This is so good to know!
Haven't all of us smelled something that reminded us of good or bad times, a special person, a different time, a particular stage in our lives?
I think women generally have a more highly developed sense of smell than men. I'm very sensitive to smell. I can also think of at least a half a dozen very specific smells-both good and bad that if I close my eyes and think about that particular place or even, I can smell it, kind of 'in my brain'.
The worst one is the smell of the maternity ward at the Toronto hospital where my special needs son was born. The neo-natal intensive care was on the same floor as the regular nursery. So many nightmares there. I don't often let myself think back to that time, but when I do, I can smell the soap, the disinfected, the stuff they used on the floors, the smell of the paper towel-everything.
The good ones-the fresh lake air at camp in northern Ontario. The baby lotion on my babies after their baths. Even further back, the hot bagels in the car, on my way to my grandparent's for brunch on Sundays, the cream that my other grandmother put on her skin. The smell of coffee reminds me growing up when my Dad got up first and put a fresh pot of coffee on and the list goes on.
