Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell.
I grew up in the East Village with a lot of old people in my building, and I'm not sure if they lost their sense of smell over the years, but they always seemed to smell like they poured a bottle of perfume on themselves. I never want to become that person.
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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