Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, m…

Diane Ackerman
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains... ✨ A Natural History of the Senses. Book by Diane Ackerman, 1990.
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains... ✨ A Natural History of the Senses. Book by Diane Ackerman, 1990.

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