The Smells of Childhood- 11 Scents That Take Us Right Back

5) Moth Balls

Getting clothes out of storage or opening the coat closet always meant the smell of mothballs. Our parents and grandparents used them for everything!

Getting clothes out of storage or opening the coat closet always meant the smell of mothballs. Our parents and grandparents used them for everything!

From neighborhood aromas to the more personal smells inside our homes, so many smells permeated childhood.Those are just a few of the smells that take us back anytime we get a whiff of them. We may have changed how we do things, but some things never fade- like the memories of campfires and Mom cooking up a storm in the kitchen!