PARFUM D’EMPIRE
3 FLEURS and WAZAMBA
Available at Aedes de Venustas during Sniffapalooza Fall Ball
3 FLEURS...
weaves a story from tales of love found in great civilisations of the past. Galbanum, with its tear drops of green sap, crisp mint, an abundance of rose, the gauzy whiteness of sophisticated jasmine and the wildness of tuberose… a true flowering of petals reinforced by a cocktail of white musk.
One can give up much else, but not the rose… Dante chose it from all the rest as an evocation of paradise… its incomparable fragrance inhabits all Persian poetry as an expression of pure love… for Ronsard, “the rose is the bouquet of love, the rose is the perfume of the Gods”… an exceptional fl ower with 7,000 species, its petals fi ll the pools of Rome; there, this flower, emblematic of passionate love, is dedicated to Venus. Her son, Cupid, is adorned with a crown of roses.
At the same time powerful and discreet, the notes of the rose opens 3 FLEURS to a facet of purity, then, taking hold of the fragrance, they intoxicate it with their throbbing heart. Jasmine or romantic love...Emblematic flower of romantism in great civilisations, jasmine developes all its fruity and animal facets in 3 FLEURS. Jasmine for a sunny love, a love to experience in full daylight, like the flower that one gathers in the early morning. It is one of the most common motifs in literature of the Middle East. There, jasmine is often used to decorate love charms. Did not Sheherazade envelope her tales of A Thousand and One Nights in the sweet heat of fragrant jasmine? Tuberose or forbidden love...3 FLEURS developes the captivating notes of the tuberose. Flower of desire and of voluptuousness, its power breathes life into carnal pleasures. This flower of forbidden love, wild and savage, expressed at night, brought fear into the hearts of young girls of the Italian Renaissance. They were forbidden to walk out during the evenings in the tuberose gardens, lest their defenses be overcome by this provocative fragrance. White flower with a scandalous perfume, it is as night falls that the tuberose exudes its most intimate self. With ample and enigmatic fragrance, the tuberose reveals in 3 FLEURS the insatiability of carnal desires…
Created like an elegant jewel, 3 FLEURS is a scent of love.
The skin breathes it in. It is a promise to keep…
MARC-ANTOINE CORTICCHIATO
Of Corsican origin, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato was born in Morocco. He spent his childhood and adolescent years between the Moroccan countryside in his parents’ citrus orchards and the Corsican brush, where the family home is situated in the village of Cuttoli Corticchiato, near Ajaccio. A horserider since the age of eight, horses rapidly became his passion.
Dedicated to hurdle jumping competitions, Marc-Antoine strongly considered an equestrian career after completing his secondary studies. His curiosity, however, led him on another path. Very early on Marc-Antoine became intrigued by how plants produced their scent. What is the genesis and the function of perfume in vegetation? Why and how does a plant exhale
different scents during its fl owering cycle?
It is the very process of the creation of a perfume in the heart of the plant that guided him throughout his studies of analytical chemistry up to his doctorate degree. The subject of his thesis focused on a new technique of analysing these plant extracts by NMR of carbon-13 (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance). He later went on to complete his training at the renowned school in Versailles ISIPCA (International Tertiary Institute of Perfumery, Cosmetics and Flavours) graduating with a Tertiary Diploma in Perfumery. It was the chemical analysis of plants that led Marc-Antoine to perfumery. He began his professional career as a university researcher in charge of the laboratory devoted to the study of plants used in perfumery and their extraction methods. During this time he developed an in-depth knowledge of natural raw materials by “dissecting” them. His works are published
in international research journals. On request, he developed his first aromatherapy creations. The formulation of these products, and in particular those grown organically, taught him to consider the olfactory and therapeutic constraints.
After several years of research, he started working at a perfume creation laboratory located in Paris. It was there that he fi nally let loose his creativity. At the same time he continued lecturing at ISIPCA. Wanting only the very best plant extracts, Marc-Antoine set-up in 2000a production factory of essential oils in Madagascar where he travels regularly.
