Smell-O-Vision

I often forget the kind of powerful memories smell can bring about. As I walked by the bathroom just now, I was taken back. The scent was nothing extraordinary, just soap, but never the less, it wrapped itself around me and held me tight. The memory itself was also nothing really memorable, just something I had experienced hundreds of times before, but I missed it. The smell of dove soap lasted no more than a second, but I wanted it back. The funny thing, is that we don't use dove soap, so what combination of toiletries mimicked the scent of the soap, I do not know. It just seems almost cruel, those moments which I had taken for granted all those years ago, are the moments I want back now so desperately.