Independent. Founder-led. Unconstrained.
Minimal chemistry. Maximal creativity.
Created for skin. Not gender.
Still breaking the rules.
“We made aroma-chemicals sexy. Molecule 01 disrupted the status quo and opened the door to a whole new way of thinking about scent.”
Geza Schoen
Geza Schoen
Co-founder and Perfumer
Maverick perfumer Geza Schoen was born in Germany, where by the age of 16 he could already distinguish between over 100 fragrances. He trained at Haarmann & Reimer (now Symrise), where he worked for over a decade before moving to London and founding Escentric Molecules in 2006.
Alongside the brand, Schoen has created fragrances for Diesel, Boudicca, French Connection, Ormonde Jayne and Biehl Art, as well as collaborating with leading artists including Sissel Tolaas and Jeppe Hein.
His wider work spans conceptual and collaborative projects such as The Beautiful Mind Series (including a collaboration with the youngest ever Grandmaster of Memory), Project Renegades with independent perfumers Mark Buxton and Bertrand Duchadour, best known for their work with Comme des Garcons, and Paper Passion with Karl Lagerfeld, Wallpaper* and publisher Steidl.
Undoubtedly one of the most recognised perfumers today for his bold simplicity and 'anti-fragrance' movement, Geza continues to create new scents for Escentric Molecules from his studio in Berlin.
“We made aroma-chemicals sexy. Molecule 01 disrupted the status quo and opened the door to a whole new way of thinking about scent.”
Geza Schoen
Geza Schoen
Co-founder and Perfumer
Maverick perfumer Geza Schoen was born in Germany, where by the age of 16 he could already distinguish between over 100 fragrances. He trained at Haarmann & Reimer (now Symrise), where he worked for over a decade before moving to London and founding Escentric Molecules in 2006.
Alongside the brand, Schoen has created fragrances for Diesel, Boudicca, French Connection, Ormonde Jayne and Biehl Art, as well as collaborating with leading artists including Sissel Tolaas and Jeppe Hein.
His wider work spans conceptual and collaborative projects such as The Beautiful Mind Series (including a collaboration with the youngest ever Grandmaster of Memory), Project Renegades with independent perfumers Mark Buxton and Bertrand Duchadour, best known for their work with Comme des Garcons, and Paper Passion with Karl Lagerfeld, Wallpaper* and publisher Steidl.
Undoubtedly one of the most recognised perfumers today for his bold simplicity and 'anti-fragrance' movement, Geza continues to create new scents for Escentric Molecules from his studio in Berlin.
“20 years on, our guiding principles remain unchanged: to be unique and to consistently strive to remain authentic to our vision. We’d be faking it if we didn’t stick with our principles.”
Paul White
Paul White
Co-founder and Creative Director
Paul White, British creative director and co-founder of Me Company, is recognised for his ability to not only rewrite the rulebook of visual media but rip it up, shred it and chuck it in the waste paper bin. His Me Company made its name as a pioneering graphic design studio with 3D CG work many have equated to techno-wizardry. “Those swirling things on the creative desktop on your Mac in the late 1990s? That’s Me Company.”
Best known for his long standing collaboration with Björk, White played a central role in shaping the visual identity of her solo career, developing a body of work that blurred the boundaries between graphic design, film, typography, and digital form. “The longstanding collaboration between Me Company and Björk didn’t just produce album sleeve covers, but rewired how a visual identity could exist and merge across image, video and form.”
Emerging from the post-punk era, he began as an illustrator before co-founding the record label One Little Indian (now One Little Independent Records). From designing the iconic record sleeves for Björk to notable collaborations with the likes of Nike, Numéro, Kenzo, The Sugarcubes, Shu Uemura and editorial commissions from leading fashion publications, Paul’s work has been permeating visual culture with his experimental visuals since the early 1980s.
Today, his forward-thinking creative philosophy for Escentric Molecules remains unchanged: “to remain authentic to our vision.”
“20 years on, our guiding principles remain unchanged: to be unique and to consistently strive to remain authentic to our vision. We’d be faking it if we didn’t stick with our principles.”
Paul White
Paul White
Co-founder and Creative Director
Paul White, British creative director and co-founder of Me Company, is recognised for his ability to not only rewrite the rulebook of visual media but rip it up, shred it and chuck it in the waste paper bin. His Me Company made its name as a pioneering graphic design studio with 3D CG work many have equated to techno-wizardry. “Those swirling things on the creative desktop on your Mac in the late 1990s? That’s Me Company.”
Best known for his long standing collaboration with Björk, White played a central role in shaping the visual identity of her solo career, developing a body of work that blurred the boundaries between graphic design, film, typography, and digital form. “The longstanding collaboration between Me Company and Björk didn’t just produce album sleeve covers, but rewired how a visual identity could exist and merge across image, video and form.”
Emerging from the post-punk era, he began as an illustrator before co-founding the record label One Little Indian (now One Little Independent Records). From designing the iconic record sleeves for Björk to notable collaborations with the likes of Nike, Numéro, Kenzo, The Sugarcubes, Shu Uemura and editorial commissions from leading fashion publications, Paul’s work has been permeating visual culture with his experimental visuals since the early 1980s.
Today, his forward-thinking creative philosophy for Escentric Molecules remains unchanged: “to remain authentic to our vision.”
