Escentric MoleculesEscentric 05 Eau de Toilette, 100ml

Escentric 05 is a love letter to Cashmeran, an abstraction of summer on a Mediterranean island.

Cashmeran is one of the greats of synthetic chemistry. Warm and woody, with a resinous pine note. It has an unusually complex character for a single molecule. Cashmeran was created in a laboratory at the IFF in the late 1970s.

For Escentric 05, Geza Schoen wanted to recreate the experience of being on an island in the Mediterranean, like the ones he has spent so many summers. This scent pairing explores the idea of a modern Cashmeran fragrance with notes of bergamot, laurel, rosemary, cistus, fig, juniper, hedione, and of course, 15% Cashmeran.

"What you notice as you walk up the path from the sea is how the heat changes plants and trees; they turn dry, resinous and aromatic," says Geza Schoen. "The top note of Escentric 05 is very simple: bergamot to keep things light, and orange, an ingredient which has an emotional tone to it, bright and happy. It reflects the orange groves that cover the island. Laurel and rosemary are typical Mediterranean plants with a spicy freshness. Juniper brings a herbal tonality, and cypress is a very dry, pungent wood."

The dry-down has two classic Mediterranean ingredients, cistus labdanum and mastic. Mastic is a resin produced by a small tree that grows especially near the sea. It has a sweet, leathery, balsamic quality. And, of course, there is around 15% of Cashmeran — which gives the fragrance its piney warmth.

"I also introduced a subtle fig, both the bitterness of the leaves and the ripeness of the fruit. Figs had to be in there because there is a fig tree by our house on the island. Fig feels authentic to the place; it reminds me of the happiness of summer by the sea," says Geza Schoen.

So far, so chemical. Now here's the hype. An oceanic deconstructed summer fragrance that isn't fuelled by lunar exotic boring florals and is instead charged with psychedelic freshness. This fragrance is the equivalent of a cosy cashmere jumper dripped in the Mediterranean ocean.

How to use:

Spritz onto your pulse points, such as wrists, neck, and behind your ears, as desired, and let it dry naturally.