Have you ever noticed that your sense of smell has the ability to directly take you back to a certain time and place, to unlock memories from childhood, perhaps even more than looking at old photos?¹ Did you know that a smell can evoke a feeling of calmness, alertness, and wellbeing? Our olfactory sense is the ability to perceive smells; it is the only sense that is processed in the amygdala and hippocampus located in the temporal lobes of the brain—areas that are most strongly linked to emotions, learning, and memory.²