Tagged: five things, writng tips Thursday 31 January 2019 Would you do something for me? Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine the scent of freshly mown grass. What came to mind? The first days of spring? Sports fields and ball games? Hay fever? Picnics? Something else entirely? Neurologically, our sense of smell is linked to memory and emotion. Even merely thinking of a scent you’ve previously experienced is likely to conjure up all kinds of associations.