You took a turn that looked like all the others and suddenly the trees closed in and the sound of water appeared from somewhere nearby and the air changed — cooler, greener, carrying the smell of moss and moving water and something ancient that does not have a name.
This is what happens when you stop trying to get somewhere.
Zen Cruise is not a destination fragrance. It is a surrender fragrance. The one for the drive where you turn off the navigation and follow a road because it looks interesting. Where you pull over at a waterfall you did not know existed and stand there for longer than you planned and arrive somewhere later than intended and do not mind at all.
Meditative. Grounding. The hike you did not plan that became the best part of the trip.
The road does not always need to know where it is going.
