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Paper Passion Geza Schoen,Gerhard Steidl, Paper Passion Perfume captures the unique bouquet of freshly printed books.!
GEZA SCHOEN, on the aesthetics of chemistry, smell & art
Interview by Tina Gorjanc
Escentric Molecules, developed by the Berlin-based olfactory artist Geza Schoen, is a project that highlights the still unfairly ignored Iso E Super aroma molecule known for its velvety and cocooning effect.
Paper Passion Geza Schoen,Gerhard Steidl, Paper Passion Perfume captures the unique bouquet of freshly printed books.
The chemical was created in the IFF laboratory in 1973 and used from there on as a common background ingredient in many perfumes. Despite that, the molecule itself still remained unknown outside the world of perfumery up until this day.
By stripping the artificially produced chemical compound from other naturally occurring fragrances that commonly mask its enigmatic attractant, Schoen succeeded in developing two fragrances which emphasise and pay homage to the bare characteristic of the molecule known to be nonexistent in nature.
The Escentric 01 contains an unprecedented 65% raw chemical combined with other ingredients designed to underscore its low-lit mood, and the Mole
