I mentioned ages ago (sorry about the shitty template!) that Rexona stopped making my favourite deodorant and so I had to get used to a new one. But the other day I ran out, and remembered that I had some in the other bathroom. I thought it was the same kind that I’ve become used to using, but it turned out to be my favourite one. Cool!
OK, so you may be wondering what the hell my favourite deodorant has to do with the post title. What I’m getting at is that the reason I like that deodorant so much is because the smell makes me remember all the good things that were happening when I started wearing it.
Which makes me think of how wonderful the nose is, and how, long after you’ve forgotten something, a smell can bring it all flooding back. And even when you think you’ve forgotten the smell itself, you can smell it and in an instant it’s all fresh in your mind again. I think that’s why I’ve got so many empty perfume bottles that I can’t bring myself to throw away - every now and then I smell them, and it reminds me of the period in my life when I wore them.
It’s the same with Matthew’s aftershave. When we first started seeing each other, he wore a particular type, and when he changed types, I was sad because that was ‘his’ smell, and I had to get used to a new one. But whenever I smell the old type, if he wears it one day, or I’m out and someone else is wearing it, it always reminds me of him and when we were first going out. It brings a smile to my face every time.
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