11.13.2014

smells

#livethankful

I am grateful for the scent of puppies and babies. I am thankful for the scent of baking bread, cookies, and cake. I am thankful for the scent of brewing coffee. I am thankful for the scent of flowers. I am thankful for the scent of autumn. I am thankful for the signature scent of my perfume, how it combines with my natural body oils to make it mine.

I am thankful that the scent of cloves takes me back to when my mum was alive. Or Merle Norman cosmetics, they take me back then, too.

I am not terribly thankful for the funky body odors of teenage boys.

3 comments:

Paula said...

Your last line cracked me up....I didn't mention any funky smells in my post. But you couldn't be more right. And yes, I forgot all about coffee...that is the smell I wait for every single day

Unknown said...

That last line was too funny! It's nice that the scent of clothes and cosmetics reminds you of your mum.

Lisa G said...

Do you remember the scent of Emeraude? I will forever associate it with my Grandmother. The scent that "takes me back" is Gardenias. We had a row of them under my window as a kid. In the humid night air it was like being surrounded by perfume.