Photo by a talented friend, Orlando Emannuelli

Trying to recall the scents of when I was a child…  I guess the smell that comes to mind first is baby powder.  Every time I smell baby powder, it brings to mind soothing images, innocence… much better and simpler times.  I’m not sure if I ever wore perfume as a child,  maybe because I was still learning, and not ready to focus on such things… when the world outside was still left to explore!  That’s the thing I love  about kids… their openness, curiosity, and acceptance.

I picture myself as a small girl.. putting on play lipstick and makeup…. playing dress up.  I think most of the  ’perfumes’ I used back then were calgon body sprays… usually light floral ones.  I’ve always had a fondness for rose and vanilla- those are always my go-to choices.  Sometimes when I spray my bottle of obsession on my wrists, I still feel like its a bit too ‘old’ for me.  It has that slightly powder undertone that a lot of the ones favored by older ladies.

I think the best years of our lives are as children.  I don’t remember a lot of those years, maybe I’m trying to make up for that now by living them over!  I don’t think childhood ever has to end.  Maybe there is a happy medium… keeping that child-like wonder, but still being a responsible adult!  I hope that is possible.  Maybe that is the key to living forever, never letting that inner child die.