Escentric 05

Our new molecule, Cashmeran, is one of the greats in synthetic chemistry. Warm and woody, with a resinous note of pine, it is an abstraction of summer on a Mediterranean island. "With Escentric 05 I wanted to create a different kind of summer fragrance. Instead of the usual aquatic notes, I was inspired by walking from the sea on a hot afternoon through dry and aromatic Mediterranean herbs and trees". Geza Schoen

The top note of Escentric 05 is very simple: bergamot to keep things light, the orange, an ingredient that has an emotional, bright and happy tone. It reflects the orange groves that cover this island. The bay leaf and the rosemary are typical Mediterranean plants with a spicy freshness, the juniper brings a shade of herbs and the cypress is a very dry and pungent wood. The drydown has two classic Mediterranean ingredients, cistolabdano and mastic. Mastic is a resin produced by a small tree that grows mainly near the sea. It has the clean and pure scent of freshly cut branches. The cistus is a small plant that grows everywhere in the Mediterranean. It has a sweet, leathery and balsamic quality that I love.

And, naturally, there is about 15% cashmeran - which gives the fragrance its pungent warmth.

There is also a subtle fig, both in the bitterness of the leaves and the ripeness of the fruit. It recalls the fig tree near the house on the island; it recalls the happiness of summer at the sea.