When I bought my first car in 2002, my best friend gifted me a bubblegum-scented car freshener. It was a happy fragrance. We loved the smell and were disappointed when the brand was discontinued.
For 16 years, I checked every auto spare shop I came across in search of that sweet scent, but to no avail. Until today, when I accidentally spilled my drink in the car and had to rush to the closest car wash to get it cleaned. I was in a foul mood by the time I got to the counter, and then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw it hanging on the stand next to the till. My day got a whole lot better.
To be honest, it doesn’t smell as good as my memory of it, and it is starting to give me a headache (I must be getting old), but my first thought was how happy Caz would have been if she knew that I had found our fragrance again.