Is by Neandertal is a 2025 release from house founder Kentaro Yamada, utilizing Artificial Intelligence and the perfumer team of Isaac Sinclair, Fanny Grau and Nicolaj Koralewicz. Neandertal explores fundamental existential questions like, 'Where do we come from?" and 'Where are we going?' by attempting to understand the human experience from outside ourselves through perfumery and olfactory experience. Is is a Green Aromatic scent with violet, metallic, aromatic, musky, green, leather, citrus, sweet, and fresh spicy accords.
From the brand:
"Neandertal is™ and was™ were created from the same brief—one crafted by master perfumers, the other generated by cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
is™ is the brighter of the duo: a scent reminiscent of the flesh of a synthetic fruit that does not yet exist and is impossible to define. The fragrance opens with the fresh, sweet pulp of stone fruit and a gourmand note of chocolate, all wrapped in a clean, chalky veil with a subtle metallic edge.
Neandertal created this compelling and unique fragrance duo to complement our conceptual line, one that poses fundamental questions, with a particular focus on the future of our species and our evolving relationship with synthetic life."