In 2003 Marc-Antoine Corticchiato created his own brand, PARFUM D’EMPIRE, using the noble raw materials so sought-after by the civilisations that were enriched and strengthened by the inter-mingling of different cultures.
WAZAMBA
An aromatic pine grove, where the mysteries of the sacred vibrate WAZAMBA evokes the sacred dimension of an inner voyage found in all great cultures. The profound sensation of Somalian incense, Kenyan myrrh, Ethiopian opoponax, Indian sandalwood and Moroccan cypress recall the rituals of great civilisations: notes which are an invitation to discover a pathway beyond time… to become reconciled with all the facets of oneself.
Fragrance deep and profound.WAZAMBA reveals its mysteries from the fi rst powerful notes, with bursts
of incense, zesty and aromatic. Developed with aldehyde, the incense opens a dazzling door, promising an intense voyage toward our secret inner spaces…Incense, pillar of this creation, evolves with the fragrance to make it more and more profound. Virgil said of this premier noble material that the finest comes from Arabia, the country of Sheba, and is the emblematic ingredient of the offerings made to the Gods to be accorded their favours: WAZAMBA takes its name from an instrument of eponymous music, a sistrum used in the rituals of West Africa. With its heavy sound, full and deep, this percussion accompanies African initiation ceremonies. WAZAMBA resonates with grave, low-pitched notes, intoxicating with myrrh, opoponax and incense with their developing resinous facets.
Perfume with enigmatic, obscure charm
WAZAMBA secret forests, scenes of ceremonies of rites of passage, to the discovery of the most profound aspects of the self… cypress, considered a tree of inner alchemy, diffuses its green and earthy notes. Of exceptionally long life, this tree, dear to the Arabs, invites one to descend into
the depths to drag out whatever is false, enabling one to raise his thoughts toward the heavens: WAZAMBA or the transformation of lead to reveal the gold deep within us all…
Sandalwood diffuses its sweet creamy notes; it’s fragrance evokes the intense universe of India where fumigations of a high potency of telluric vibrations are reputed to purify the mind and to favour meditation. Perfume resinous and fruity of a tenacious slipstream WAZAMBA entwines the liquorice notes of myrrh, the fruity warmth of fir balsam, with a touch of apple, symbolically a forbidden fruit, extracts which are in accordance with those of incense and opoponax. With itsmultiple facets, incense reveals notes resinous and amber in the depth of the fragrance, which are in harmony with burning cistus labdanum.
WAZAMBA, a voyage of depth…
3 FLEURS briefly…
A sensual perfume, at the same time fresh, luminous and intoxicating. 3 FLEURS for 3 loves… the fragrance develops the presence of 3 emblematic fl owers of love in all great civilisations. The rose with its pure notes offers passionate love. All the warmth of jasmine for romantic love. Finally, the alluring tuberose to evoke forbidden love. 3 FLEURS distills notes of the Bulgarian rose, jasmine from Egypt, and the tuberose of India, sublimating the most beautiful premier materials of perfumery. Far from being vapid, it affi rms its distinct character. 3 FLEURS, a flamboyant flower to make one fall in love. To smother the skin with kisses!
WAZAMBA briefly…
An aromatic pine grove where a thousand facets of the essence of incense, sacred in all great civilisations, vibrate. The fragrance opens with a burst of incense, encouraged by aldehyde, then is guided to its most profound self with vibrations of myrrh, sandalwood, opoponas and cypress. A creation which does not forget to be fruity with the notes of apple and fi r balsam. Incense, pillar of the fragrance, vibrant and powerful, reveals
itself as well to be spicy and aromatic, then fi nally becomes resinous and amber, along an initiatory route.
Incense, myrrh, sandalwood, opoponas, cypress and apple write the enigmatic formula of a perfume created to captivate.
Available at Aedes de Venustas during Sniffapalooza Fall Ball
