Topic: Pavlov
Beachfarmer's photo
Tue 02/13/18 09:36 PM
Does the name ring a bell?
When I hear a Nirvana song, I instantaneously smile, and remember a time.
Potpourri spray...just makes me feel queezy from the smell of trying to cover an old addiction.
Certain B/W Photos get me choked up a bit, just with their composition.

What really affects your senses, just by the mere suggestion?

soufiehere's photo
Tue 02/13/18 09:50 PM
I had a boyfriend of 6 years who died when we were 22.
He wore a certain aftershave, peculiar to the 60's though
I could not tell you what it was.

I was walking in a crowd one day years later and suddenly
caught a whiff of that aftershave.

My head whipped around, searching for him.
You would think after 40 years it would simply make one
nostalgic, but no, I looked for him. Until my brain
caught up.

It has happened twice..the hit to your sensory memory
precedes reality.

Beachfarmer's photo
Tue 02/13/18 10:03 PM

I had a boyfriend of 6 years who died when we were 22.
He wore a certain aftershave, peculiar to the 60's though
I could not tell you what it was.

I was walking in a crowd one day years later and suddenly
caught a whiff of that aftershave.

My head whipped around, searching for him.
You would think after 40 years it would simply make one
nostalgic, but no, I looked for him. Until my brain
caught up.

It has happened twice..the hit to your sensory memory
precedes reality.


First of all sorry for your trauma and loss Soufie! Observation...Olfactory really seems to be strongest?

Argo's photo
Tue 02/13/18 10:16 PM
if i see someone eating an orange..i can taste it...

Beachfarmer's photo
Tue 02/13/18 10:26 PM

if i see someone eating an orange..i can taste it...

laugh I hear ya