What’s That Smell?

I was on transit the other day and I smelled something familiar.  It took me a minute to figure it out, but it was the smell of my ex-girlfriend.  I looked around, but she was no where in sight.  Somebody else was wearing the same perfume, or using the same hair product, or whatever other smelly thing  that girls put on.  Whatever it was, it reminded me of her and it instantly brought back a flood of memories.  I could almost remember what she was wearing on a specific day three years ago, just by the power of the smell.  There is a strong connection between smell and memory.

I allude to this in my song “Tired Eyes“.  There’s something about the smell of rain after a sunny stretch that makes me feel all nostalgic.

I can’t explain why smell brings back memories.  I have no idea.  But I do think it is an amazing part of being human.

This all made me think of this other time when the weirdest thing happened to me… I could smell over the phone!!  I know this sounds crazy or it sounds like I’m straight out lying, but I kid you not.  When I was in ninth grade I could smell over the phone for one day and it never happened again.  If you don’t believe me, talk to my friend Brendan Smoker, he was on the other end of the line, presenting different items for me to smell.

Tags: being human, ex-girlfriend, hair product, Jeff Hawker, memory, perfume, smell, smell over the phone, Tired Eyes

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