Coppertone is the Ultimate Memory Towel/Trigger

I'm talking about the SMELL!

i missed you ramosi!

He was waiting for the proper time to strike! Coppertone mostly brings back very early memories, though it also does make me think of some Lollapaloozas.

It makes me think of Disneyworld!

Right!

(Is that what brought you back here? Classic.)

Smell of course is the sense most closely tied to memory, so this makes perfect sense. I haven't used Coppertone in many many years so if I were to smell it I'm sure some weird old memory would come forward. Ya'll know that was Jodie Foster in the original "girl gets her bikini bottom yanked down by dog" ad?

Smell is a very powerful memory trigger indeed. A few years back, wandering through the make-up section of a London department store, I stopped to sniff at some new perfumes. I decided to try one I had never smelled before, and sprayed some Joy by Jean Patou onto my wrist. I was instantly overcome by a very strong memory - I was a child, and I was being carried into a house on a large black sofa. I could remember so much fine detail - it was so vivid, it was almost scary.

I phoned my Mum that night and told her about it - and she told me that one time when we moved house, the removal men did indeed let me sit on the sofa while they carried it in from the van. I was only two years old at the time. And my Mum's favourite perfume then? Yup. Joy.

In reply to the original post - we do have Coppertone in the UK...... but I was more of an Ambre Solaire girl. That reminds me of just about every summer holiday I have ever known, and there are a few I would prefer to forget, believe me.