A Whiff of Experience

In Class

As we were learning about sense perception in class, we were divided into groups of three and assigned a type of sense perception to read and make a skit of. The sense perception that I was responsible of was smell. In the article "A Whiff of Experience", I learnt several important facts about the sense of smell. The facts include odors will become less noticeable after we are exposed to them frequently, odors affect what we do and how we feel, certain sicknesses have their unique smells, and the power of smells to bring back the most vivid memories. 

I think the smell of a place is very unique. Once I walked into a place (I've forgotten where) and I was stunned. The place smelt like my former school. It was a wonder that another place in another country would smell like my old school. At that moment, I felt as if I didn't want to leave that place because of the smell that brought back nostalgic memories. I tried to find what was the thing or things that created the amazing smell of a place of old buildings, grass, trees, food, students, cars, and newspapers. It was as if I was suddenly brought back in time, to 2008 when I was still a student of my previous school. 

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