I Smell Like Pepper

I don’t get to see my daughter more than a couple times a year and when I see her and give her a giant hug, she tells me, “You smell like my mom.”

“Ummmm, honey, I am your mom.”

“I know. And you smell like you. And I like it. It’s kinda peppery.”

So even though it weirds me out the tiniest of bits, she’s right. People do have scents.

Sometimes you don’t realize it until you get home from a visit somewhere and unpack. And your clothes have the smell of where you were.

And you’re thinking, for instance…this smells like my mom’s house.

Isn’t it weird how people and places develop a distinctive scent?

Apparently I emanate pepper.