i can bring back certain scents from memory

maybe you can too

yesterday in a hospital room i was explaining to mom that because of his septoplasty surgery three weeks earlier he has lost his sense of smell

but I was sitting eating a banana and he was able to smell it
same thing when I walked in with a cup of coffee

i could not say that some people have the ability to summon a scent from memory
because this has not been proven yet

List of scents I can summon on demand:

1. The scent the stem of a rose bleeds right when it’s cut.
2. The body odor of grandmothers.
3. The honey-sweet scent of breast milk on a baby’s warm cheeks.
4. A banana.
5. Coffee.
6. Mastic.
7. Amaretto.
8. Leather.
9. Tobacco, pipe Tobacco.

every scent i am able to recall is associated with a pleasant memory
i an not able to recall a scent associated with a bad memory

~ last tambourine, take it all in while you can

Notes:

1. last tambourine = Someone we know.
2. Photo: Marta Dzedyshko (via Pixels)