I had a strange experience last night.

I suffer from perennial allergic rhinitis which results in me having to take anti-histamines all year round and occasionaly having nthe need to have polyps removed from my nasal passages. Worst effect is that I very rarely have a sense of smell. Oddly enough when I am ill, like I have been this week, it comes back a little.

Back to the strange experience.

I often hear a snippet of a tune which reminds me of another. Or see someone that reminds me of someone else. But last night, for the first time, a sniff of something in the distance reminded me of something else. I could distinctly remember the aroma. Warm, oily, floral and spice intermingled. For the life of me I could not remember what it was. I cannot smell/remember it now but it was very pleasent and even more strange while it lasted.

What do you call the memory of a amell?

Cheers

DtG