Scent of a Woman.

Al Pacino is one of Holywoods' most versatile actors.  I've seen some of his best movies such as The Godfather, The Devil's Advocate, Scarface, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Frankie and Johnny, and of course, Scent of a Woman, among others.

I especially like Dog Day Afternoon and Scent of a Woman which won Pacino an Oscar award.

In the Sea of Love, Al Pacino is paired with another great actor, Ellen Barkin.  Both actors, while not really in the mold of screen gods and goddesses, can be thrown any role and they'd deliver a remarkable performance.

The famous tango dance scene in Scent of a Woman.

Scent of a Woman is a tale of a proud retired soldier, Frank, who became blind, lonely and suicidal.  He hired student Charlie Simm (Chris O'Donnell) to accompany him to New York on a weekend, and ended up being saved by the boy from a suicide attempt, and him, saving the boy from being ousted from a prep school. Both came out as survivors and changed men.

The most striking scene in Scent of a Woman is the restaurant scene wherein Al Pacino invited a woman waiting for his date to a dance of tango. Being blind, he asked Charlie the size and shape of the dance floor.

As a blind person, the most acute sense he had was his sense of smell, and this propelled him to dance with passion as he was guided and piqued by the scent of the woman.

As Michael Corleone in the Godfather

We smell all sorts of scents daily. We smell coffee in the morning, the flowers as we work in the yard, or as we take a walk, the newly laundered clothes as we walk past the lines and out of the gate, the engine oil as we tinker the car, or even the dog's breath as we give him water.

Mary of Magdala is famous for her bottle of perfume which she used in washing Jesus' feet.

A lot of times,  our memories are jogged into remembering the past through the smell or odors of things around us. A specific scent may remind us of a special event like our first dance, or a first relationship, a nice vacation or place, our  first apartment or house, where we first worked or where we met our spouse.