Do certain smells remind you of different times in your life?

Question

There are certain perfumes I have, and I can't help that certain memories come back to me! One of mine reminds me of 8th grade, another of this certain guy, one of them reminds me of when I was on crutches; walking to first period... just random stuff like that! What about you?

Answer 1

The smell of sawdust reminds me of my father.  He was a cabinet builder & he always smelled of sawdust.  It floods my memory with thoughts of him.  I miss him terribly.

Answer 2

yeah, like one time last year this girl in my class sprayed some perfum and i was like oh snap, it smells like 6th grade and she was like what? and i was all nevermind, u had 2b there. lol. star 4 u

Answer 3

yepsiedoodles

Answer 4

oh  my  Gosh...yes

its soooo weird

Kara<3

Answer 5

Yes! all the time, and same with music.

Now I know why people call music the soundtrack to your life.

Answer 6

Heck yes, every once in awhile I smell something, like someone will pass me, that reminds me exactly of my first boyfriend.  I think it's a mixture of b.o. and bad cologne :)

Answer 7

smells of food remind me of different times in my life.

Answer 8

yeah me and my sister was talking about that like last year. i did a science project on that- smell affects your memory. im the same way when i hear a certain song

Answer 9

omg deff!

today i was in jcpennys and i walked thru the soaps & perfumes and it totally reminded me of my bathroom at my moms boyfriends.

and sometimes i will smell something that smells, kinda cold, and it reminds me of when i was in the ER because of my horrible cough.

and some things remind me of being with my friends

i love smells! hahaha

Answer 10

Girl yes i thought i was the only one an sometimes when i smell those smell it makes me wanna cry an some is just memories i need to leave behind

Answer 11

Well I love the smell of the first rainfall of the year because I had my first kiss in the rain<33

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

aww yes during school i would put on this perfume before i saw this boy and now when i smell it it reminds me of him and of school and it makes me thing back to good memories

Answer 14

yea that happens to me all the time.. LoL i thought i was just weird.. its sort of a deja vu feeling... as if you remember the smell from a certain day

Answer 15

this one deoderant was the same kind i wore on vacay so it reminds me of disney world

lolz 8)

and from 5th grade this strawberry cream spray

my old bff once said "omg this smells like u" hahah

oh and my old crush always had old spice deoderant and like addidas cologne omg smelled soooooo good

Answer 16

Every time I use plain old Chapstick, the smell makes me think back when I was a little girl and I could smell it on my dad when he gave me kisses.  80)

Answer 17

yes yes yes!

i totally agree

certain tastes do too

like i dont remember drinking odwalla drinks when i used to live in boston

i was ages 4 and under

but anytime i drink one

my mind is just like

"BOSTON, BOSTON, BOSTON!"

Answer 18

yeah, some smells remind me of my old home in California

Answer 19

The smell of axe reminds me of a roadtrip me and my friends took to alabama(:

everyone says when the smell vera wang princess it reminds them of me.

Answer 20

Yes! One smell in particular, a mix of dogs and smoke.....from my Dad's old house.

THANK GOD we moved! :)

Answer 21

ya one reminds me of kindergarten

Answer 22

Dude yes.  

My ex's cologne.

Potpourri my mom had going when our renter died.

School smell of course. (AHHH!)

When I smell puppies I think of my little boys my Dad got rid of on me when they were 6 months old... =[

I hate the smell of hospitals cause when I was little I had my tonsils taken out and it freaked me out.

Overly clean houses have the smell my trailer did when my Mom was doin meth and kicked me out.

There are tons more but I can't think of any at the moment...starrrr for you! =]

Answer 23

all the time.

the smell of abercrombie and fitch's FIERCE! brings back the smell of an old flame Kyle who used to be at the barn.

And the smells of pine sawdust always remind me of my barn.

there's other things, but i can't pinpoint it at the moment.

Answer 24

Yes! lol It's totally normal, one of those nice things in life ya know? Like the Clinique Happy perfume me of middle school and Abercrombie calogne reminds me of my ex lol he always smelt so good! =] So I keep a Clinique Happy bottle around the house so I can still keep the memories. =]