First Impressions Series: 7

Smells. Would that we could capture them, like a sound or a picture. Perhaps because smell is virtually indescribale, is why the sense of smell is so vivid, and so instantly able to call back memories.
The jagged edge of outdoor smoke; the waft of fruit orchards; the golden tone of Asia.
We walked out into the hallway of our 5-star hotel in Taipei our first morning here, and were met with a smell. It was like shifting universes, from the ubiquitous hotel room, to the smell of Asia. It was the air, not a cleanser, not a flower, but the air. Like the light in Provence, like the scent of NYC: hotdogs and pretzels and chestnuts and street steam, the air here is distinctly unique.