodorants, house deodorizers, car deodorizers, soaps and anti smell items like baking soda etc are commercials we see hourly. We spend billions a year on this stuff.

Add a pleasant smell to a product that actually works well, and BINGO - you've got a winner! Remove an unpleasant smell from a product that works and still works after removing the stench, BINGO - another winner!

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

Remove an unpleasant smell from a product that works and still works after removing the stench, BINGO - another winner!

I bought some Ballistol because the reviews said it worked great. Couldn't stand the smell....into the trash after 10 minutes of use.

Hoppes 9 is a different story. I've used it for decades.

 

[Krogen]

Cabela's . . . Only backwards. I was there yesterday, and there's an aroma about. I think they must pump it through the HVAC system.

Why backwards? When somebody mentions Cabela's that aroma returns and infiltrates my nostrils.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell - 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Official) - YouTube

 

[mtgianni]

Music can also trigger some memories from the distant past.

I was working 10 years ago and fighting one way streets trying to get to an appointment. Then all of a sudden I felt like I was 17 and didn't have a care in the world. I then realized the radio station was playing "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr Hook and the medicine factory. It had been several decades since I had heard that but I was instantly as carefree as a teenager.

 

[DWalt]

Casinos have been scenting their air for many years. People gamble more freely when surrounded by pleasant aromas.
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[Narragansett]

This is old, but why does a man like the smell of a woman dressed in leather? Because it reminds him of a new truck.

 

[Rustyt1953]

According to the smellologists at Crayola:

1. Coffee
2. Peanut butter
3. Vicks VapoRub
4. Chocolate
5. Wintergreen oil
6. Baby powder
7. Cigarette butts
8. Mothballs
9. Dry cat food
10. Beer
11. Ivory bar soap
12. Juicy Fruit gum
13. Orange
14. Cinnamon
15. Lemon
16. Tuna
17. Banana
18. Crayons
19. Cheese
20. Bleach

 

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[lihpster]

Number 5. Reminds me of when they would harvest and burn the mint fields.

 

[Abbynormal]

I'm in the same boat. I lost my sense of smell about 6 years ago after a nasty, long term sinus infection.

Some times I'll be in a situation that triggers some smell memories - sometimes good, sometimes bad. I'll take a couple of sniffs, but it disappears.

It does come in handy sometimes. My wife calls it my superpower.

Long term Covid19 took my senses of smell and taste to occasionally normal,
normally reduced. I have to be careful cooking as I can't tell if something is
burning

 

[zeke]

This is why i always cook a turkey come Thanksgiving. Takes me back to grandparents house at holidays.

 

[robvious]

next week will be an olfactory roller coaster ride for most of us... I hope we all enjoy the memories of days gone by... hope that they are all happy memories... fresh rolls.. turkey, stuffing, sweet potato, pumpkin pie, corn bread, cranberry.. etc.
enjoy the ben-gay & cheap perfume too... lol

 

[Kaarde]

This is a great thread! Two things I remember - First, the smell of my cap guns when I was a kid playing cowboys and indians with my pot-metal six-shooters. Second, the distinctive smell of 1960s era car interiors. Even after I totally replaced the interior in my 1967 Chevelle in the mid 1990s it still smelled like the inside of the 1966 Impala station-wagon we had in the 1970s.

 

[pittpa]

I did not read the thread. Burning leaves takes me way back. Like 60 years. Don't get me started on strawberry lipstick.


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[YeshuaIsa53]

Love the scent of frying panfish from a river. It always takes me back to camping, fishing, checking catfish lines, and hearing the whippoorwill and the owls. I remember the white sandbars in the moonlight, and my Father which spent so much time with us as kids. He's resting in peace now.

 

[Catwrangler]

The olfactory system is a wondrous thing. We can label, categorize and pigeon hole scents from decades ago and our memory still knows what they smell like.

Few things trigger old or suppressed memories like aroma.

Astounding piece of work is the Limbic System.

We humans only achieve the Limbic basement.... Watch a dog. If only they could talk.

 

[lihpster]

Love the scent of frying panfish from a river. It always takes me back to camping, fishing, checking catfish lines, and hearing the whippoorwill and the owls. I remember the white sandbars in the moonlight, and my Father which spent so much time with us as kids. He's resting in peace now.

Nothing like fish fresh from the water and into the fire.