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Iso E Super — a molecule that makes your olfactory receptors dance
Geza shares his journey with the mysterious Molecule 01 from his very first whiff of Iso E Super.
Molecast 25 min listen
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Molecules
What makes a fragrance cult?
Art or alchemy? Accident or design? Grooming journalist Lee Kynaston takes a look at what really elevates a fragrance to cult status.
Written Article 6 min read
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Molecules
Our World
Trend
EM03 and EM04: Behind Scents
Geza Schoen deconstructs the scents of Javanol and Vetiveryl Acetate, the hero molecules of EM03 and EM04.
Molecast 25 min listen
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Molecules
Our World
The sensual resonance of nature
What would you do if you wanted to release a second fragrance following your debut of the scent that became a cult phenomenon and revolutionised the world of modern perfumery? This was the question Geza asked himself back in 2007. His answer: EM02.
Molecast 25 min listen
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Molecules
Modern Minimalist Evolution
When Geza Schoen’s partner asked him to make a perfume just for her, he had no idea it would lead to an evolution in the concept of Escentric Molecules and a whole new way of creating fragrance."
Written Article 6 min read
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Molecule 01
Not according to plan
Things did not go according to plan when Geza Schoen launched Escentric
Molecules.
They went ridiculously, spectacularly better.
Molecast 32 min listen
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The story behind the story
How did Escentric’s Geza Schoen go from working at one of the big five fragrance manufacturers to being an indie perfumer at a time when they were as rare as hen’s teeth?
Molecast 29 min listen
Geza Schoen
Molecules
My spiritual home
Perfumer, Geza Schoen introduces us to his "spiritual home" and gives insight into the development of EM05. "Escentric 05 is an evocation of my summer retreat on a Mediterranean island."
Film 7 min watch
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The stinky to the sublime
Plunge into the wild and whacky world of aroma-molecules with Escentric Molecules’ Geza Schoen. Skatole anyone? That’s ‘smell of rotten teeth’, but according to Geza, an essential part of the perfumer’s palette.
Molecast 31 min listen
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Molecules
Scent Trails
Sillage may only be a two-syllable word, but it’s a fluctuating component of scent that encompasses a multi-faceted network of physics, chemistry, and aesthetics. Geza Schoen explains the factors which cause some scents to whisper and others to shout.
Written Article 8 min read
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EM05
Escentric perfumer, Geza Schoen on cashmeran, the star molecule in his new Molecule 05, and the inspiration behind Escentric 05, his most personal fragrance ever.
Molecast 24 min listen
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Molecules
Rip the Heart Out
Reducing a fragrance to just one molecule is radical. But the nonconformism doesn’t stop there. In the Escentric fragrances Geza Schoen does something else pretty rad: he rips the heart out.
Written Article 8 min read
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The private world of a perfumer
Geza Schoen talks molecules and minimalism in his hometown of Berlin.
Film 4 min watch
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Geza Schoen
Molecule 01
Summer Decon-structed
Escentric Molecules 05:
a study in the scent of summer
Written Article 9 min read
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Geza Schoen
Molecules
The animal imaginarium
Beaver Morse code, petrified poo, and ‘something like a pearl’. The animal ingredients in perfumery may be a strange bunch, says Geza Schoen, but wait till you meet their lab-born kin.
Written Article 14 min read
Escentrics
Geza Schoen
Art & Chemistry
Escentric Molecules collaborated with Frieze on Making Scents: Art & the Olfactory, a mind-expanding symposium with pioneers in multisensory VR, olfactory art and neuroscience. Catch a whiff of the future.
Written Article 2 min read
Art
Geza Schoen
Our World
The Right Stuff?
Word on the street is that
natural = good, synthetic = bad.
Hold on a minute, says Geza Schoen, life – and fragrance – are not so simple.
Written Article 2 min read
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When Geza met Jónsi
For Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi, making scents comes second only to making music. On his world tour, he took time out to hang with Geza Schoen at his Berlin laboratory. Listen in...
Written Article 2 min read
Art
Geza Schoen
Rebel Smell
What happens when three true grit perfumers band together for a showdown with the bland world of commercial fragrance? Project Renegades, that’s what. Hold onto your psychedelic Stetson, it’s gonna be a wild ride...
Written Article 2 min read
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Our World
Measuring Molecules
Functional it may be, but this secretive sanctuary on top of a sixties apartment block in Berlin is where fragrance alchemy happens.
Written Article 2 min read
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Our World
Trend Lab
Fragrance trends have less to do with fashion and more to do with cutting edge chemistry than you might think. Geza Schoen gives you the insider view for 2017.
Written Article 2 min read
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Trend
What makes Iso E Super so super?
Geza Schoen analyses the sensual superpowers of the mysterious Molecule 01.
Written Article 1 min read
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Molecule 01
Maximum Minimalism
With Escentric Molecules, Geza Schoen has taken minimalism to the max. He explains how his love affair with less led to a whole new niche fragrance trend.
Written Article 1 min read
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Molecules
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