Biologically speaking, the pheromones of your particular mate tell you that genetically you two are compatible. What other’s might consider stinky, you’ll crave. It’s why the most visceral movement in grief you’ll ever have is if you find an article of clothing, bedsheet, or pillow case that still has the scent of the one who has gone away or passed away. This is particularly hard if the parting has been recent.
I like to refer to scents in my writings since I know that this sense, even above sight, brings forth the rawest emotions. It does so because it is hardest wired to our primitive brains. When you are born, the first sense you experience outside of touch is smell. It is the sense that bonds baby to mama and mama to baby. Your baby smells ‘right’ and mama will always smell ‘right’ to the child.
So will it be with your heart’s other half.