Your mission, should you choose to accept it...
Find a way to describe your favorite smell to me, knowing that I was born without a sense of smell.
Good luck
Good luck
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I couldn't describe any smell in a way you could fully relate to.
The closest I could get to would be to describe the responses that arise in the body, things one can clearly feel.
The smell of my favourite bread (wholemeal rye carraway) makes my mouth water when it's baking in the oven or being toasted. This is much more intense if I'm hungry. You would know what is feels like for the mouth to water in response to seeing food you enjoy the taste of.
If a young man with fresh sweat passes in the street, it reminds me of my youth and the smell of a lover in bed. It sends a jolt of pleasure to my vulva.
When I smell the fragrances of spring flowers, it's a pure aesthetic delight. I breathe deep to suck in and enjoy the pleasure.
The same for petrichor, the special smell of soil or rocks just after rain. It's as if there's some primal instinct that this air is somehow healthier and more energising to breathe.
The closest I could get to would be to describe the responses that arise in the body, things one can clearly feel.
The smell of my favourite bread (wholemeal rye carraway) makes my mouth water when it's baking in the oven or being toasted. This is much more intense if I'm hungry. You would know what is feels like for the mouth to water in response to seeing food you enjoy the taste of.
If a young man with fresh sweat passes in the street, it reminds me of my youth and the smell of a lover in bed. It sends a jolt of pleasure to my vulva.
When I smell the fragrances of spring flowers, it's a pure aesthetic delight. I breathe deep to suck in and enjoy the pleasure.
The same for petrichor, the special smell of soil or rocks just after rain. It's as if there's some primal instinct that this air is somehow healthier and more energising to breathe.
