Each person has a characteristic, unique and unrepeatable smell. Like a kind of olfactory fingerprint, our skin emits a complex combination of compounds that differentiates us from others. This personal scent is not only perceived by those around us, but also plays a profound and often unconscious role in our relationships, emotions and memories.

From birth, human beings respond to the scent of others. Babies, for example, recognize their mothers by the scent of their skin even before they open their eyes. This smell becomes a sign of protection, affection and security. It is not about perfumes or products; it is the natural essence of that bond.

The smell of a mother becomes a sensory refuge. It is what calms a cry, accompanies sleep and, even in adulthood, can bring back feelings of home just by closing your eyes. It is a presence that needs no words of comfort.

This phenomenon is not accidental. Our olfactory system is deeply connected to the areas of the brain responsible for emotions and memory. Therefore, aromas are not perceived, they are felt. And among all of them, a mother’s smell is probably one of the first and most powerful that we learn to recognize.

In an increasingly visual world, smell remains a silent but fundamental channel of human connection. It reminds us that every person is unique not only in how they look or speak, but also in how they smell. And that in that invisible trace, there is a history and an identity.

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate that invisible presence that has been with us since the beginning: the scent that embraces, nurtures and lingers, even when it is not around.

 

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