Appears without conscious recall or intention.
Arrives as smell before image, emotion, or narrative.
Not metaphor, not interpretation, not meaning-making.
Sharp/ damp/ burnt/ sweet/ unfamiliar/ “old”.
Location, time, activity, bodily state.
Shift in mood, memory pull, bodily reaction, silence.
The same scent returning across time.
Signals clustering around specific periods or states.
Absence vs sudden appearance.