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Wes Anderson wrote it best when he said "its the smells we finally don't forget" (or something like that). No better, nostalgic, melancholy rush than when a random coffee smells exactly the same as one from your favorite cafe from years ago. Or when hand soap at a restaurant smells just like her. Such a crazy experience and I cherish each time it happens
Feb 27, 2024
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The smell of the midwestern wind takes me back to the happiest times of my life, the smell of morning coming through open windows with curtains that blow in the breeze. I’m thinking of my grandmother’s dairy farm in Cadott, Wisconsin, way way to the north of the state. The smell of a spring day. The smell of a flower. The smell of peppermint tea in the depths of winter. The sanctimonious (yes it is holy!) smell of your bed having gone unwashed, forgotten, for weeks. Good god, stop to smell the roses if you can. I just walked around my apartment smelling three things: the rosemary plant by my window (wonderful!), the donut holes sitting on the counter (they smell like how heaven must feel!), and the cajun seasoning in the cabinet over the stove (I sneezed for five minutes straight!)
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Smell is better at making you remember than any other sense. A simple scent can make you feel that your grandpa is standing near you on the subway platform, can transport you back to 7:58am running late through the halls of your high school, and even inspired Proust to write an entire reflective novel on childhood after smelling a madeleine (Swann's Way), and by writing this inspired researchers to study the phenomenon.
Sep 12, 2024
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if i smell something i smelt a lot years back, i get sooo nostalgic. i remember deodorants i used in summer 2021 and everytime i smell something even just similar, i get catapulted to that year.
also music for example. i find some playlists here and there i made years ago and i get so nostalgic about hearing those songs i havent heard in a long time.
May 2, 2024
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It’s like anything is possible and the world just opened up. amazing feeling
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Saying ‘I’m going to my room’ is so mundane and I’m never going back to it
Feb 5, 2024
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like actually going out and trying things. put in an effort and take pride in that (being effortless is soooo out for 2024). use this platform to find new amazing things! you can never really know what you like and what brings you joy and fulfillment and all that cheesy stuff unless you actually go and really try a bunch of stuff. I love trying!
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