Misha (1989)
by Mikhail Baryshnikov

This scent is exactly an olfactory snapshot of a specific moment in time for me. I chose this after separating from my then-husband. I sniffed this on the display counter in the Emporium at Stanford Shopping Center in late 1989 or early 1990 - it was tucked on the far aisle across from the little Juniors department - totally out of the way. To me the scent evoked sophistication, sex, elegance, mystery...I couldn't pinpoint the elements back then, now I believe it has a heart of gardenia. But on me what mostly rose was sandalwood and incense and something spicy like clove. It was rich, sexy, round, amber in color, like heavyweight silk satin in feel. I spent years looking for a replacement for this, never to find one that completed me as Misha did.

I broke down an purchased some edt for a fairly hefty price - it has elements of what I remember from the original, but isn't quite the same. Time changes things, probably mostly it has changed me.

27th July, 2009.

I wish I could find this. It smelled of the essence of autumn, burning leaves, damp earth, the sad new beginnings of returning to school. I sprayed it in my VW Rabbit all the way from the Perfume Outlet at North Bend home, pondering Big Decisions. On second thought, I wish I could be that young again, instead.

24th June, 2008.