Molecule 01
by Escentric Molecules

Smells like a chemically, artificially scented cedar cleaning product. While the aromachemical Iso E Super can add life and longevity to a fragrance, wearing it alone is just stupid. Worse, as others have said, it literally costs pennies to fill a bottle by the manufacturer. I hate the concept and price mark-up for this marketing ploy so much that I've decided to channel my hatred into creativity with this haiku:

Piece of sh*t fragrance,
Great marketing and bottle,
Still a piece of sh*t.

I feel better now.

0/10

Surely purchasing half-a-litre of ISO E Super, from a perfume supplier, would be a lot cheaper than obtaining a bottle of Molecule 01?

The price mark-up is simply ridiculous...

Opening with alcohol and vomit, like patchy memories of a bad night out, or cleaning your hands in a hospital, this settles into a woody-citrus scent that would not be out of place on generic own-brand supermarket soap.

I go back and forth on this fragrance. I think if one is unfamiliar with Iso E Super and the whole idea of synthetics in perfumery in general, Molecule 01 can be quite captivating. Because there's something slightly otherworldly and unnatural -- of course -- about that pepper, incense, and Iso E Super's idealized cedar, a combination that smells familiar enough to grab your attention but is weird enough to keep you guessing. But over time and as one smells more fragrances with Iso E Super, the veil is lifted and a lot of Molecule 01's narrative interest sort of falls away. Still good, but perhaps not mystical.

But the price they ask for this stuff is HILARIOUS. Totally not worth it. Now, if they'd charge less and perhaps cut out some of the pretentious uber-designer nonsense that surrounds it, then this fragrance might be worth your while.

Have been told by many that this is a very good smelling scent but I just don't get it! I can smell it for a matter of moments and then it's gone. I know that that's the idea of it but i like to smell what I'm wearing! Sorry just really not for me.

So this is Iso E Super. Woo hoo. And not so super.

On me this is a flat, powdery, cedar-like accord that’s initially just dull, but eventually winds up irritating. I’m not certain, but if Molecule 01 is representative of Iso E Super in relative isolation, I may have found the tiresomely overused base material which in overdose ruins scents like Yohji Homme for me. I’d have to live with it longer to be certain, but I don’t want to.