The Power Of A Scent

I read somewhere that our smelling sense is the strongest of our five senses. (did you know, in women, the sense of olfaction {smell} is strongest around the time of ovulation? I totally believe that!).

Have you ever smelled something and it reminded you of someone? Not talking about when someone is wearing a cologne that is familiar. I am talking that, "oh my gosh, this smell reminds me of Grandpa! ~when the smell is actually of a tack room.

When my father's parents passed my sister & I inherited their dining set. While it resided in my home, and later at Julie's home, it brought us great joy to open the cabinet door and inhale Mamaw's house.

I always thought as I would grow older, my sense of olfaction would dull. But, instead, it seems to heighten. I am noticing more familiar scents. Sometimes some of the most simple things will bring me back. Is it that I am just more sentimental? Growing old so I am reminiscing?

I don't know. What I do know is, I am smelling a lot of memories lately.