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September 27, 2004
Yesterday's Smells
I've always been ignited into memory with smells.
I can still remember your smell, your natural body odour that is so nice and fuzzy - even though I know it was weird for you to have me sniffing you from time to time. But the memory of your smell remains in me.
Old Spice and cigarettes always sets me off to think about you. Actually, just old spice will do. The bizzare thing is that, even that Crabtree and Evelyn deodorant I'd wanted to buy for you but didn't get a chance to, reminds me of you. Cuz there was a time I would go down to C&E at Melbourne Central everyday, just to smell it to think of you.
Red wine, Ralph Lauren's Romance and cigarettes always remind me of my norwegian friend, Hanne. I remember us walking down the streets of Melbourne, her smell so intense and special. So nice. Her goodbye hugs and her lilting English will not be the same without the fragrance.
And of course, Calvin Klein's Eternity never fail to bring me back to those painful JC years. Wen had given me a huge bottle of it one day and I just kept using it everyday - the most painful years of my life. And even up to now, smelling it sends pain jibing right through my ribs and straight into my heart.
So yes, Smell ignites memory. It's good to know why.
Posted by lainey at September 27, 2004 08:51 AM