Photo: Courtesy of Judith Leiber Scientific studies confirm that, of all the senses, smell offers the best recall. In “Scent Memories,” the Cut asks people about the scents they associate with different times in their lives.
Love smells like: The smell of someone you love, their particular scent. But the most classical way we have of showing love is offering flowers and small delicacies and treats, two things that are pleasing to the nose and the mouth. In terms of an actual scent, it’s a bit like if you mixed the floral fragrance and the gourmand fragrance with the More Is More! bottle.
Regret smells like: Bittersweet, because when I think about regret, it has two sides: bitter for the mistakes you’ve made that you can no longer, and sweet because there’s a positive side. Whatever you did, you’re now past it, and you won’t make that same mistake again. My home smells like: A lot of furniture and secondhand stuff. My home is a bit maximalist, I’d say. I always like to bring back handmade stuff from my travels, and over the years, I’ve accumulated … a lot. When people come over, they say it’s like a cabinet of curiosities. I have a remote in my living room for the lights alone because I have so many lights — like 12 lights — so I have to use a remote so I don’t have to stand up each time I need to turn one off.
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