Perfume smells of dear departed

[smurfchops]

Has anyone had a vivid dream about a loved one who had died, and could smell their perfume in the dream? Or even smell someone's perfume or after shave in a room, when no-one had been using it ? I smelled my dad's aftershave in the room, on his birthday, 10 years after he had died.

[Budlet]

I was feeling really miserable and was sitting in the lounge one day and could smell lavendar. That was my nans favourite fragrance. It really comforted me.

[poodicat]

My mum didnt have one,all i smell is dust when i go to her house

[theprof]

There's an article here that you may find useful:

http://www.hhmi.org/senses/d140.html

What you describe is not unusual and many people have reported a similar abilities. I've got a very weird ability to cast my mind back to the infants school I attended and smell the polish that they used on the wooden block flooring. I'm doing it now just by thinking about it!

[askyourgran]

Mum didn't use perfume, but I could smell my Dad's pipe

[poodicat]

Prof its a form of self hypnosis

[jamesnan]

My mum used to love Crabtree & Evelyn Vanilla body lotion, and I have smelt it in my bedroom - very quickly but definitely there.

[DEN53]

I have my Nan's glass cabinet in my living room, and despite it being re-varnished and new shelves put in, when I open the doors, it still smells of Lifebouy Soap that my Nan & Grandad used. I have had this cabinet for over 25 years.

[catcuddler2]

about 6 months ago when i was feeling really lost and at a dead end in life i was laid in the bath and my nan came into my head.i never knew what her smell was when she was alive but on that day i smelt her smell and felt very calm and relaxed
maybe loved ones do watch over us and guide us in the afterlife

i'd like to think so :-D

[smurfchops]

I am glad no one made fun of this question, thanks all. By the way I wasn't thinking of these people when I smelled the smells, so it wasn't any kind of self hypnosis thing.

[saxy_jag]

Just occasionally, I can smell my father-in-law's pipe smoke. The last time was a couple of years ago when we got back in the car after visiting mother-in-law in hospital two days before she died. Since he had never even known the car, let alone been in it (he died in 1986), it could hardly have been a residual smell. And none of our friends/family smoke.