Interestingly, smell has the ability to elicit a strong emotional response without the recollection of an explicit memory. Sometimes it’s just the feeling we recall. When you encounter a smell tied to something meaningful in your past, you first feel the emotion followed by a cognitive recognition, information that was stored in your brain. Often…
Sometimes it’s just the feeling we recall — Now Smell This
Fascinating! This is why I’m collaborating with a playwright and composer on a “scent score” for a new play with music.
Serenity Now Scents and Sensibilities 
This is so fascinating. Can’t wait to hear about the smells that will accompany the play! Can we come see it and smell it maybe? That would be fabulous…
I’ve been doing lots of reconfiguring with my perfume, moving bottles around to be more easily accessible. I’ve also been doing a lot of sampling and finding that I already have some amazing perfumes and I’m not finding much that really tempts me at all. It’s good to know that I have curated a really good collection of fragrances for my particular tastes.
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Wouldn’t that be fun? Kudos to you on reorganizing your perfume collection, that’s on my long to-do list! But it must be very satisfying to confirm that your collection really suits you. Like you, I haven’t seen much that truly tempts me, though Spell 125 might have to pop up on a birthday list.
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Spell 125, I’ll have to check that out…
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Papillon! One of my favorite independent perfumers.
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