tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515350409971471748.post4821660947356435005..comments2023-05-07T07:10:37.462-04:00Comments on yo mama llama: Smelling My Way Through a Spring Evening Bike RideSamuel James Dunn, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03185498310161494528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515350409971471748.post-22286973649562093622014-05-14T00:34:28.828-04:002014-05-14T00:34:28.828-04:00Your quest for a better nose has re-inspired me to...Your quest for a better nose has re-inspired me to do the same! <br /><br />The first thing to inspire me to smell better was the book Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. An interesting read, but it also helped me realize how many smells are out there that I ignore. The main character doesn't care if it is a good smell or a bad smell, he just wants ALL the smells. He even goes in to a cave at one point to simply live with his memory of collected smells. I've sometimes tried to be non-discriminatory with smells but it doesn't always work out. This in turn has caused me to question why we abhor some smells and are drawn to others. Do the bad smells signify to us a danger and possible contaminants and thus we avoid them? Do the good smells mean things are safe? Things to continue pondering on. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing of your olfactory outing!Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051041804408030528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515350409971471748.post-5762120185247542962014-05-05T10:12:44.517-04:002014-05-05T10:12:44.517-04:00Whole milk or 1%? Anyway, the sense of smell is a ...Whole milk or 1%? Anyway, the sense of smell is a very interesting one. If I had to give up one of my 5 senses I think it would be that one. However, Bretts grandpa was serving a mission in Armenia and went to the Dr for a cold or something and she stuck these two big q-tip things drenched in who knows what up his nose and it killed off his sense of smell and TASTE! He hasn't been able to taste for like 10 years! Sad, I know. Back to the point--smelling is a good thing-fresh bread, Brett's cologne (TMI?), and of course as mentioned, lilac bushes. Nothing can top the scent of a lilac bush. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856076844363518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515350409971471748.post-83694867921500335012014-05-04T03:28:44.225-04:002014-05-04T03:28:44.225-04:00I've always had a fairly sharp and sensitive s...I've always had a fairly sharp and sensitive sense of smell, meaning I can pick out smells that many other people can't. Smells have always been one of the senses that affect me the strongest; some smells have even made me sick, or they can help me feel better, emotionally and physically. But now I'm wondering if part of my keen sense of smell is because I'm more aware of smells too. I love the different distinct smells that places have, often a combination of various parts of that city, but there is also a unique individual smell, much like each home or person. Also, when I think of certain places or cities, I often think of the smell, and the memories of smells are really really weird, kind of like a taste memory, but it's more complex than that. I know what it smells like, but how do you describe it to others? For the record, London has my favourite city smell. It smells old and modern, fresh and scrungy, wet and like clean laundry, but there's something else there too. If someone were to blindfold me and drop me in London, I would know it by the smell. It hits me every time I've been there.<br /><br />Anyway, those are some late night ramblings... Just to let you know, you are not a Lone Smeller. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122217075428420773noreply@blogger.com