LIFE

Those in the nose

Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 15/11/2014

» 'Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and the years you have lived," said Helen Keller, the American author who was deaf and blind. Yes, scent is that magically evocative. If you are in a different corner of the world away from your mother and you get a sniff of her powdery scent from the street you are walking on, the exact same scent that your mum wore every day when you were a kid, suddenly you feel like you're home again.