Sometimes smell can take you back to places.
For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it's a pity we use it so little.
Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could.
Smell remembers and tells the future. ... Smell is home or loneliness. Confidence or betrayal. Smell remembers.
Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.
Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.
Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heartstrings crack.
Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.
I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.
