Danny Bowien says heartbreak smells like “chaos” and “burning rubber”
Photo: Getty Images Call it the Proust effect: Memories are often triggered by smells. Scientific studies confirm that, of all the senses, smell offers the best recall. In Scent Memories, the Cut asks people about the scents they associate with different times in their lives. Next up is Danny Bowien, chef and founder of Mission Chinese Food.
But I’ve lived in New York for eight years now, and oddly enough, I do miss it when I’m away. Another one would be, whenever a kid is first born. I have a 5-year-old son, and when he was a really, really, small baby he had this smell. He doesn’t have it anymore, but I’d just smell his head all the time, it smells so soft. So soft. Happiness is also the smell of my son’s head, which I will never smell again.
Heartbreak or loss smells like: The worst fragrance you could ever think of. It smells like chaos; like burning rubber. You want to get away from it. But it’s also important to be comfortable around it. I remember as a little kid, someone ran over a skunk in the street, and I was like What is that? But you get used it. It’s still uncomfortable and I still don’t like it, but I know what it is, and I know it’s going to pass, even if it lingers a little bit.
Vacation smells like: Jerk chicken in Jamaica. I’m looking into going to Jamaica with best friend Lauren Devine soon for the Jerk Chicken Festival. I’m really excited about it. I’m taking some of our chicken wing spice from Mission Chinese Food, and I’m gonna do some Chongqing jerk chicken and jerk lamb, also. Jerk lamb is so bomb.
My home smells like: The other day we came home, and my son was like, “Dad, what does it smell like in here?” and I said it smells like our apartment, and he said “ … It smells like wood.” I like the leave my windows open a lot in the summer, so I’d say it smells like palo santo, sandalwood, and the Italian restaurant I live above.
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