“There’s a different feel about the house.”
His roving glance met the same furniture setting and décor. He was perhaps missing the fragrance of the white Mexican tuberoses Leila kept in the room on his visits. He had missed the subconscious association with the smell.
Relationships do change with time, and Leila was embarking on a solo journey of her own. She took a deep breath to inhale the different notes of outdoor smells. The ‘Rajnigandha (fragrance of the night-’ as it is called in Hindi), was blossoming into a garden. The companion of nights had joined the university.
(99 words)
Dec 21 Flash Fiction Contest at Carrot Ranch
Reena Saxena 
I’m reminded that as flowers grow, to keep blossoming they need bigger pots or will stunt. I also loved learning this beautiful word: Rajnigandha.
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Thanks, Charli! Rajni is a synonym for night, and ‘gandh’ means smell.
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There are certain times of the year, summer I’m thinking, where the smell of the night is nostalgic.
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so nise betiful
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Thanks!
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happy Christmas
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Thanks and same to you! 🙂
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Very nice, Reena.
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Thanks a lot! Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
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Scents are very strong in memories and in triggering memories, I find. Well done.
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Thanks, Norah!
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I liked the scent associations, and that it was a scent removed too. Good lead up to her own removing.
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Thank you so much!
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