Surely, everyone among us knows this all too well. You have just reached your perceived zenith, you are at the peak of puberty heading towards adulthood, and no matter what you are told or what good advice you receive, everything is wrong. You know better than anyone else, and all that matters is your own opinion and your own now.
It was exactly at this zenith that I was when What About Adam was released, and I quickly became enamored with Joop's latest creation, having already been completely hooked and dependent on Nightflight. The great youthful love that blossomed between me and What About Adam did not last long. The moments were too many for too short a time, my own taste still developing, and as mentioned above, everything was irrelevant anyway. So, I sold my roughly half-full 60ml bottle to a classmate for 30 DM at that time, saying goodbye to the fragrance without much emotion or thought.
Over the years, and with my love for good scents rekindled, I gradually returned to my first great perfumes, which I had only in the smallest bottles back then, if at all. After slowly reclaiming all of them, there was still a gap. A gap that is hard to describe, just like the scent that belongs in this large void. Adam had caught up with me, his unique fragrance wafting into my nose time and again, so wonderful and special it still is today. After a long search, wait, and worry, I finally had the opportunity to strike a few days ago. The scent was not cheap compared to the original purchase price, but its personal value to me is many times higher. The small amount I had to pay for it now is nothing compared to what Adam evokes and achieves in me again. Just opening the packaging, which has truly traveled a long way, made me excited like I hadn't been in a long time. When I finally had the box and then the bottle itself in my hand, my joy was boundless. The first spray went directly onto my wrist and accompanied me for the next few hours.
However, I am no longer the late-pubescent, all-knowing world-improver. I have become calmer, more mature, and wiser. I now give advice and tips to the next generation, which I myself did not heed at that age. I have become a bit of what I once thought I would never become. But I am still me, and on my journey, another scent from my past has caught up with me, giving me wonderful hours of daydreaming from back then and allowing me to revel in great moments I was able to spend with wonderful people.
As special as those moments were, including the people without whom it wouldn't have been the same, so special is What About Adam. The pyramid still reads with a slight raise of the eyebrow, but overall it is a perfect harmony. Of course, it's great that tomato leaf is included, that vetiver and sandalwood along with vanilla give goosebumps new material, BUT at first, I still don't care about that at all. Adam still smells unique. Nothing, absolutely nothing in fragrances comes close to the olfactory image, and that's why it remains something very special. Joop took the plunge to create something sweetly-green-fresh-warm with Adam, and he had just the right feeling for it. For me, still the best thing he has ever created. However, I have fallen for some of his other fragrances. Next up will be Rokoko...
Oh, and since I not only like to associate scents with feelings but also (now) very much with colors, I will touch on that briefly. In the bottle, it is light green, mild, a bit nondescript. But the color fits, even if it is a bit different for me. It is a green that transitions into dark yellow-orange-violet. Like a perfect summer sunset: beautiful, sensual, peaceful, romantic, warming, and vibrant. Sitting with a wonderful woman on a freshly mowed meadow and contemplating life. And how young and foolish one used to be, but somehow it was all quite wonderful :)
A great feeling to finally have this brilliant scent back, and it will be used very sparingly....
Top Notes 
Tomato leaf
Blackcurrant
Grapefruit
Citrus fruits
Mint
Heart Notes 
Cedarwood
Geranium
Lavender
Sandalwood
Base Notes 
Vanilla
Labdanum
Oakmoss
Vetiver
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