If you want to surprise a high class escort with a gift she will always be delighted to receive, then it has to be a perfume.
The only question is: which fragrance? You can play it safe and take a look at the bio of the secret agent in question. Among her details you'll find her favourite perfume there too. One she's very fond of. But if you really want to make a stunning impression, even though she may not know the scent, you should genuinely consider buying her the sensational perfume Molecule 01 by Escentric.
Close to magic
What Molecule 01 does to a woman who wears it, and to those around her who catch the scent, comes close to magic. Have you read Patrick Süskind's Perfume, or seen the film adaptation? The story follows a certain Grenouille, born in 1738 at the Paris fish market without any body odour of his own. Yet he possesses an extraordinarily developed sense of smell. As an adult he becomes a perfumer. His life's dream is to create a body scent of his own. And so he turns into a serial killer. For to create a personal scent it is necessary to extract the odour from a human body and preserve it. He experiments to discover how, first on animals, then on people. In the end he succeeds in making an all-overpowering perfume that makes others love him instantly.
Dozens of anecdotes
Rest assured. For Molecule 01, thank goodness, no one was murdered. But the effect of the perfume – which, according to connoisseurs, a woman or man can also freely combine with another scent – is almost the same.
This is clear from the story of the London lawyer who took a taxi in her city and, on reaching her destination, was told by the driver that she needn't pay. At least: if she told him the name of the scent she was wearing. That perfume turned out to be Molecule 01. And there are dozens of such anecdotes, all relating to the creation of a Berlin perfumer named Geza Schön. A man as wondrous as his Molecule series (there are now 4 perfumes).
Dear Geza Schön
Our Magazine editor once wrote him a letter that, on second thoughts, he never sent. We publish that remarkable letter here:
Dear Geza Schön,
What am I to do with you?
But let me first tell you that this morning I woke up beside the pillow my love slept on more than two weeks ago, and that pillow still smelled of your Molecule 01. In principle that's impossible, because a) the pillowcase has been washed since then, and b) she was wearing a different perfume. But perhaps your scent has nestled itself so deeply into my system that whenever I see an unslept-on pillow, I automatically think of her and automatically conjure up your heavenly elixir.
No wonder my heart skipped a beat when, two years ago, I received an invitation to meet you in Amsterdam, where you were to present what was then the new Escentric, Molecule 04 – a scent whose key ingredient is Javanol, a pure sandalwood molecule. My love, who could be called a walking billboard for your fragrance sensations and who has been a Molecule user from the very first hour, was allowed to come along by the distributor, and we were very much looking forward to meeting the enfant terrible of the perfume world. The reason you're called that is because, ten years ago, you did something no one had ever done before.
With Molecule 01 you launched a perfume containing just a single ingredient – in this case Iso E Super – with a scent that does not occur in nature and is best described as a cedarwood note with a velvety sensation. Ten years ago this was unthinkable, because a traditional perfume is composed of a whole array of scent elements that together form a composition. What you did could be compared to a three-star chef preparing a heavenly meal from just one ingredient.
On the day we were to meet you, the airport staff in Berlin went on strike and you couldn't come. What a disappointment. We were asked whether we still wanted to attend the presentation and of course we did. After all, this was no ordinary perfume, but a new Molecule. At the Seven One Seven hotel on Amsterdam's Prinsengracht we were warmly received by your Dutch representative, Tanya Propopenko, who let us experience the new scents and gave us an explanation. I could see from my love's face that she fell in love at once with Molecule 04, of which you said: 'What I find so wonderful about Javanol is its almost psychedelic freshness. It smells as if the zest of grapefruit were poured like liquid metal over a bed of velvety, cream-coloured roses.'
We were given not only the scents to take home, but also a beautifully produced book, which we began reading that same day, taking turns. In the first chapter I read:
As 2006 began, 21st century fragrance was still wating to be born. But it wouldn't have long to wait. A quiet storm was coming to wash away the old and advance the new – one simple, beautiful molecule at a time.
The book read like a gripping thriller, and really you ought to publish it. Everything about you and the remarkable history of Escentric is in there, yet after reading it I still had a few questions I wanted to put to you. That was possible. By email.
And last week I received the answers.
To the question of why the book makes no reference to the fact that the Molecule scents can be used in combination with other perfumes, you wrote:
That isn't described in the book for the simple reason that I don't believe in layering. I mean: people can mix whatever they like, but we specifically offer a stand-alone Molecule. Please don't layer!
Huh? My love had once been told at Skins that Molecule combined very well with other perfumes, but fair enough. You're the chef.
Next question.
The book also states that Molecule does not stand for a luxury lifestyle and is not intended to outshine celebrities. It is a democratic scent; it's about connection. But don't you think the masses find this formula too complicated? That this is the same as saying couture is for everyone?
You replied:
Yeah. But it isn't. Couture is damned expensive and we are not. We really are democratic. The only thing that's exclusive is that we're not available everywhere.
The third, final and perhaps most fitting question went as follows:
I think the book is absolutely wonderful, and there's so much in it. Is that the reason everything is in the book? Because you hate interviews and the press?
Your answer said it all:
Phew... No, but interviews have become a kind of recurring obligation in my life. For years now. Haven't I told enough already???
I'll say it once more: what am I to do with you, Geza? I think I'll simply go on loving you unconditionally, however curt and grumpy you may be. After all, you gave us Molecule 01.
The Molecule perfumes are available, among other places, at de Bijenkorf and at Skins Cosmetics.