{"id":2173,"date":"2020-04-24T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2020-04-24T19:15:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:15:23","slug":"olfactory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2173","title":{"rendered":"Olfactory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Olfactory&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flat and metallic, my tongue &nbsp;<br \/>like disinfected aluminum.&nbsp; The scent&nbsp;<br \/>conveyed from nose to throat,<br \/>a sympathetic gag almost.&nbsp;<br \/>Vapors wave before my eyes.<br \/>Clorox, ghost of scents past,<br \/>seemingly obsolete, you\u2019ve come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You were banned, like death,<br \/>things we thought we\u2019d conquered.<br \/>The stink of fear, soured dispositions,<br \/>army hospitals of World War I.<br \/>Mass attack on love and senses.<br \/>A stifling way of stifling risk.<br \/>All those no\u2019s \u2014 for women endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We dared, three sheets to the wind,&nbsp;<br \/>cheek to cheek, Paris. The perfumes&nbsp;<br \/>of eros sharp and sudden, riveting,&nbsp;<br \/>beyond magnificent.&nbsp; We skirted&nbsp;<br \/>to the dark side of the abyss&nbsp;<br \/>which, as we know, make&nbsp;<br \/>fragrance all the more intense. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But damn it if the frowning mothers&nbsp;<br \/>have their day,<br \/>if a room fresh with bleach&nbsp;<br \/>is the madeleine of 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olfactory&nbsp; Flat and metallic, my tongue &nbsp;like disinfected aluminum.&nbsp; The scent&nbsp;conveyed from nose to throat,a sympathetic gag almost.&nbsp;Vapors wave before my eyes.Clorox, ghost of scents past,seemingly obsolete, you\u2019ve come back. You were banned, like death,things we thought we\u2019d conquered.The stink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2173\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[972,971,957,976,975,973],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clorox","tag-dontdrinkbleach","tag-covid-19","tag-distinfectant","tag-epiphany","tag-proust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-z3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}