Mitsouko Guerlain Eau de Parfum

Perfect beauty
through shadow and light
pierce my soul
flows into the sea of tears

Blurred in the distance
To see your radiance
You carried me for a long time
i would like to go there

Once again I would like to take you with me for a little while, to times long past.
-Back then I was a young girl.
One day, I started an internship in a retirement home where time seemed to stand still.
The wooden, creaking floors took me into a world I had never known before.
There was a count to whom we bowed reverently, and only selected staff were allowed to enter his room.
There was also the old hatter, who happily twirled his two canes, and a prompter whose lipstick and rouge were always applied a little askew.
-And then I met Miss S.. A charming old lady with shiny, snow-white, long hair that always smelled a little spicy.
She radiated an incredible calmness when she sat at her table in front of her old sewing machine.
She still decorated the old chapel with roses, jasmine and lilacs. Sometimes she made beautiful moss arrangements.
I spent every spare second with her. Sometimes we just sat there holding hands and were silent. A close bond developed between us and she always called me "my dear child".
A whole time passed like that.
One day I was on late shift. There was a lot of commotion on our ward and the older nurses tried to stop me from going to Miss S.
She was in a coma and it was clear that she was going to die.
But no one could hold me back.
I sat at her deathbed for hours, crying. I couldn't understand that my favorite person was dying.
I prayed all the time and felt lonely and lost.
At one point I laid my head on her bed.
Then something happened that changed my life forever.
A gentle hand stroked my head. Miss S. had woken up once again.
She whispered softly: "My dear child, let me go to the castle over the golden bridge."
A warm shiver ran through my whole body.
The sun shone brightly into the room. I was overcome with a feeling of happiness that I had never known before
I knew that she was going to a place where she was happy.
I myself was filled with love and confidence
This experience has accompanied my whole life.

For me, Mitsouko is the scent of that time. It reminds me of the smells in old people's homes.
At the same time, it has an incredible depth. The interplay of happiness and melancholy is what makes it so perfect for me.