The Underrated Sense

I think that one of the most interesting things about getting to know someone you’ve started to spend more and more time with is getting to know their smell. It still wows me that certain people and families and houses can have certain smells, and it always makes me sad that I don’t know what my “smell” is. When I was little, I was on a plane with my family and I had my trustworthy blankie, of course. And my mom hugged it to her face and said to my dad—“it smells like abby”—and smiled. Even at a young age, I loved that she said that. I loved that my mom knew me well enough to know what my smell was and to smile when she could smell it. This whole post could sound a lot creepier than it is supposed to, but my point is that I think our sense of smell is so powerful and so underrated. There are smells that instantly bring back certain memories—the beach smell makes us remember our last beach vacation, even when we are still an hour away from the shore, etc. Anyway, the short of it is—there is a new person’s scent in my life, and it is getting stronger. :) 

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