Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 + Iris is a unisex fragrance composed by Geza Schoen launched in 2021. Made of Iso E Super, an aroma-chemical with a warm, woody tone, and then adding orris. Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 + Iris is an eau de toilette, edt.
From the perfumer, Geza Schoen - "It’s not easy to describe iris’ smell as such, but if you smell a fragrance without it, and then with it, you understand immediately what it does. It adds a creamy powderiness. It brings a physical dimension to a fragrance. I have had a long-standing love affair with iris. Every Escentric fragrance has an iris notesomewhere in there. To me, iris is luxury. The iris pallida absolue I’ve used here is one of the most expensive ingredients in perfumery. You can find iris extracts for way less than that. But they do not have the great and subtle beauty of this absolue. It’s radical to put this much in a fragrance. The sillage is fantastic. This is a bomb, but a subtle bomb."
Fragrantica - "The iris in this is unisex, perfectly balanced between slightly sparkling upon first spray, moving into a powdery, suede, floral, and a touch woody from the iso. Could easily be a signature, may well end up being mine. Like others have mentioned, some body care products in this 'flavour' would be a hit. 9/10."
Fragrantica - "Wow! Molecule 01 + Iris by Escentric Molecules pleasantly surprised me! I have been looking for a feminine, yet clean girl fragrance I can wear during the scorching summer heat, when all my beautiful sweet gourmand scents curdle and turn cloying. This smells clean and fresh with just enough sweetness from the Iris to save it from being too masculine for my tastes. Though honestly, this would smell sexy on a man as well."
Fragrantica - "This could possibly be, what I believe to be my first ever fall Fragrance. It fits the entire, autumnal work and back-to-study feel that I could never possibly find anywhere else. This fragrance is an absolute motivator, the way it pushes me back and forward into wanting to work, and a sense of wanting to keep going and move forward... A study feel, for whatever reason."
Fragrantica - "Molecule 01 + Iris smells exactly like iris. Cold iris, musk and creamy orris root butter."
