I can still smell my gramps’ English Leather cologne that she would put on after shaving.
It had a musky smell plus whenever I smell it I automatically start looking for Stan my gramps.
It is amazing how strong the sense of smell can be tied to a memory so long ago. I feel I was maybe ten years old when my gramps would shave plus put on the cologne, which was over 45 years ago, however if I smell the scent I am taken right back to that time in a moment. My gramps was a local supplier owner plus was still toiling when I was a kid, so in the morning I would smell her aftershave when she was getting ready to take her weather conditions controlled ride in the automobile to work! They had a undoubtedly cool little camp on the lake plus when I was a little kid I was residing with them for five years as my parents were both young plus toiling all the time with no money. Heating plus A/C were not installed yet in the camp, so in the winters my buddy and I would have to chop wood for their stone fireplace in the residing room. It would keep us nice plus sizzling though plus I undoubtedly liked going out to the back yard where all the trees were plus helping gramps chop them down. She ran an Heating plus A/C supplier for several years plus would sell electric furnaces to neighbors plus suppliers in town. I would love to go back up there one day to see the old town.