Ophira Eisenberg

I know, it was the, a man, I'm 50 years old, a man has not been that vulnerable to me since that day.

And I was like, yeah, I want to dance with you.

So we dance and we dance like this.

Arms on shoulders, hands on hips.

That's what we're supposed to do.

But we did creep closer and closer.

And at one point my head was right beside his head and I was deeply inhaling that sweet toxicity of the Halloween hairspray.

It's such a specific smell.

It's like turpentine and Febreze.

And my entire body was just on fire, electricity, or maybe I was high off the fumes, I don't know.

But it was exhilarating.

And then after that, we went around for two months.

That's what we said back in seventh grade.

We went around.

And I will just tell you that sense memory, when it comes to smell, is one of the strongest.

And I will go into stores right around Halloween and find, you can still find it, Spirit of Halloween, that particular hairspray.

And I'll just be like, I'm just trying it.

And I'll spray it on like a little card and inhale it.

And I'm just reminded of being exhilarated and empowered.