Scents Memories

TenderMercies · ‎06-03-2017

I just lit a BBW Lilac scented candle, and I was immediately transported to my childhood. When I was a kid, we had a lilac bush in our front yard. When it would bloom in summer, my mother would trim large branches off it, and put them in a large glass vase in the middle of the dining room table. As soon as I lit this candle, I was 10 years old, it was July, and my friends and I are running into the house in our bathing suits to get a freeze pop or glass of cherry Kool-Aid on a break from either swimming in the pool or riding our bikes around the neighborhood. Who knows where the time goes? Do you have any scents that take you back to a certain time or remind you of a particular person?

Regal Bee · ‎07-20-2017

When I smell Chloe perfume, I am instantly carried back to when my husband and I were dating.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

Every once in a while, especially when I'm stressed, I crawl into bed, pull up the sheets and it smells just like my Grandmas sheets used to when I was a kid. Her sheets were always fresh smelling and they smelled of her too. Grandma was such a comfort to me when I was a child and even into my teenage years. I guess Grandma comes around whenever she knows I'm stressed.

Big Joanie · ‎01-02-2015

Shalimar ......

PA Mom-mom · ‎05-27-2015

@TenderMercies Good post! Lilacs have become my favorite over the years For my scents moments it's two things: apple pie baking in the oven and the scent of viburnum carlesii. Apple pie for obvious reasons - holidays, family time, sunday evening supper. Viburnum because it was just outside the kitchen window, the scent would float through the open windows and fill the kitchen with such a sweet smell in the spring!

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Lilacs and Lillies-of-the-valley grew by our farmhouse and I love those scents. When Avon sold perfumes with those scents, I bought them.

PA Mom-mom · ‎05-27-2015

@AuntG Lillies of the Valley! Yes! My Mom never bought perfurme, but I think she actually bought this. We had 100 year old Lillies of the Valley passed down from my Grandmother.

Catiele · ‎08-20-2012

Lily of the valley and lady slippers. The lady slippers had a faint fragrance. They were so delicate. Was told that they were an endangered species. Once in a while I would pick one and hide it in the basket on my bike.