Jorge Colombo

I tweet about scents, sounds, and flavors.

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Screencapped my handful of tweets for my archive, just in case. I hadn’t said that much. #RIPTwitter

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“Oh, someone smells lovely,” says the woman in the museum stairs.

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A pricier scent track remains above the sidewalk. Like a line by a fountain pen among all those by Sharpies.

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On my shirt, the lingering scent of the perfume of someone a few hugs ago.

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Oh wait, the scent of the sanitizing gel at the gym’s reception desk brings back emotions from somewhere else. Just can’t remember where.

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How long until the new stores’ overhang loses the promising scent of fresh-cut wood?

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First drops barely falling and right away the world deploys that scent of summer rain. Like flicking a switch.

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Those last gasps in the Bluetooth speaker, as she drives away and the music disappears.

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A straight line of after-shave scent still lingers perpendicular to the Corner Market door.

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Four hours later and the scent of the pastries from the store still lingers in your nostrils. Or is it your memory giving it a little boost?

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Lennon playing the Harry Lime theme. That made my day.

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Still the faint scent of a bonfire in the creases of this hoodie. But which bonfire? How long ago? Cannot remember.

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They say something in the car’s front seat. You can’t quite hear it. One of them laughs.

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A shirt still hanging on the hook, the scent from a past hug still lingering in the folds.

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How long has my laptop’s sound setting been shifted to the right channel? Have I been missing out 75% of the left side stuff?

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At Chambers Street station, a waft of... hand sanitizer? No, just someone testing perfume from a downtown discount store.

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Filthy F station on 23rd as usual. Yet today it smelled of vanilla ice cream. NY surprises.

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Just walked through a long lawn strewn with dry leaves. I had forgotten how much I like that sound.

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"This pencil smells good," says Lizzie.

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As I pass outside the cineplex the doors open, and the stench of popcorn invades the sidewalk.