Do you sometimes smell a scent that reminds you of a particular person or memory?

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And that scent seems to came out of nowhere...

it's as if you're having some sort of sensation hallucination!

Answer 1

Lilacs....seriously and everytime I smell them, I feel like my dad is standing right behind me and when I turn, there is no one there.

wierd huh?

Answer 2

yes i have smelled the perfumes of my mom  and 2 of my grandmothers - i have also smelled the cherry tobacco of my grandfather- i think they come to visit now and again in spirit

Answer 3

Yes,and I've had friends claim the same thing. I have also experienced memories of scents triggered by things that remind me of a time place and the feeling of it. Mostly triggered by songs from that certain time.  

Answer 4

Not me but my mother has said that sometimes for no reason she smells scents that remind her of her mother. Scents from the time her mother died. Grape chapstick?? Strange.....

Answer 5

When you ask these questions you have to add-Spiritually speaking.

It somehow makes them more important and self-righteous to boot.

Now ask away pilgrim!

Answer 6

The way the air smells in the fall it reminds me of being at my grandparents house and the smell of fresh cut grass it reminds me of my dad so much

Answer 7

Skilled writers of fiction know this well. Read something by a good writer. See how quickly he or she brings an aroma into a scene.