day 88... madeleine day!!

day 88 ... madeleine day! Do you know what a madeleine is ? well allow me to explain..it is a smell, a smell that triggers a memory. Why is it called a madeleine? well.. i have no idea. But the task was to about all day sniffing things  to see if they would awaken memories of the past.

SO sniff i did, at the supermarket, in the park, in the home, at university.. while filming... everywhere.. i tried not to in the bog.. usually not the best idea. Most things i had a good wiff or reminded me of nothing but what they were. A few however were just the trick... proper madelienes. Allow me to  lay them before you.

The smell of pears soap.. is and always will be the smell of my grandmas house, fresh,obsesively cleaned to within an inch of its life, in a way only people of that generation are capable of . if you havnt smelled ppears before i dont know how to describe it  except.. larvly. I ve always liked its translucent orange glow too.

The smell of chlorine  i caught a wiff of in the uni toilets (post cleaner) never fails to remind me of swimming as a youn lad.. well not swimming (as i cant) but certainly being at and in the swimming pool.. SSSSSTOCKTON BATHS.

The paprika i nostrilled in tesco, put me in mind of my life in hungary.. where everyone.. and i do mean everyone  hasa small plot of it in their garden.. and when the wether is good.. it is just about all you can smell.

  And finally.... Outside the pub i caught a wiff of skunk... which reminded me of 2 things,  (1)the 4 legged variety of skunk, which in turn reminded me of vancouver, it wasnt until then i grasped why on earth youd call a strain of weed skunk... now i know! they are identical to the nasal cavity! and (2) which shall remain a secret.

madeleine day.... complete