I Am Coming Home

I have been working through the Floraiku sample set after unintentionally buying it late one night (seriously. "shop pay" + an accidental click = "thank you for your order". Whatever. It was on my list of houses to try). I've smelled them all on paper and this is easily one of my favorites of the 11 fragrances in the set. This is not really a suprise, as I love "warm spicy" scents and I am a big fan of ginger in basically any context. I would guess that the sample atomizers contain a little less than the advertised 1.5ml, but it's still a great value at $35 for around 16.5ml (11 x 1.5ml) of fragrace, particularly when you consider their 10ml travel sprays are sold for $76. I mention the amount in the vial because I had to add more sprays when I wasn't smelling it as well as I would have liked to after just a short time. I am tempted to unload the rest of the vial on myself less than two hours after my second round of sprays, but I like it a lot so I'd like to get another wearing out of it (perhaps on a hot day). This seems to be my experience with Floraiku so far: that I need to spray generously to be able to smell them on myself consistently, but I think it can be hard to accurately gauge certain things when you're using a tiny sample atomizer. The ginger, which is zippy and true to my nose, seems to be lingering on my shirt, but the note has largely faded from my skin. It's a pretty minimalistic ginger tea scent and even though it is spicy/spiced, it is stimultaneously refreshing and I imagine it would be would be nice to wear in warm or even hot weather. Though I really love the way it smells, I could not justify paying that much for these components and this performance. However, it would absolutely be a different story if I were in another tax bracket because it really is lovely. Edit: This does actually last quite a long time, it just stays very close to the skin.

I love this perfume. I'd lusted after it for a while but after getting a fantastic deal on ebay I'm now the proud owner of 2 floraiku fragrances. I am Coming Home exists in this light tea skin scent lane. I'd say in my collection it's most comparable to Etheral Wave but EW has more cardamom and wood. IaCH is straight ginger iced tea. It's a really good, zingy, bright, fresh ginger. Reminds me of Molecule 1 + ginger in that these are the only 2 scents I've tried that have been able to realistically capture that freshly grated ginger smell instead of the spicier dried ginger smell. Initially I thought that the performance was atrocious, and this is certainly a skin scent not a powerhouse fragrance, but after several days of wear testing it definitely has some lasting power. I catch whifs of it on my chest and clothes even on the next day. My partner can also smell it very clearly on me at the end of the day. For me, this is my new favorite tea fragrance. Dear Polly was too smoky, Ethereal Wave is a close 2nd, but the freshness of IaCH is reminiscent for me of drinking some refreshing ginger or citrus iced tea on a summer day. If you can find a good deal or get a refill bottle and you know you like fragrances along these lines, I recommend giving it a try. I wanted to hate it because the ridiculous price point but I love it and it ultimately gave me what I had been looking for from other scents.

Absolutely stunning fragrance, from a house that I thought had reached perfection with it's fantastic release The Moon and I, here comes another ridiculously calming tea scent, more on the fresher, lighter, and cleaner side. In the opening I get a massive blast of bergamot oil, with the characteristic zingy fresh pale-yellow ever so slightly green hue of fresh citrus. Slowly the ginger swells into the picture, but just the right amount of it, adding a cool spicy freshness, but without any astringency or harshness. As the citrus fades the ginger keeps on emanating freshness while slowly a very gentle tea note emerges mixing with gentle watery and slightly lotion-like backbone to give the illusion of placidity and cleanliness. If there is one fragrance I feel compelled to bathe in it is this one, one of the few scents that have made me stop and really admire its naturalistic elegance, it feels meditative almost, deeply calming. To me it feels genderless, but i do see how the absence of typical masculine facets with the prominent soft lotion-like quality may make it lean slightly feminine for some. Performance is average, but at the end of the day who cares?

Love this one! Reminds me love long gone- Bvlgari The Rouge...I'm a tea addict, so no wonder :). Starts off with a ginger tea with a bit of citric, likely orange freshness. Herbs join in soon with a delicate amount of cardamom (cardamom in the reminds me slightly Voyage d'Hermes, but its lighter and warmer, not so crisp and cool as Voyage) and a bit of soapy. I see it very unisex, kind of genderless scent. Very clean and calm, more suitable for warm weather. Even though there is nothing too exciting in the composition, it smells really natural and a bit aromatic like all Floraikus without overdoing citrus. One of my Top 3 Floraikus (have smelled them all) after Moon and I and In The Dark (not in database here). If price and longevity would be better, I'd get a FB without thinking as it would get lots of everyday use.

It opens with a quick, bright lift that reads almost like a citrusy photonic mist, even though no citrus is listed. From what I understand, this effect comes from the ginger–cardamom–white tea triad, which together create a clean, sparkling impression — a kind of perfumy citrusy, spicy Sprite. The ginger is the most articulate part of the opening: cool, slightly sharp, and briefly luminous before it softens. The mid is a gentle tea accord with a soft aromatic edge. It stays clean and non‐humid, with no sweetness, no fruit stickiness, and no cosmetic powder. The cardamom plus ginger give a bit of a kick. Overall, the structure is still intentionally sheer, with no density or weight. In the drydown, the tea becomes more abstract and perfumy. The overall impression is a soft, sparkling tea veil — pleasant and elegant.