Azemour Les Orangers

Also, while some fragrances in the Parfum d’Empire collection pay tribute to Corsica, others, by contrast, nod to Morocco, another land of the perfumer’s childhood. This is notably the case with Azemour Les Orangers.

Marc-Antoine Corticchiato’s love for Morocco

If Marc-Antoine Corticchiato wished to pay tribute to Morocco here, it is simply because this is a country almost woven into his DNA. Indeed, although he originally hails from Corsica, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato spent his childhood in Morocco. His father had gone into exile from his island and then raised Marc-Antoine Corticchiato amid fields of oriental citrus. It was thus shared between these two cultures that Marc-Antoine Corticchiato’s sense of smell developed. Azemour Les Orangers is thus a kind of landscape fragrance inspired by an orange grove in Azemmour, a small Moroccan town located about 70 km southwest of Casablanca, at the mouth of the Oum Errabiaa river. Moreover, lined with beaches and sunshine, this region is also known for its tourist appeal. It is thus precisely this joie de vivre that is found in the fragrance Azemour Les Orangers. Through this scent, the perfumer conveys his deep attachment to the land where his family chose to put down roots. Azemour Les Orangers is offered like a painting in which dunes, orange groves and wild grasses intertwine, a kind of lost paradise evoking a Moroccan landscape.

The intense luminosity of Azemour Les Orangers

Of course, it is well known that Morocco is a land steeped in sunshine. It is thus quite naturally that luminosity permeates this fragrance from every angle. Azemour Les Orangers opens with the sparkle of citrus. This includes lemon, grapefruit, orange, clementine and mandarin. Morocco, however, is also a country redolent of spices. Thus, Azemour Les Orangers is a juice in which coriander, cumin, pink pepper and black pepper mingle. A darker facet then takes over, combining blackcurrant and galbanum. The whole is further illuminated by orange blossom absolute and neroli, for a result that is both sun-kissed and honeyed. Rose lends the composition more elegance while still revealing its sharpest facet. Finally, the dry grasses of Morocco are evoked, in turn, by extracts of hay and moss. A woody base then emerges on the horizon, highlighting the flavor of cypress fading into sand dunes swept by salty sea spray.