This might be a weird post but I hope it makes sense and doesn't come across as crazy haha.
I have problems with my memory, especially encoding long-term memories. I know something happened, but I can't remember any details about it.
One hack I've discovered over time is that if I smell a strong and unique scent during an event, like during a holiday or something, I will be able to remember that event much better (or at least a couple of hours of it,) when I smell that scent again. For example, I can remember a few hours of a trip I took to America 15 years ago, because it was the first time I used Flying Fox. I can remember the first day in my first flat away from home if I smell Karma. I can remember my last Christmas with my parents if I smell Snow Fairy, etc etc.
I have an event coming up that I would really like to remember as much as possible into the future. I'm not a diehard Lush fan, so there are probably lots of scents I have never smelled from there. I'm just wondering what the strongest ones are that I can maybe use for this event coming up. For this to work, it has to be one I have never used before. Preferably a shower gel although it doesn't have to be, and preferably one that Lush will keep selling into the future, so I can smell it again.
Scents I'm familiar with already are: Flying Fox, Karma, Snow Fairy, Lord of Misrule, Grass, Million Dollar (?) The really minty one I forget the name of, Glogg, Sticky Dates, Wiccy Magic Muscles
The reason I use Lush for this is because they tend to use very strong, unique scents that can't be mistaken for something else. I've tried this with scented candles, perfumes and pot pourri in the past but it doesn't tend to work as well.
Hope that makes sense. Thanks guys :)