{"id":291,"date":"2008-06-03T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprajan.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/03\/smelly-swirls\/"},"modified":"2010-05-07T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T13:40:00","slug":"smelly-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/smelly-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Smelly swirls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">It is amazing how certain smells bring back memories..<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">A chance browsing through <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">Sephora<\/span> catalog a few days back brought me to an ad for some perfume (I forget the name), a <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">sniff <\/span>and it reminded me of <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">tamil<\/span> weddings..<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">the scent of the sandalwood smell seeped into well-preserved <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">pattu<\/span> <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">sarees<\/span> that make an <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">appearance<\/span> once in a blue moon (I always thought <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">kanchipuram<\/span> <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">sarees<\/span> had a distinct smell, even the <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">zari<\/span> has a special smell), pink rose petals strewn around and trampled upon, a mix of perfumes and <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">deos<\/span> &#8211; cheap and expensive, rosewater and <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">sandalwood<\/span> paste used to welcome guests, body odor, faint whiffs of onion <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">sambhar<\/span>, the strange smell of <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">vibudhi<\/span> (ash) and <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">kumkumam<\/span> as strangers bless the couple&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">The human mind is indeed strange and amazing&#8230; a sniff of some random perfume brought back so many memories&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is amazing how certain smells bring back memories.. A chance browsing through Sephora catalog a few days back brought me to an ad for some perfume (I forget the name), a sniff and it reminded me of tamil weddings.. the scent of the sandalwood smell seeped into well-preserved pattu sarees that make an appearance once in a blue moon (I always thought kanchipuram sarees had a distinct smell, even the zari has a special smell), pink rose petals strewn around and trampled upon, a mix of perfumes and deos &#8211; cheap and expensive, rosewater and sandalwood paste used to welcome guests, body odor, faint whiffs of onion sambhar, the strange smell of vibudhi (ash) and kumkumam as strangers bless the couple&#8230;&#8230;. The human mind is indeed strange and amazing&#8230; a sniff of some random perfume brought back so many memories&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-zen-spot","tag-memories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smelly swirls &#8212; PoohsDen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/smelly-thoughts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smelly swirls &#8212; PoohsDen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is amazing how certain smells bring back memories.. 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