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This week I started thinking about the scents that I was going to test out. My plan is not to try to recreate a specific experience for people, but i rather want to exploit certain scents that would fit into the environment i plan to build, reminiscing of an abandoned apartment in Italy, and that would be iconic and above cultural differences. Some scents are obviously very geographically-tied and I wish i could use that element of unknown-ness as well as the familiar elements of certain smells that almost act as universal triggers.

I started by ordering some samples of natural, and chemically processed scented oils with these fragrances:

25932|Vervain Scent
25704|Bread Scent
25765|Tobacco Scent
24279|Mimosa Scent
20376|Rain Scent
24158|Oregano Scent
25602|Sunflower Scent
26278|Magnolia Scent
24852|Basil Scent
24261|Baby Powder Scent
24347|Myrrh Scent
20102|Amaretto Scent
20784|Lavender Scent
23731|Anise Scent

While I wait on those to arrive, I started with the real things:
here is a picture of Vanilla scent, Cinnamon and Clove scent, Lavender scent, Chocolate powder, Grounded coffee beans.

I tested one on m husband and this is what Lavender reminded him of:

"It brings me back to Sunday afternoons when my mom used to put me into bed, i was eight or nine years old, it has something something to do with my mom, after she took a shower, i think my mom used to wear something like that. It reminds me of my parents bathroom above all. And it's funny that it's Sunday afternoon now and it reminds me of Sunday afternoons."