Smells

So they say that the sense most closely connected to memory is one's sense of smell. I don't know if that's true-I'm not really sure how you're supposed to test something like that. It seems a little dumb to me. What am I supposed to do, smell something different for each rule of law and case name so I can remember it? Dumb study, but still there's got to be something to it.

• Today the elevator smelled like a middle school lunch room. I was reminded of how much middle school sucked.
• In the south loop there is a cocoa roaster. At certain times of the day, the southwest 4 blocks of the loop smell like chocolate. It's weird, because generally city smells are not pleasent ones. When you first smell the chocolate, you're not really that sure what it is, so it's kind of gross. When I found out it was chocolate, my opinion of the smell changed. It doesn't remind me of anything though.
• I walked by this girl once who must've been wearing the same perfume or lotion or something that an ex used to wear. Hell, for all I know it was the type of detergent she used. It's funny, I never really noticed it on her. I guess smelling it everyday makes you stop noticing it eventually. It was weird to smell it on someone else though, especially after so many years. It made some sort of really bizarre instant connection/attraction/good/bad memory association with this person I had never met.
• Lime. Gin. Tonic. Summer.
• Sunblock-i think that's universal.
• Charcoal and lighter fluid.
• Not cigarette smoke at the bar, but the smell of it on your jacket the next morning.
• Big Red
• Onions and celery sauteeing in any recipe. I think it might be from a stew my mom used to make.
• Not sure if it's just anticipation of the taste, but grill cheese and tomato soup cooking at the same time have a distinct scent.

That's it. Feel free to post your own. I'm sure there's a million more things I can't remember. So much for that scent memory connection.

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