Oud Wood Tom Ford 2007 Eau de Parfum

I like opposites. And I like memories. Oud Wood has a permanent place in my heart that I will never give up. It may not be as good as it used to be, but as they say again, "you can't miss what you never had". Only dreaming would remain, but I'm already doing that. Yes, dream, dream and remember back.

I smell Oud Wood and feel like the substance is pulling me in. Through a tunnel through eternity, where I forget space and time and wake up in a parallel universe in a forest, leaning against a tree trunk on which I had fallen asleep. I decide to doze off for a few more seconds. Boom. Everyday life is calling. Tip tip tip, derivative acquisition of property, tip tip tip, valid causa, tip tip tip. Then suddenly, as if it had snuck up on me from behind, an air of pleasant warmth surrounds me. For a second I am back in the forest, letting my mind wander, still seeing the morning dew on the leaves, being there and breathing that familiar air. "Fellow student please!".... damn, what was the question?

It's starting to dawn as I tap out and I completely forget what I was supposed to be doing. I'm just a selectively disciplined person. I live for the moments, where rest and adventure unite in one. So I adjust my black mini-skirt as I pass by the church. It smells like sacred woods being burned, and I very briefly consider daring to make a quick detour. For God's (and the priest's) sake, I don't and keep walking.

Right now, I have no one by my side to share moments like this with. Sometimes I think about how I would take him by the hand, show him the starry sky and all the beautiful constellations. And we could talk together about everything, about our fears and our dreams, our plans and our weaknesses, because it will feel like the same eternity is echoing in two bodies. And we could be still together, together enjoying this balance of nature, this balance that we are also given by the woods of the earth. And I would look into his eyes and hope that he feels the same as I do. The peace and strength that familiar arms can give you.

But until then, I have the whole world. The whole world, and Oud Wood, who captivated me in my early 20s and has never let me down 3 years later after quite a few more experiences. Even though it might be more of a "men's perfume", or at least associated with it, I like that contrast. It is also just this dark undertone, the mystical, mysterious, the dark, which draws me so much under its spell