November 16, 2004
From My Childhood To Yours
Olfactory "rememories" (things that remind you of your childhood):
1) Crayons - fresh from the dryer and all over your favorite shirt.
2) Bubble Yum - grape.
3) A brand new baseball glove.
4) Smoke from the forbidden cigarette - the one that you stole from your folks who shouldn't be able to tell that you were the one who lit up but KNEW anyway
5) Puppy breath. You really wanted that dog and your parents said no.
6) Your sister's Jean Nate (or Hawaiian White Ginger)
7) Your dad's Old Spice
8) Mom's pot roast
9) Grandma's house
10) Flashbulbs
And, I have another -
11) Oilcloth
Thanks for reminding me, Kelly!
Posted by DaGoddess at November 16, 2004 09:03 PMAll great fragrances. If I may add a few to the olfactory files.
1. The scent of burning leaves in the autumn twilight.
2. Helene Curtis hairspray in your date's (well, MY date's) hair (where else?) at my first prom. [I thought it was some kinda fancy perfume. What a putz.]
3. Hot cherry pie.
4. A big city library. [It even smells smart.]
5. My Grandpa--a looooong time ago.
6. A summer field filled with butterfly bushes.
7. A new leather baseball.
8. A woman after a shower--or before, too. [Honesty is our pollyseed.]
Posted by: Marty at November 16, 2004 11:38 PM1. Playdoh
2. Mimeograph paper
3. Jet exhaust
4. The hair of your first girlfriend.
5. Cocoa butter tanning lotion
6. White School paste
7. Fresh cut park lawn
8. Movie popcorn
Posted by: Frank Martin at November 16, 2004 11:57 PM
And my entry....
Grandma's pantry...it's not the same since she's gone...
From the high ground...and Grandma from the higher ground....
MajorDad1984
Posted by: MajorDad1984 at November 17, 2004 05:32 PMWoodsmoke and stove polish, with beans and rice and cabbage...
Well, I do come from a backward part of the country, but the truth is, yes, I'm pretty much that old.
Asthma and sinus infections, and cautery for the polyps caused by the latter, reduced my sense of smell, and coming-on forty years of smoking pretty well did it in. Nowadays a skunk is a mild annoyance. But -- do you ever smell anything in your dreams? It's about the only place I can.
Regards,
Ric Locke
How about your dad's Hai Karate aftershave?
Vick's Vap-O-Rub
Mom-washed clothes
Line-dried sheets
The basement
Chlorinated pool water
My dad's wool Marine Corps blanket
Dead skunk
New York City
I used to be able to chew all six squares of Bummle Yum all at once.
Posted by: SondraK at November 18, 2004 10:05 PMThat would be Bubble Yum....said with a mouthful of it:D
Posted by: SondraK at November 18, 2004 10:07 PMSome of my favorite scent memories:
1. My sweet babies heads - Baby Magic Lotion
2. My Mom's White Shoulders perfume
3. My Grandma's purse - it smelled like Juicy Fruit gum
4. My Grandpa's cherry vanilla pipe tobacco
5. Jovan Musk
6. Bain de Soleil Orange tanning gelee
7. My husband's shirts - he NEVER smells bad even when he sweats
8. "Eau de Frat Party" - beer and dirty frat house floor
9. Honeysuckle and Gardenias growing in the yard
10. Spanish Moss after a rain
11. Snow in the Colorado Rockies
12. The county fair - funnel cake, corn-on-the-cob, cotton candy and a whif of cow patty here and there
Posted by: Momotrips at November 19, 2004 12:13 PM