Smelling TV and Movies...

[ta240]

A couple years ago it started that if someone was smoking on a TV show or Movie I would often smell the smoke.

It has now started spreading to other things on shows and movies. I was watching a vehicle rebuild clip and when a large amount of gas leaked out of the car, the smell sensation of actual gasoline was quite strong.

Anyone else experience this?

A quick search turns out that it isn't too rare and I do know that smell memories can be quite strong. In high school I used to help a friend deliver newspapers in his car and we'd eat cheese popcorn while we did it. Even today the smell of newsprint and I pop right back to that moment and hanker for cheese popcorn.

 

[Astoneroad]

In the credits for the 1964 film "Paris when it sizzles" they give Givenchy credit for Audrey Hepburn's perfume... so it seems Hollywood knew this.

 

[ta240]

Oh to live in a world where I had a smell memory of Audrey Hepburn.

 

[Astoneroad]

Oh to live in a world where I had a smell memory of Audrey Hepburn.

Perhaps if you trained yourself to associate the smell of coffee and croissants with the smell of Audrey Hepburn...

 

[ta240]

or the fumes from a scooter

But just the thought of those echoing footsteps down the long hallway does break my heart.

 

[JustJones]

Anyone else experience this?

No, can't say that I have. Now I'll probably be wondering about it but then that'll counteract the effect?

 

[RayDunzl]

Saw this recently...

Audrey Hepburn from birth to death.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7469007940767206687

 

[Mikig]

A quick search turns out that it isn't too rare and I do know that smell memories can be quite strong. In high school I used to help a friend deliver newspapers in his car and we'd eat cheese popcorn while we did it. Even today the smell of newsprint and I pop right back to that moment and hanker for cheese popcorn.

wet sawdust. They put it at the school entrance when I was in elementary school. On rainy or snowy days. When I smell that smell, now rarely used, I immediately go back to those days. The smell of the gasoline mixture, very rare, two-stroke almost don’t exist on the road anymore, how many kilometers I rode my scooter as a teenager. And then with food and drinks. Some that accompanied some hangover and some indigestion still take me back to that moment, causing me discomfort…