Escentric Molecules
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The ginger and black pepper detonate first, sharp and almost peppery-green, with lime cutting through like a blade. Pink pepper amplifies the spice accord whilst mandarin adds a fleeting citric sweetness that the green notes immediately undercut, creating an almost confrontational freshness that prickles on the skin.
Freesia blooms into something almost creamy and clean, whilst jasmine adds a fleshy, slightly indolic quality that prevents the composition from becoming purely aromatic. Cinnamon and tonka soften the edges considerably, creating a warm spiced-almond accord that plays beautifully against the persistent ginger and pepper underneath—it's simultaneously peppery and comforting.
Everything compresses into a dry, almost skeletal base where iso E Super transforms the composition into something barely-there and deeply personal. Sandalwood, leather, and vetiveryl acetate create a warm woody skin-scent that hovers between incense and suede, with costus adding an almost medicinal, resinous undertone. By hour six, it's more felt than smelled—an olfactory whisper rather than declaration.
Escentric 03 arrives as a sharp-edged meditation on spice and green abstraction—a fragrance that refuses the comfort of conventional beauty. Geza Schön has constructed something deliberately angular here: the ginger and black pepper snap open with an almost aggressive brightness, immediately tempered by lime's citric bite and those peculiar green notes that smell less like foliage and more like the smell of crushing vegetation underfoot. It's tense, almost confrontational in its opening minutes.
What makes this fragrance compelling is how the heart gradually softens this severity without surrendering it entirely. Jasmine and freesia emerge as creamy counterpoints to the spice, whilst hedione—that luminous, almost soapy molecule—adds an ethereal quality that prevents the composition from becoming too terrestrial. Cinnamon and rose provide warmth rather than sweetness; there's an almost savoury quality to how they interact with the lingering pepper and ginger. Tonka bean whispers in the background, offering a subtle almond-like softness.
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