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Ever smelled something in your youth that you didnt think about much until many years later you smell it again and all of a sudden you remembered what memory came with that smell? I am sure this has happened more than once.
For me, the scent of Persian Rice brings back memories of a Ba' Hai Center that used to be in my old community. Each day my dad or mom would take my sisters and I there to converse with the people and check out the new things that happened. The one thing that always lingered in the air was the scent of Persain style rice. Some of my better memories were in that center too so every time i inhale Persian rice scent, it takes me back to those good old days.

The problem for me is that I get a whiff of a smell from my childhood, and then can't remember where it came from.... age is such an interesting journey!

It is interesting now when we least think of it the scents that we grew up with and how they affected us. I like your bread memory, Sounds like it would have been nice for that factory to still be around

So true, that why my wife and I each chose a new scent that we liked to wear on our wedding day, that way each time we wear those scents now we are reminded of our special day.

everyday, the smell of my spouse's deodorant actually reminds me of the day we met... which sounds weird sweatdrop , but it's nice.

Sometimes the outdoors will have a certain scent that reminds me of a season.

Recently I caught whiff of a perfume that reminded me of middle school {someone I had a crush on would wear it all the time, but oddly enough, it reminded me of the entire middle school experience rather than just that person}.

The smell of orange pumice soap reminds me of my father... as well as certain other orange scents.

There are many scents that remind me of different things, not all of them necessarily from childhood. It's pretty common, I'm sure.

Aww 4laugh

Charmath: That is actually something I didnt know until now, so thanks for sharing biggrin I love to learn new things 3nodding

Lily of the Valley reminds me of my grandmother - I found some lotion in the store one day when my cousin and I were shopping (we rarely see each other due to living in different states) and asked her if it reminded her of G'ma, too. She said it did and then we read the back... Lily of the Valley was one of the ingredients... then we both remarked at about the same time that Silicone Glove (Avon) was also a scent we associated with her... Needless to say, I bought a small tube of the stuff in the store to take to her at the nursing home ~ she was thrilled.

Old Spice and the scent of new leather for my grandfather, may he rest in peace.

Thank you... that just brought back some wonderful memories and I'm just sitting at the computer without any of the smells nearby. heart

Yes I read that the sense of smell triggers memories better than any other sense. I have specific scents which remind me of almost every person who has been important in my life; usually some cologne or cosmetic they used.

I don't drink coffee, but there was a certain type they used to brew in the cafeteria of my elementary school for the staff. I have never been able to figure out the brand or type but it was very different that the 'usual' coffee scent. Every time I've returned to that school to vote or for an event, I've smelled that type of coffee and I've on rare occasion smelled the exact same type of coffee at a community location somewhere else. I've never had the opportunity to sample it, to see how it's different from the usual, but that scent always takes me back to elementary school.