Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Vladimir Nabokov
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Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it. Some memories are so powerful to us that they can bring back an entire emotion or period in our lives. The smell of something reminds us of its presence and we cannot help but think about it. It doesn't matter if it is something as simple as a perfume or something as complex as a memory that is very old, the smell of it will always be linked to that memory.

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