LOL - I think you're correct in that assumption! I have to admit...I just love a man in a military uniform! I think that's because I grew up as an AF brat :-)
To this day, I'll pull out my dad's flight suit and smell it...it brings back vivid memories of him coming home off of the flightline, along with a childhood full of patriotic, good people. (sorry it that's weird)!
Not weird at all. The sense of smell is the strongest trigger for memories. The second strongest is music...