It’s called nosestalgia
Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young. How come I’m never able to identify where it’s coming from? I’d make a candle out of it if I ever found it. Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I’d probably only sell one.
And it’d be to my brother, 'cause we have the same nose.
Same clothes, homegrown, a stone’s throw from a creek we used to roam
Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots.
The only reason I know the song is from someone sharing these same lines in a conversation about the same topic. I’m surprised there aren’t more artists bringing up the same experience in their music.
“Mmm yes, diarrhea and old people. Just like grandma used to make.”
No joke, I have a few of these trigger-smells, and one of them is a specific shade of sewage fragrance, the kind that comes back from canalisations on a hot day. Takes me back to around 8 years old.
Scholastic book catalog in the cool crisp autumn air.
*that smell you think you remembered but aren’t really sure but you just take as fact anyway because the memory is more important to you than the actual recollection
Fresh blacktop.
Reminds me of amusement parks in summer.
Cold cigarettes and stale beer.
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Just yesterday! A tree trimming truck full of pine tree branches pulled up next to me while I was walking. BOOM! My childhood farting around in the woods with my dad hits me. I get similar from diesel fumes like his tractor made. Woohoo brain damage!
rich car exhaust (high fuel content) + cigarettes.
takes me back to working on the international dumps with my pops and gramps.
also, early morning dew + fresh cut pine + coffee.
makes me feel like I’m 10 years old again on site with pops.
for a guy who was angry and bitter at the world he sure had a big impact on my life 🤣
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