“Pink” were the hyperpalatable confectionery exuding nauseous amounts of strawberry flavor.
The strawberry powder bounced breezly from boxes, cans, cartons, bags, packs, pockets, patches, sticks, batons and bars, foils, tins and wrappings; it was the smell of holidays with the family reunited, with aunts and cousins who would bring these happy gifts from abroad to the kids home, before and after the Revolution days. “Pink” were the squashy and spongy pastes, the pulpy soft candies, the lollipops, the chewing gums and bubble gums, the hard candies, the fudges, the jelly candies, the gummi bears, the gummi worms, the pastilles, the gumdrops, the dragées, the gumballs and the candy balls, the marshmallows, the fondants, the jellies, the syrup, the juices, the sodas, the fluids, the puddings, the mousses, the mushy sugary vanilla sauces, the flavored mints, the sweethearts, the glucose drops, all in a variety of shapes and colors that always captivated me as a child. The scent was homogeneous, furtive and frangible. Far from genuine, the taste was a sort of a silly cover up, a clandestine, and all-day-craved prêt-à-manger allowance.
(© Transl. from French, Luiza Mogosanu, L´intime à l´oeuvre. La peau des 100 odeurs, PAF, 2013)
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Fantastic— both the coffin of candies and the writing about it!
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Thanks a bunch, Liz! i love how “coffin of candies” sounds!!… 🙂 Lovely energies to you.
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Wow, I actually craved jelly beans, marshmallows and dolly mixture as I read this… sweets I haven’t eaten in twenty (?) years. Powerful images!
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How totally nice to read you Hilary, thanks so much and hope you had wonderful holidays!!! I had to google the “dolly mixture”, they had/have them here in Germany as well, but they call them differently i guess….Was there liquorice also among them?…
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There was no liquorice in dolly mixture, those were Liquorice Allsorts – bigger and less pretty than the dolly mixture.
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You are remarkable. I look forward to visiting your blog. You are such a uniquely creative individual.
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You are so kind – thank you and have a hug for your energy infusing words. Same here, i love love your photos!!
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So beautiful…
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Thank you!
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