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I love how smell triggers memory.  And these days I’m constantly reminded how much I like it, because I bought a new Palmolive ‘spa treatment’ shower gel. The smell of which reminds me of the bathroom I had in Mylapore. (So by association it reminds me of ACJ and Chennai).  And it was calling for a list. So here goes. (cough cough)

My favourite smell associations:

- Perry Ellis perfume for men – reminds me of an ex boyfriend who I bought the perfume for one Christmas. I was 19 and in love It’s nice to remember how that feels sometimes

- The christmas tree smell – Mount Jean estate! Santa Claus! A christmas song sung by a Spanish kid that I simply loved called “Mama sita donde este santa claus“

- Baking. The estate again – the extremely special childhood I had. (It involved jam tarts!)

- freshly mown grass – reminds me of athletics practices and the sportsmeet

- Arrack – because it reminds me of Arrack. hahahaha and Otters. And I associate it with my university life and all the wonderful wonderful people I met during that period of time

- This one is not a favourite – but bat dung reminds me of the Colombo university hallways ( I realised in Malaysia when I visited Deer cave – home to some 10 million bats)