My Relationship With Smell
For a while, I struggled trying to find a way to get an original take on writing a blog about smell in a food and religion class. I have always identified smell as one of the more important senses but I wasn't sure why. After reading more into Diane Ackerman's Natural History of the Senses, I got the push in the right direction in finding what it was about smell that I appreciated so much. Diane mentions the creation process of perfumes and describes different smells and types of aromas. When explaining the difficulty that one may feel when trying to describe a smell, I discovered my reason for appreciating it so much. Someone may find it difficult to describe a smell to another person because smells are personal. Not only are they individual to the person breathing in the aroma of that smell, but they are individually analyzed to make sense of what that smell means to them. These meanings link to emotions and memories that we form when we bond with others. The most importan...