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Have you ever been completely stopped in your tracks by a familiar smell?
We asked, and you answered.
Here are seven scents that transport us straight back to the South.
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According to our readers, the smells of freshly-waxedhardwood floorsand newly-washedlinensinstantly bring them back home.
I remember the hibiscus scent in the air outside my childhood bedroom window.
My mom planted them there, one reader said.
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Another recalled gardenias: There was one planted by the entrance to my childhood house.
But of all the flowers mentioned by our readers,honeysuckleseems to leave the biggest impression.
These tubular flowers are the reason much of the South is graced with honey-scented summers.
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Salty Air
The familiar smell of salty sea air holds different memories for each of you.
Its a scent they learned to love long before they began drinking the beverage themselves.
And with pine-scented air fresheners, this familiar smell of home can follow us wherever we go
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