WORDS SOPHIE GODDARD
What does Christmas smell like to you – fresh pine needles on the tree? Logs gently crackling on an open fire? Or maybe it’s your first gingerbread (soy) latte as you sprinkle on a layer of powdered cinnamon? Whatever it is, that first sniff (it takes 40 nerve endings to be aroused before we smell something, FYI) is powerful – transporting us back to special times and memories in ways other senses can’t do.