S’mores, salty ocean breezes, veggie burgers on the grill, sweaty people on the bus — what’s the smell you associate the most with summer? (prompt)
For some weird reason, I enjoy sniffing things. No, not when you sniff a joint, but rather, enjoying how things smell like, ranging from the sweet scent of strawberry muffins being baked in the oven, to that musty book smell I enjoy whenever I would browse through the pages of an old novel. It seems as if my sense of smell is heightened, like it’s my secret talent; the ability to smell clearly.
When it comes to summer, I think of the following scents: the salty sea breeze as I walk along the seashore, the scent of barbecues roasting on a 4th of July night, and that smoky scent of sparklers when it’s done with its amazing lights display.
Summer means the scent of sweat after a long day playing outside. It is also the dusty scent of the attic when you do the annual spring-cleaning, the kind of scent you really don’t want to inhale because it will make you cough.
Summer means being able to use your favorite body lotion of vanilla infused with sugar. I liked the fact that it stays with me 3 hours later, to the point that the sweat on my arms reeked of sugary vanilla essence.
These are the scents of summer to me.
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