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Being transported by a smell
Wes Anderson wrote it best when he said "its the smells we finally don't forget" (or something like that). No better, nostalgic, melancholy rush than when a random coffee smells exactly the same as one from your favorite cafe from years ago. Or when hand soap at a restaurant smells just like her. Such a crazy experience and I cherish each time it happens
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@benattwood
Feb 27, 2024
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Smell is the only sense that bypasses the thalamus…and just goes direct into the cerebral cortex…so it can transport us and cause really intense emotional connections 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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chlonline big shouts to skipping the thalamus and going straight to the olfactory bulb and the emotional experiences that creates
Feb 27, 2024
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benattwood 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
Feb 27, 2024
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i biked home from work today (suburban northern germany) and had abt 5 seconds of total transportation to being 13 and biking to the library in my small minnesota hometown, and I think it was a hint of bonfire smoke that I smelled probably combined with muddy crisp spring scent–– but who really knows, it's like magic!
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Smell is better at making you remember than any other sense. A simple scent can make you feel that your grandpa is standing near you on the subway platform, can transport you back to 7:58am running late through the halls of your high school, and even inspired Proust to write an entire reflective novel on childhood after smelling a madeleine (Swann's Way), and by writing this inspired researchers to study the phenomenon.
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