Short but warm summer nights offer unique experiences to our senses: flowery perfumes. And a lot of them is produces by tiny, inconspicuous flowers we do not even notice while walking around the garden. The moment we see a beautiful flower we automatically try its smell. If it is not there we feel strongly disappointed. If we see a small flower we do not expect any olfactory sensations. And we might be wrong.
The sunlight makes those little blossoms look like wilted. But at twilight they become alive again and herald to the whole world their resurrection. They do it with their odour and that odour makes all warm summer nights memorable. Not all plants in the garden wait for the night to tempt with smell but even those do it better at nighttime.
Marilyn Monroe when asked what she wore in bed answered: A few drops of Chanel 5.
The sunlight makes those little blossoms look like wilted. But at twilight they become alive again and herald to the whole world their resurrection. They do it with their odour and that odour makes all warm summer nights memorable. Not all plants in the garden wait for the night to tempt with smell but even those do it better at nighttime.
Marilyn Monroe when asked what she wore in bed answered: A few drops of Chanel 5.
All languages we speak have one common problem with describing odours. It is a task beyond our abilities to express all the subtle shades, tastes and depths of fragrances , well, beyond my abilities. All we can do is compare smells trying to find similarities or differences if we want to describe them.
With smells we act like very primitive (excusez le mot) animals. For them the sense of smell determines their behaviour and helps them orient in the environment. Paradoxically, we do the same. Smells combined with emotions (good or bad) stick in our memory in such a strong way that it is almost impossible to eradicate those associations from the brain. A warm summer night filled with flowery fragrances creates another possibility to make the long list of nice memories even longer. A warm night without essential oils in the air is a flawed one...
With smells we act like very primitive (excusez le mot) animals. For them the sense of smell determines their behaviour and helps them orient in the environment. Paradoxically, we do the same. Smells combined with emotions (good or bad) stick in our memory in such a strong way that it is almost impossible to eradicate those associations from the brain. A warm summer night filled with flowery fragrances creates another possibility to make the long list of nice memories even longer. A warm night without essential oils in the air is a flawed one...
Jarek
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