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Do certain smells bring you back to a time or place...? Give some examples..
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:55 am
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:55 am
Kind of a spin off thread...
My grandparents had a house on the beach in Waveland before Camille.... The smell of creosote pilings, from the pier, brings me back to that place... It was 46 years ago....
The smell of 2 stroke outboard fumes reminds me of learning how to water ski at Paul Johnson's state park in Mississippi.. I was in 4th grade...
The smell of someone smoking a pipe brings me back to Saints games at Tulane stadium. Guy who sat behind us smoked a pipe...
My grandparents had a house on the beach in Waveland before Camille.... The smell of creosote pilings, from the pier, brings me back to that place... It was 46 years ago....
The smell of 2 stroke outboard fumes reminds me of learning how to water ski at Paul Johnson's state park in Mississippi.. I was in 4th grade...
The smell of someone smoking a pipe brings me back to Saints games at Tulane stadium. Guy who sat behind us smoked a pipe...
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 8:11 am
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Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:56 am to Hangover Haven
100 percent smells do
When I smells vehicle fumes, I always think of a particular time when I was 4 or 5 on a school bus and smelled those fumes.
When I smells vehicle fumes, I always think of a particular time when I was 4 or 5 on a school bus and smelled those fumes.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:58 am to Brageous
Yep, smells have a strange trigger in the brain that can definitely evoke memories or emotions.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:58 am to Hangover Haven
I always liked that the word "redolent" has two definitions that when combined explain the phenomenon of smells leading to memories.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:58 am to Hangover Haven
They do for everyone. Olfactory sense has long been associated with memory.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:58 am to Hangover Haven
More so than any other sense.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:00 am to Hangover Haven
The fall air with faint fireplace smells bring me back to Little Rock when we visited every year around that time as a kid.
More than smells though, the actual feeling of the weather brings back memories more than smells alone.
Bonfire smells bring me back to being a teen in the woods behind my buddy's house. We practically lived out there and had fires every night.
Moth balls make me think of my grandparents' first house in BR as a kid. Specifically my Paw Paw's workshop and boat.
Crawfish boil smells bring me back to our camp on false river.
More than smells though, the actual feeling of the weather brings back memories more than smells alone.
Bonfire smells bring me back to being a teen in the woods behind my buddy's house. We practically lived out there and had fires every night.
Moth balls make me think of my grandparents' first house in BR as a kid. Specifically my Paw Paw's workshop and boat.
Crawfish boil smells bring me back to our camp on false river.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 8:05 am
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:02 am to Hangover Haven
Fish. Reminds me of your mother.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:02 am to Hangover Haven
I love the smell of grass
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:04 am to Hangover Haven
anytime I smell fiberglass resin it takes me back to when I was a young kid hanging out around the family's shop where a lot of auto body work was being done
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:04 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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They do for everyone.
No they don't. The OP is unique and fascinating.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:04 am to Hangover Haven
Everytime I smell play doh, it brings me back to my daycare. That's about 23 years ago. The smell of my daycare is forever stuck in my head.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:04 am to Hangover Haven
The smell of tequila takes me back to a Christmas party where they used wine glasses because they didn't have shot glasses.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:09 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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They do for everyone. Olfactory sense has long been associated with memory.
Yep. The olfactory complex projects to the hippocampus which essentially location stamps long term memory. Not only memory, but the limbic system as well. Smell is intertwined with memory and emotion.
This post was edited on 9/17/15 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:10 am to Hangover Haven
wrigley's spearmint gum reminds me of my grandmother. she always had some at her apartment.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:14 am to Hangover Haven
Cigarette smoke and gun oil together reminds me of deer camp with Dad.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:15 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Olfactory sense has long been associated with memory.
Your nasal cavity is directly connected to the base of your brain whereas other senses' nerves must travel through the brain stem first.
It's not just some hokey science crap. It's real life, brah.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:15 am to Hangover Haven
My great-grandpa used to put out hay with a 1974 Massey Ferguson 135 tractor- I was 8 years old and would drive it around his front pasture.
A few years ago, I searched hard to find one just like it- I bought it and every time I crank it up, it smells just like Popa's barn.
A few years ago, I searched hard to find one just like it- I bought it and every time I crank it up, it smells just like Popa's barn.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:16 am to Hangover Haven
The smell of cocaine always makes me think of vaginas.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:16 am to Hangover Haven
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Do certain smells bring you back to a time or place...? Give some examples..
The smell of creosote that's used in the bridge pilings on those old gravel roads around my Mammaw's house and her outside utility room always had a unique smell (not a bad one) that was unique to her house/outside utility room.
It actually saddens me to think about, because everything was much better then. All of our family was a strong unit, and had fun together. Now, the family unit has split off (mainly due to a shite head first cousin) and my parents sold my Mammaw's house and the 80 acres due to said shite head cousin and his wife. I was hoping to get the family place one day, but that will never happen now
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