Confession time. Have you ever stood in your house in the middle of winter, an open plastic container in your hand, taking sniff after sniff of... ...suntan lotion? Consider me guilty. I just can't help it. Sometimes when the snow just won't go away, you need a reminder of warmer times past and future. Scent is the most powerful of the senses, according to many scientists, and can conjure up memories faster than touch or even sight. There's even recent research that says we subconsciously…