Sense of Smell / myLot

United States

December 2, 2016 11:35am CST

Recently, I wrote about the “five senses” and which one would be the easiest one to lose. A couple people said “the sense of smell.” So, I was just thinking about that. What is your favorite AROMA? Do you like the smell of freshly baked bread, new leather, coffee brewing, your favorite cologne, fresh cut flowers?? I like the smell of brownies baking or pumpkin pie. I just made four pumpkin pies last week. They were sooooo good. I have a favorite perfume also that I like, but don’t wear it very often because some of my friends have allergies. When I was young, I loved my Aunt Alice’s perfume. It was “Cotillion.” Even now, whenever I smell it, I think of her. Sometimes I see it in a department store and use the tester, just so I can remind myself of her and the pleasant times we shared when I was young. And my DAD wore “Old Spice” after shave lotion and I think of him the same way, when I have an opportunity to take a whiff of that. Sense of smell might be the easiest to live without, but it’s still important, when you think about it.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Dec 16

Freshly baked bread is one of the best smells for me and you're right. Certain smells certainly invoke particular people or occasions.

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15960)

• United States

3 Dec 16

Yes, I love going into a bakery. Smells so good. I bake my own bread too, and I make pepperoni rolls all the time. Fresh rolls stuffed with pepperoni. They are a West Virginia treat these days. They used to be for coal miners to take in their lunch buckets into the coal mines. They required no refrigeration. Have you ever eaten a pepperoni roll? Most people have never heard of them.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Dec 16

@IreneVincent I've certainly eaten pepperoni. But perhaps not in a roll.