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"Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
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— Oliver Wendell Holmes

14 Smells That Remind You to Breathe

14 Smells That Remind You to Breathe
Megan Hippler is an environmental and humanities writer in Queensland, Australia. In this short lyrical piece she lists 14 scents from the natural world, mixing the familiar with the exotic, waking one up to the absorbing medley of life experiences we absorb through our noses.

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