The year is 2010. My mom has just finished getting ready. A black dress, hair blown out, high heels clicking softly against the floor. I watch her beauty ritual closely, memorizing each product and where it goes. The final step was always perfume.

My nose still remembers the smell vividly: an aquatic, aromatic musk with violets and traces of incense dancing in the background.

She was called Halloween.

What perfume did your mother wear?

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