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The olfactory nerve, otherwise known as the memory of smell is known as the strongest source of memory, it deals with the memory from smells. Our lives are always changing with the products we use, the things we like to do, and the foods we used to eat. Every once in a while, though, the passing smell of something from the good old days sends you floating backward in time to being young again. Here are some of those smells from childhood- the smells that take us back. Fresh Homemade Bread If you baked bread with your mom back when you were little, you will remember baking with your mama whenever you smell bread baking anywhere. It is one of the most welcoming smells in the world. Cedar Chest Cedar Chest / via Yahoo At one point in time, cedar chests were on every young woman’s registry list. The best was opening the lid to take out a blanket and that cedar smell would rise up like an old pal. New Baby Doll Myra Erhard / Pinterest While older men loved the smell of a new car, brand new baby dolls had a very particular scent that little girls will remember for the rest of their lives. School Paste Elmer's Products / via Wikipedia Remember that subtly sharp smell during arts and crafts time in elementary school? Every time you smell that smell now it'll take you back to making popsicle stick figurines and other crafts. Moth Balls Old Mothballs / via Pinterest Our parents and grandparents used these for everything, including storage or clothing. Whenever you open your parents' old coat closet, chances are this smell will be lingering long after you empty it. Burnt Marshmallows Debora Clark / via Pinterest Everyone remembers sticking a marshmallow onto a stick and toasting it over an open fire. Sometimes before the marshmallows, there would be hot dogs put on these sticks. Some liked their marshmallows hot, but some liked their marshmallows hotter- burnt. Click "Next" to find out more memories our smell scent picks up. Making Homemade Jam Homemade Jam / via knittingalife.com Grape jelly, strawberry jam, apple butter were some our favorites that Mom would make back when we were children. Simmering fruit presents such a fragrance that leaves us remembering it every time we open a jar of jam. Play-Doh Most likely the greatest smell ingrained into our memories, this sweet and salty smell was like no other smell in our toy box. We must have spent hours each week creating a whole universe full of figures, shapes, and other works. Just don't be too misled, it doesn't taste the way it smells! Mimeograph Smell The mimeograph machine was a stencil duplicator used as a low-cost printing press that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. Remember getting our tests back and smelling that fresh smell on our papers? Noxema Old-School Beauty / via NJ.com This cooling, tingling skin cream has been severely popular with females for generations. That jar's lid would come off and what followed next was a familiar menthol scent, more pleasant and welcoming than Vapo-Rub. Brut Perfume Do you remember this smell? My dad used to wear it all the time. It was a total unisex perfume. Whenever I smell that musky scent I get taken back to 1964 and that smell lingered out from my parent's bathroom. What smells do you remember from when you were little? Related: Why Do Smells Trigger Memories? Favorite Bad Smell that Smelled So Good? Things 70s Kids Did During The Summer That’ll Make You Say, I Remember That