Write about a scent

Back to the writing exercises. I stopped doing them because of the cast on my right arm and, well, lack of discipline. But I see that they do help, and I do need all the creative help I can get. So today's prompt is to write about a scent.



I have several favorite scents. I love the smell of lavendar, and patchouli oil. I love the smell of frankincense and I especially love the scent of my favorite perfumes, Chanel No. 5 and Clinique's Happy.



But if I am to write about a scent that really moves me, it would have to be the lovely, sweet scent of a new puppy's breath. Those who have been around very new puppies know just what I mean. I wonder if it is the bitch's milk that, when mixed with canine saliva turns into a perfume so heady and wonderful that I want to inhale deeply. I don't know if it is the puppy's tummy, which is not full of anything other than mothers' milk and so is pure and unsullied. I don't really know where the scent comes from or why it is so very sweet, I only know that the scent of a new puppies' breath takes my own breath away. Holding a puppy with two hands, looking into those sleepy brown eyes, and breathing in that very unique and wholesome fragrance is one of life's pure joys. I feel sorry for anyone who has never enjoyed the smell of a newborn puppy's breath, or who cannot relate. With all of today's technology, I know that they can bottle everything from the scent of a fresh orange to deer urine. But I doubt they will ever be able to bottle the smell of a newborn puppy's breath. That is one that Mother Nature will keep all to herself. And that is a lovely thing.