The love of the creator of Parfum d’Empire for Corsica. Parfum d’Empire is a house known as a confidential perfumery brand. In other words, it addresses knowledgeable perfume consumers, always delivering mixed compositions, highly original and inspired by its own history.
Released in 2018, the Eau de Parfum Acqua Di Scandola is a tribute to Corsica. For his 20th creation, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato wished to honor a land dear to him, namely Corsica, the land of his origins. Through Acqua Di Scandola, it is all of Marc-Antoine’s childhood that resurfaces, a childhood tied to magnificent memories. Indeed, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato was born in Morocco but spent many summers at the heart of the Corsican maquis. He still owns a family house in the typical village of Cuttoli Corticchiato, and never tires of drawing inspiration from his precious Mediterranean land.
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato at the heart of the Corsican maquis
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato earned a doctorate on the development of a new technique for analyzing perfume plant extracts using carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. He then completed his training with a perfumer’s diploma from the prestigious International Perfumery Institute in Versailles (ISIPCA). The house Parfum d’Empire was founded in 2002 and allows him to fully express his style, pushing to the extreme the power of these natural raw materials that he knows intimately. All his perfumes tell a particular story, and the raw materials are chosen with great precision. Marc-Antoine Corticchiato is behind some very great perfumes such as Ambre Russe, Corsica Furiosa and Osmanthus Interdite.
Nature at the heart of Acqua Di Scandola the Eau de Parfum
The composition unfolds around iodic, mineral and aromatic accents, opening with the freshness of lemon and aldehydes paired with raspberry leaves and basil. An aldehyde is a chemical compound belonging to the family of carbonyl compounds. When a hydrogen atom is bonded to an atom of the carbonyl group, the molecule becomes an aldehyde. While aldehydes are synthetic molecules, they nonetheless exist in nature in citrus zest. Aldehydes are recognizable in perfumery by their metallic, fatty and warm odors. They also give off a soapy facet, more or less orangey. Aldehydes are said to smell like candle wax or a hot iron. It was Chanel who first incorporated aldehydes at the heart of a perfume, namely the prestigious N°5. The heart of the composition combines marine notes, green notes, juniper, immortelle and jasmolactone, a molecule extracted from jasmine through a very costly process. Corsican immortelle is a perennial plant of the “composite” family. Its flowers resemble small suns in color and are found along the Mediterranean coast and in Corsica, from the seaside to inland areas. In perfumery, immortelle absolute is used, obtained through volatile solvent extraction. The immortelle note can be found at the heart of fragrances such as Cologne 68 by Guerlain, Iris Harmonique by Givenchy and also Tabac Tabou, likewise created by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato. Finally, the base of Acqua Di Scandola combines oakmoss and patchouli to leave an unforgettable sillage.