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Some other place, somewhere, some other time
Some other place, somewhere, some other time....
I had to think of this line from the album I Robot (Alan Parsons Project) when I tested I Am.
Because if it wasn't winter now, if the situation I'm currently in wasn't the one it is... then I might be more excited about this fragrance, because I Am is impressively floral and by no means run-of-the-mill:
What an opening of lush blossoms, white, very white-flowered and - yes, I have to say, it does make me flinch briefly - indolic. But I only flinch briefly. Because there is something else. And that makes me smell the spray again and again, where I have only sprayed sparingly because it is a sample from a travel pack. After all, the sample should continue its journey and more people should get to know this fragrance.
So, despite sparingly spraying, one spray on the wrist, not all the way through, very intense white flowers.
I primarily recognize indolic jasmine.
But what else is there? I try to block out the jasmine in order to grasp what lies behind it, what I sense, what I like more than the jasmine - it's hard to put my finger on it. It's a different flower, warmer, milder, softer, friendlier, yet paired with spice, but it too is mild and soft and not indolic.
Maybe I'll get to that later, maybe the indolic will fade into the background as it develops. The background reminds me a little of what I have learned to call magnolia in fragrances. I like it very much, I find this note extremely friendly, almost uplifting, a note that I like to wear in any mood.
I wait to be able to better describe what is behind it and I wait for about two to two and a half hours, during which nothing changes.
But then it turns out just as I thought: the jasmine recedes and behind it? Well, the "magnolia" has also withdrawn, so it remains behind the jasmine, which is no longer in first place.
What is now in first place?
A delicate spiciness emerges, slightly nutty, very slightly sweet and with something that could be tonka, but only very subtly. There is also something minimally woody-green (cedar?). The mixture makes this second part of the heart note, as I would like to call this phase, a wonderfully mild, now powdery, feel-good fragrance that still offers enough interesting and floral undertones to not be boring at the same time.
As the fragrance progresses, it gradually transforms into a soft, powdery-woody musk base and the florals recede further and further into the background. Fortunately, this is a musky scent that I quite like because it has been used discreetly and because it is powdery, not creamy.
I wrote this review without reading Pyramid beforehand. However, I had read it briefly once weeks ago to decide whether I should sign up for the touring package. Only then I had looked at the pyramids of all the fragrances sent on the journey one after the other and that was a total of 3 packages.
When I look at the pyramid of I Am now, I have to say that I definitely didn't smell any citrus. I love the scent of freesia, but they are not indolic to my nose. I didn't notice any pink pepper, although it bothers me in many other fragrances.
Magnolia It was always "behind", yet it was recognizable to me! That surprises me.
What I called tonka is probably benzoin. I perceive benzoin in many other fragrances as old, old-fashioned, vintage. I Am, however, has a consistently modern effect on me.
Well, musk and cedar - that's a bit of a shame - for me it's the boring basic combination of the current mainstream par excellence and that alone makes it easily recognizable here. Fortunately, however, the combination in I Am doesn't have the plastic appeal that it has for me in many other fragrances.
It's winter and I'm more worried than usual at the moment for several reasons.
This lively, cheerful, young floral scent, carefree and uninhibitedly floral - it doesn't quite fit my mood at the moment. But who knows? The next spring is sure to come and
...some other place, somewhere, some other time....
Top Notes 
Freesia
Pink pepper
Italian mandarin orange
Heart Notes 
Magnolia
Orange blossom
Peony
Base Notes 
Musk
Benzoin
Cedarwood
