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Scent

I love sweet perfumes. I think I discovered that when I used to play with my mother’s perfume collection. She had perfumes from various fragrance families. Alongside trying on her heels and testing her lipsticks, I wasnl around ten years old when sweet scents caught my attention the most. I still remember the brand and even the slogan of that specific perfume — I think they still sell it.

So for Mother’s Day, I came up with the idea to gift myself something with fragrance. Something she might have appreciated herself — I gave it to myself instead. I chose ten different bath oils, so I could test and explore them again, just like I used to at her vanity or nightstand.

These days, I mostly love sweet scents — especially fruity ones, but I also enjoy floral or powdery notes. Sweet perfumes match my dreamy side the most.

Fresh scents are something I can appreciate too; it feels like they spark a bit more drive in me.

And certain specific scents — like woodsy or pine — I especially enjoy in the form of a scented candle, depending on the setting (for example, around Xmas).

So yes, my mother inspired my joyful, playful inner child mode through her perfume collection, her makeup, and her heels.That was Mother’s Day.

Movement

Now Father’s Day is coming up…

He inspired my joyful, playful inner child mode, among other things, to move more. He did that by literally saying it out loud, but also by showing it.

I’ve seen him practice martial arts.

I’ve seen him break a stack of wood with the palm of his hand.

I’ve seen him teach martial arts classes.

I’ve seen him dance at salsa lessons — which I sometimes got to attend too.

I still remember asking him once if I could get those high heels I saw in the store — and he said yes, and let me wear them to salsa class. I was around ten years old then too.

He taught me how to dance on his toes — bachata, merengue, and salsa.

We danced together both when I was a child and later on as well. I even went to a salsa party with him once(in my twenties), in another province.

I’ve seen him bike.

I’ve seen him walk through nature reserves — we did that together too :).

I’ve seen him stay active at home as he got older.

So yes, what I would want to give him this Father’s Day — something he might have appreciated at his age (if he were still alive) — I’m going to give to myself instead this Father’s Day.