Do Certain Smells Remind You of Places or Events in Your Life?

There is an ether smell that reminds me of a dentist's office. Ugh. I hated that smell when I was a kid. I still hate it today. They say that our brain stores everything we are ever exposed to so I guess it isn't surprising that those things are still in there. I just wonder why, when I try to remember someone's name, someone I know quite well, I often draw a blank. It must be stored in there, somewhere.

definetly. rose scent reminds me of my grandmother-she wore a rose perfume,and always had them growing in her yard. that smell old trucks get-that oily stink? will actually get me sentimental.my father was a mechanic and it reminds me of him.and boy,do i feel silly getting teary eyed over that,but i do :)

For me, the smell of freshly mown grass always reminds me of my dad and his love of keeping the yard in perfect condition when I was a kid. He was always mowing, trimming, etc. Also, the smell of wood burning in a fire place always reminds me of the home my dad had built in memory of my mom, because he made sure a wood burning stove was put in so that we would always be comfortable.

Yes! Watermelon and bbq hamburgers remind me of summer and water fights and running around barefoot. Cooling cake reminds me of my mom, and coffee and things burning remind me of my husband!

I used to work in Taiwan, republic of China, for three years. Everytime I'd go to China town or even eating out in a Chinese restaurant, I could smell this certain Chinese smell and it would bring me back to the memories I have in Taiwan.

well, this one is weird. Give me the smell of urine, stale air and the subway and it immediately takes me to Paris. yep Paris. Call me sick but I kinda like the smell, because my best vacations have been in Paris, riding the Metro around and eating crepe, being a newlywed. Ahhhh, good times. It's the one smell I can conjure up in my head without having to be there.

yes even i have had such incidents in my life. Well actually smell and taste do remind us of some past events. well i don't know about the biological reason, but it is true. I have seen many people talking about this

I feel the same way as you my friend. There are smells that reminds me of certain places, person or events. Whenever I smell them it makes me think that where and when did I smell this one? Some of the memories keeps coming back but others I just totally forget.

They say the sense of smell is more closely related to memories than any other sense. The smell of paste, you know, that thick white stuff you used to have to make a paper tray for in grade school? Its one of my most favorite smells, it always brings back good memories of art class in grade school. Also, as gross as this sounds, mothballs... the smell brings back memories of my gramma's junk closet and all the great things she stashed in there that I would get to go through.

yes, i had the funny feeling too. The smell of a certain chocolate drink reminds me of my grandma and my kindergarten class. And last year I applied for a job, the smell of the office reminds me of my trip at Saudi Arabia.

I am a very emotional sniffer as well! Smells always remind me of things and can send me back to a specific memory! Other smells just give me a vague feeling, like sadness or wistfulness, that I don't really understand. For instance, the smell of paste of course reminds me of Kindergarten, preschool, and an art class I took as a 3-year-old. The smell of grass reminds me of my dad and when we used to live in Wheeling. (We lived in many different houses when I was a child, but for some reason the grass smell always reminds me specifically of Wheeling!)

I just told my mom yesterday that her corned beef hash smelled like our cabin. Every so often I will smell something, but I am not always able to place the memory. It's like the links in my brain are no longer connected. The smell is there and the memory is there, but there is something in the way of putting the two together.

Each time i eat English Marie biscuits, the smell reminds me of kindergarten which i attended almost 25 yrs back. Those biscuits were served along with milk at the snack time. Also when i chew this specific gum, it reminds me of my childhood home which had a kiosk opposite to it across the road which sold those gums. I think our senses- sight, smell & hearing get strongly associated with a prominent or repetitive event in the past.

I love New Orleans! Cafe Du Monde makes beignets, is that what you are talking about? I do have that happen to me too. When I smell pine needles I remember my childhood in Tennessee. When I smell fried chicken I remember my mother cooking in the kitchen. Funny, a little korean woman cooking southern fare, it makes me laugh to this day. But she is the best cook! She learned from my Nana. Sometimes when I smell biscuits baking I remember this old couple that used to watch me and my brother. She used to make cat head biscuits for us and put butter and syrup on our plates to dip the biscuits in. That is a great memory.

Yes. Also certain sites recall things, and certain sounds. That sounds funny. But I recall the sounds of my old neighborhood and compare it often to how quiet this one is. As far as smells. Lets see. One smell I love is baking Christmas cookies. It brings me back to baking them as a kid. Um pine trees I am reminded of camping in Yosemite I loved a lot growing up! Others too. I'm too tired to be thinking too much... sorry *L* ;) time for bed! :p

Certainly there are smells that remind me of the past like the angel perfume reminding me of my ex.just like someone i know.smell of rice reminding me of my lunch pack for school 14 years ago.

yeah... some smells reminds me of my childhood.. it's a different feeling seems like you're present in that place at that moment when you smell it... and the feeling of how fast the time was...

It happens with me too, and I thought I was the only one it happenned to!good to know there are others too.I smell certain smells and remember the most memorable events in my life.I find that I never remember the negative events in my life now,all I remember is the positive things that happenned.I cannot recall exactly what the smell is which reminds me of certain events in my childhood but I am isntantly transported the moment the smell comes.The most recent smell that I ermember distintively is the smell of a room freshener,called country berries by glades I think,which was the one my husband put at home before he came to the airport to pick me up the first time after we were married.Even now when I remember that smell,it takes me back to the days of my newly married life.

When I smell cologne with bubble scent, I always remember my gradeschool life... I really enjoy this, It's really fun when you just smell something that reminds you when you are on those years so innocent, so sweet. Well, actually, I enjoyed it so much I bought a cologne that I always purchase when I was young (oh yeah!! I still am young!!, but those times that I'm playing having a good time with no problems) I have to add this: this is an embarassing moment of my life. I onced sniffed like a dog on my friend's house because I have this strange scent coming in my nose.. not strange at all, I remembered it was my x-boyfriend's perfume....without any notices from my friends that he is there, I sniffed all the way to the bathroom with my eyes closed, and there he was standing in front of me looking confused. It sounded like it is from a movie right?!, but it really happened and after that night I know my x- boyfriend cleared his mind why he broke up with me... I gave him the answer... I am a sniffing weirdo... hahahahahaha

the smell of adidas special edition deodorant gives me a feeling of drinking coffee.this is cuz i usually take a shot of it before drinkin coffee.so my body's conditioned to the response//