Item
The Smell of "Clean"
Title (Dublin Core)
The Smell of "Clean"
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
How I personally remember the pandemic is mainly through the olfactory sense. The smell of bleach and Lysol filled just about every public area during the time of the pandemic, and many things spent more time than needed being disinfected with bleach water. The smell of Lysol makes me feel a bit in despair since it is so heavily linked to a very lonely and sad time in the world. The smell of bleach makes me feel a bit ill now, even three years later. I had only ever used bleach for cleaning while at work, disinfecting changing tables and toys, but now I remember it as a time of sadness and sickness. The idea of "clean" will likely never be what it was years ago, and the population will probably never be able to live well knowing the existence of germs.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 11, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
University of Maine
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Shai Vanderstelt
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST643
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
text story
photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Emotion
English
Health & Wellness
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
smell
bleach
Lysol
disinfectant
despair
cleaning
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Sensory History
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/18/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/26/2022
Item sets
This item was submitted on August 18, 2022 by Shai Vanderstelt using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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