scents of the past

whiff of memory

Fragrance Lake

sense of smell is great.

One fragrance that stays with me is the fragrances of sandalwood sachet. My maternal grandmother Parwati was a no nonsense person. Yet she always had a small indulgence she would. place small sachet  between her sari’s this gave a mild fragrance to them. this stayed through out the day.

we lived next to the hospital where my father worked so people from the village would be catered to from our house which meant either my brother or I delivered the food. This exposure had exposed me so much to the hospital aseptic phenyl odour that I feel right back at home in them.

Then is waft of drying fish which would float in at about 2pm from the coast line where they were dried.