Monday, October 4, 2010

Amortentia

"It's the most powerful love potion in the world!"
"And it's supposed to smell differently to each of us, according to what attracts us, for me it's . . ."

Did you recognize the book? If you were thinking Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, congrats. Being a Harry Potter lover myself, I was thinking about this one day. If I were to smell Amortentia, what would it be for me?

Rain: so cliche, I know. But what can beat the freshness, the cleanness, of damp pavement and grass after a summer storm?

Freshly Baked Homemade Bread: my mom's particularly. It's incredible to get home from school and follow your nose to the kitchen with a hot loaf waiting on the cutting board.

Pine: every Holiday Season, we cut down a a Christmas tree and keep it up for about a month. It smells absolutely amazing. Pine is perfect. It's almost a sweet smell, with a hint of spicyness, forest, riverbank, and clean.