Certain Smells Evoke Memories
By Sherry Smith
@morgoodie (2645)
United States
May 18, 2018 4:55pm CST
The other day while I was working I had to get some tomatoes on the vine for an order. Most of the bunches of them had four tomatoes and the order only called for two, so I had to remove the tomatoes from the vine. If you have ever pulled a tomato from the vine, you know the vine has a certain smell to it. This smell immediately took me back to summers when I was a child and we would pick tomatoes from our garden. Call me weird, but I really like the smell of the tomato vines.
Are there any smells that evoke certain memories for you? Are they good memories or bad? Feel free to share them here.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
18 May 18
Yes that is a good smell too. It smells clean and fresh after it rains. I also like the way the air smells when it rains on a really hot day. It has a metallic smell to it that I love. I was never good at making paper boats, hats, or even paper airplanes. 
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@suni51 (3429)
• India
19 May 18
I have good memories about plants and gardens. In fact I have been raised with large gardens around us as my father was an agricultural engineer and we lived in an open area with lot of land on our disposal. I still live on the outskirts of the metro with lawns on three sides of our house and lot of trees and plants. By the way we do have a couple of tomato plants too. I have tones of memories associated with plants and trees.
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@suni51 (3429)
• India
20 May 18
@morgoodie I still have trees and plants in my house laden with fruits mostly. As we are preparing to leave for Australia shortly so we have stopped growing vegetables for time being.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
19 May 18
We always had a garden in our backyard when I was growing up. My dad planted everything he could fit in there and when we harvested it, my mom would can or freeze a lot of it. We always had more than enough tomatoes and my dad would give buckets of them to the neighbors. I am glad you have such good memories of plants and trees.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
19 May 18
The smell of grass after it rained and the smell of the pages of a new book.
Those scents remind me of my childhood.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
19 May 18
I love the smell of the pages of a new book or even an old book. They have such a good smell.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
20 May 18
I love the smell of lilac blossom because it reminds me of when I was little. We had it in our garden and it smelt beautiful .. it makes me think of my mum as she used to pick it and put it in a vase in the house,
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
21 May 18
@morgoodie That's a shame, they give off such a lovely fragrance. Recently my eyes have started to water and sting so I wonder if I have developed some sort of allergy. It's most uncomfortable and seems to be every day.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
22 May 18
@sprite1950 That is a possibility. I know my allergies have gotten worse as I have gotten older. I have even developed asthma in the last couple of years.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 May 18
There is a lilac bush next to my driveway. I like the smell of them, but with my allergies I can't have flowers in the house.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
19 May 18
Yes certain foods will trigger some memories as well.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
29 May 18
@morgoodie my kids help us to collect strawberries, blueberries, tomatos and all those goodies, so I believe they will have good memories related with some smells.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
29 May 18
@nela13 I love fresh picked strawberries. They are so sweet and juicy!!
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
29 May 18
I am sure they will have many good memories that are the same or similar. My parents were both raised on a farm. It is probably why we had such a huge garden. It took up most of the back yard and my dad used every last inch of it to grow just about everything.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 May 18
Definitely we all go back to our childhood when we experience certain smells be it flowers and plants or cooked dishes.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
26 May 18
@morgoodie Yes,and often make us wish we can go back at least once in a while.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
26 May 18
Yes we sure do. They are good memories too.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
26 May 18
@silvermist I know I sometimes want to go back. Things seemed so much easier back then, but it probably wouldn't be the same to go back now.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
3 Jun 18
They have a nice texture to them and I just love the smell. Basil is a great smell too. Fresh dill is another one that brings back memories. We used to grow it in our garden and my mom would can dill pickles.
