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Scents of a Woman
Scrapbooks, photo albums, or diaries may be the way some people hold on to their memories, but for one woman, fragrances are her touchstones. By Julia Glass
6[currency]6i am 15, riding in our ultramarine VW bug. My father is driving me to a social event at my high school. He pulls over abruptly. [degrees]Why does this car smell moldy? [+ or -] he asks. [degrees]Did your mother leave her saddle blanket in the back again? [+ or -] He gets out and searches under the seats. The heat of humiliation grows as I realize that what he smells is the [degrees]essential oil of roses [+ or -] I had purchased that week in Harvard Square *my very ...