Maurice913

October 2024 On a visit to Nijmegen, my favorite city in the Netherlands. With a friend in tow. Buying shoes. Not really my thing. Ever since I discovered the multitude of second-hand shops on the cobblestone pedestrian zone, I hardly...

"I would probably say 'I agree with my predecessors' now, being the last of 23 students to express my opinion on what has just been presented, but actually, I have no desire left and keep glancing at the clock every 2 minutes, hoping the biology class...

2022 - August. After the pandemic, masks, social distancing, canceled concerts, events, and an almost four-year engagement, nothing stood in the way of my wedding. Yes, perfume comes this close to me. That I even buy a fragrance exclusively...

I notice a change. Quite clearly. I can't even remember the last time I was in a perfume store. Parfumo and YouTube have taken that path for me, and I am by no means ungrateful - on the contrary! I find answers with depth and substance here....

"Dark Rebel | John Varvatos" and "Tobacco Oud | Tom Ford" invite me for a late-night walk. Just before midnight, the two lean against the brick wall and intercept me. Autumn has arrived. John gave me a leather jacket last year, which...

If I were Driss and could chauffeur Philippe in the Maserati from now on, I would reach for this scent to match my leather jacket, Jordans, and sweatpants that subtly smell of cigarettes. Especially if winter were approaching. It would have...

2022 - Honeymoon. After we said "yes" to each other in front of our families and friends, we looked forward to the upcoming two weeks on the Portuguese island of São Miguel after the wedding in the grandparents' garden. Sulfur baths, botanical gardens,...

It is the year 2010. I finished my three-month basic training in beautiful Gerolstein and was transferred to my home barracks after New Year 2011. The lethargy and coziness of the Christmas days still lingered in my bones, but I was glad to strap...

The combination of "hard" and "soft" was first audible to me on Linkin Park's debut album "Hybrid Theory," and I fell in love with the band in 2001. Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda even made sure to combine the two opposites in the logo. The soldier...

"Not Slytherin, hmm? Are you sure? You have everything you need in your head," speaks the Sorting Hat in a smoky voice directly to Harry, as everyone in the Great Hall welcomes the newcomers to be sorted into the four houses of Hogwarts. If...

In the 90s, some of my classmates' fathers worked at a nearby waste disposal company. When we boys, sweaty and dirty after a football afternoon, first trudged through the laundry room to take off our mud-caked football shoes, it smelled...

2018 - Agadir, Morocco. Our first vacation "far away" from home. When I step off the plane, I first get a hot slap in the face from the climate here. Dry, hot, relentlessly burning. No wind. The sun shines so strongly that the sidewalks glow and hurt...