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A smell, taste or anything.. that brings you back into a Disney Memory?
Here is my Disney memory:
This past Mother's Day I was in a Home Depot looking for something for my Mom. Outside they had lots and lots of potted flowers. I walked up and down trying to decide. I turn around and there are alot of Gardenia plants. They weren't your typical plant more like a tall bush... I look for the flower and it was starting to brown, but I put my nose in and took a deep breath... OMG! All of sudden I was taken back to when I was a little girl and we stayed at the Polynesian and smelling the gardenias! When I stepped back...I was back at Home Depot. I smelled it again... right back to the Polynesian again.
I swear I wanted that plant..and it cost like $32.00...but then I remembered how hard they are to grow up here in PA! I smelled that plant at least 3 times... I didn't care who saw me... LOL
Has that ever happened to you?.... Please explain if it has, so I know I am not alone! : )
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Kate in PA All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them- Walt Disney
Oh my! I was just thinking about this earlier this week!
I think I read a tip about it here, but I have always taken the same Bath and Body Works scent with me when we go to WDW. Coconut Lime Verbena. It's always the hand soap and sanitizer, but sometimes I add the lotion too. Any time I smell it, I am transported back to WDW, no matter whether I'm at my desk at work (keep a small bottle of hand sanitizer there for the mental boost) or anywhere else, that scent to me is Disney.
Gardenias -- they take me to Coronado Island/San Diego... which is almost as good!
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Our first ever trip to WDw back in 1998 we stayed at Dixies Landings. I took with me a particular brand of liquid soap which we used at the sink for hand washing. It isn't one i usually buy but it still exists. If i am ever in anyones bathroom that has that soap it takes me right back to that place.
Two things - the first is a particular scent from The Body Shop called Dreams Unlimited. In 2011 I bought a glossy magazine at the airport to read on the flight to WDW, and attached to the front was a free travel-size tub of Dreams Unlimited scented body butter. I used it the entire time we were in Florida, and on my return home I had to buy the shower gel and a larger sized tub of the body butter. I took it to WDW with me when we visited last year as well, and have to keep buying more off eBay as it is now a discontinued range, as the smell of it takes me straight back to either Old Key West or Saratoga Springs!
The second thing : any time anyone near me peels an orange, I am immediately transported in my head to Soarin'!
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Several scents remind me of Disney, including cinnamon rolls and dole has a pineapple blend juice that taste just like Jungle Juice. One thing that I associate with Disney now is the song "Good Life" that they play during their commercials. Every time I hear that song on the radio, I think of Disney now and how that is the "Good Life"!
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I was just thinking about this the other day... Sadly I cannot remember where I was, but I took a deep breath and was immediately transported to "Living with the Land" ride....
Smells are a big memory trigger for me
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~ Jenn **Disney is REAL LIFE Magic, so much more than optical illusions **
Febreze Seaside Spring & Escape always reminded me of Fantasyland and Deluxe resort bathrooms in WDW...weird! They didn't put that scent out this year and I was very sad. The smell of the water in Natick Collection always made me think of POC, Living With The Land, and Poly. Now that we live in Florida, I have noticed that when I do laundry, the smell of that water also reminds me of WDW! It was a pleasant surprise and helps makes the chore laundry a little nicer!
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Dec 2005 (POR) - our first WDW trip and our first WDW holiday / Dec 2006 (CSR) - our second WDW holiday / Aug 2007 (POLY!!!!) - Happy Early 40th Birthday to Me and our first DELUXE stay / Dec 2008 - Christmas at "Home" (POP) / Aug 2009 - Summer in the South (POFQ) / Aug 2010 - POP! and Caitie starts her internship at WDW/ Oct 2010 - Laura & I "POP" in to visit Caitie/ Feb 2011 - Feb Fam Vacation to visit Caitie / May 2011 - Going to the Boardwalk to pick up Caitie (BW)
The early morning dew filled day. It has a smell to it, and for some reason, that is what I associate with Disney. My son even says, "It smells like Disney today", lol!
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