That Scent That Brings Back Memories

Scent: 

Definition of scent in English:
noun
1A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant:the scent of freshly cut hay 
(Oxford dictionary 2015)

It is true what they say about scent and memory. Recently at a party, some nice fellow wore a scent, a scent that reminded me of many happy times a few years ago. It's a scent that makes my nostrils flare. It's a scent that makes my neck hairs stand on end, a scent so amazing that I remain fascinated with the capabilities that particular perfumery manages to throw on to the market.

The very instant I recognised that smell, my world fell silent for a few seconds, nothing was audible. In a room full of loud music and people, I was transported back into a memory, one of my favourite memories.

I was standing in the street waiting for him, and it had just rained. The smell of fresh earth from the flower pots that are scattered across the city, combined with that rustic smell of concrete and metal from cars and buildings. The way that particular street glimmered in the evening sunset after the afternoon rain. In a sea of people rushing to go home, he was walking towards me. It all seemed kind of surreal, in some sort of slow motion. I feel that was the effect of love, it's ability to slow everything else down and make you focus on this one person.

As he inched closer towards me, the smell of rain slowly vanished, and was replaced with one of a spicy, if somewhat peppery wood. The closer he got, the more defined and present his scent was. It was new. It was exhilarating, it was wild, and it made every hair of mine stand on end. And when he hugged me, his own smell, combined with that particular scent he wore, made my slightly damp self (I'd been rained on) feel like the luckiest person on that street. In that moment, I didn't want to let go of him. 

Someone bumped into me, almost spilling both our drinks. I was back in the room of loud music and noisy people, back to the present.

Sigh.