I read somewhere that smell (of all the senses) is the fastest/most immediate way to trigger memory, but thinking of seasons as smells sounds particularly cool ;)
I'v found out that sounds are really strongly linked to memories as well. When a mate and I drove up to Broome we took a whole bunch of CD'S with us, and if I play those CD's now I get the strongest recollection of the patch of road I was driving on listening to it on the trip. And this isn't interesting road, just the most boring scrubby stretch of outback and I can recall it in really stunning detail.
though it can be disorientating when you smell a season out of season.
I've always had an extremely heightened sense of smell, so it doesn't surprise me, but it is hard to explain. We don't have a lot of words for smell, really.
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I've always had an extremely heightened sense of smell, so it doesn't surprise me, but it is hard to explain. We don't have a lot of words for smell, really.