“Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.” Would BeNatureMemoriesPleasureWisePlansGardenPlantSmellNostalgiaScentBeing WiseNostalgic Book:The Gardening Year Source: The Gardening Year
“A light wind blew through here that carried with it scents of sadness and loss, not recognizable odors but smells that corresponded to nothing, chimerical fragrances able to evoke melancholic memories.” LightAbleMemoriesLossSadnessWindSmellScentFragranceEvokeOdor Author:Bentley Little
“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure. The same applies to pleasures of the sight. And the same applies to pleasures of the ear.” IfsWorldSaidEnjoyMemoriesPleasureThis WorldDrinkBlessingEarsSightBlessedFruitBreatheGrassScentSageFragranceSpicesBeveragesAromaBefore And AfterReciting Author:Shmuel Yosef Agnon
“My mom used to wear the fragrance Poison when I was younger, and I remember that scent and the purple bottle. That was my first [perfume] memory.” FirstsRememberUsedMemoriesMomMy MomPoisonBottlesScentPerfumePurpleFragrance Author:John Slattery
“Absolutely, I think that is where a scent is so powerful because it harnesses our memory and our memory is a very emotional place. I do like the smell of excitement.” ThinkingMemoriesPowerfulEmotionalSmellExcitementScentPerfumeOur MemoriesHarness Author:Cate Blanchett
“I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.” ThinkingMemoriesScentPerfumeAllure Author:Diana Vreeland
“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains...” NatureMemoriesChildhoodMountainSummerSmellMemorableUnexpectedLakesScentFleetingJuneOur MemoriesMomentaryChildhood MemoriesSweet Potatoes Author:Diane Ackerman
“Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and exalts as it desires. When summoned, it slips away, and when it returns, it will do so at the time and place that suits it. It recognizes no chief, no overseer, no classifier, no ruler. Stories mix and mingle, facts sprout new shoots. The situations and words and scents-oh, the scents!-encrusted there are stored in the most disorganized and wonderful manner, not chronologically, not according to size or importance or even the alphabet.” HumansFactsStoriesActionDesireMemoriesSituationWonderfulReturnImportanceSizeSuitsChiefsSlipsRulersScentShrinksAlphabetSproutsDisorganized Book:My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir Source: My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir
“There isn't one thing in particular; rather, a lot of different things give me inspiration. I tend to come up with tunes when I do things that are not part of my daily routine, like traveling. But even during my everyday life, I come up with tunes when I'm emotionally moved. By looking at a beautiful picture, scenery, tasting something delicious, scents that bring back memories, happy and sad things... Anything that moves my emotion gives me inspiration.” GivingDifferentInspirationBeautifulMovingMemoriesEmotionOne ThingParticularGive MeMovedEverydayCome UpTunesDifferent ThingsRoutineScentEveryday LifeDeliciousSceneryTastingSad ThingsDaily RoutinesBeautiful Picture Author:Yoko Shimomura