Smells

Smells can take you back to a place in time, to a specfic memory. Sometimes smells can even bring back emotions of how you were feeling or what was around you more vividly than pictures. Some smells do that to me instantly and I can always pick them out and know exactly where they belong.

• White Shoulders Perfume - This is my mom's scent. It makes me feel safe and at home. I can always pick this scent out, anywhere and anyplace. I remember one of the first times I stayed with Josh's Great Aunt Lottie she wore it. I instantly felt at home because that smell makes me feel like my mom is near. Anywhere that I am that I can smell it I instantly think of her and look for her, even when she is not close to me.
  
• Hawaiian Ginger Perfume - This one brings back tons of memories. This is the scent I wore when Josh and I started dating. I wore it to every one of our proms and I even wore it on our wedding day. It makes me feel beautiful and happy and carefree. Josh loves it too by the way. :)
• Clean N Clear astringent - I used this in my high school years and brought it with me on our senior trip to the Bahamas. It makes me think of being in that really small bathroom in Jill and my room and being able to see the ocean for miles and for miles out our window.
• Tree Candle from Bath and Body Works - This is Christmas for me. It is not Christmas until I smell this. It instantly makes the world around me white with snow and glowing from Christmas lights. Mom always put some pine scent in our living room where our Christmas tree was to make it smell like a real tree and now I do the same. Anytime I smell it and it's not Christmas it makes me wish for Christmas to come so badly.
• Old English aftershave - This is my dad's scent. Anytime he got ready for church or when we were going somewhere nice, he wore it. I think of it anytime I get dressed up and will see him there. It always makes me smile.

Smelling up memories,
Larisa