1270

• Evening
• Romantic
• Night out
• Special occasion

1270 draws directly on this heritage, setting out to convey a warm, convivial and refined atmosphere, like a tasting. The aim is to create an elegant gourmand, rich in nuance.

From the opening, you feel a fruity, slightly liqueur-like sweetness, almost syrupy, that brings to mind an amber spirit. The whole is round and welcoming, with an immediate warmth that feels comforting. Then the fragrance moves towards something more gourmand and cocooning, with a denser texture.

As the hours pass, 1270 becomes warmer and deeper. The amber notes grow in strength, with a lingering sweetness that stays on the skin. The base is rich and slightly sweet, with an elegant, addictive signature, somewhere between gourmand pleasure and refinement, like a warm memory settling in.

P. Frapin & Cie is a French family house that has been based in Charente since 1270, with winegrowing passed down from father to son for twenty-one generations. Its 240-hectare estate lies at the heart of Grande Champagne, the Premier Cru of Cognac, where limestone soils and a unique micro-terroir give the eaux-de-vie their distinctive depth. Frapin brought this same respect for the land and for time to perfume from 2004. The family tree holds a surprise: François Rabelais, one of the great humanists of the French Renaissance, was the nephew of Anne-Catherine Frapin. The quill on the house's logo is a tribute to him. Later, Louis XIV had a coat of arms presented to his apothecary, Pierre Frapin. Clearly, this house carries something that goes beyond simple artisanal production. Its perfumes are stories. 1270 pays tribute to the family's arrival in Charente and to Folle Blanche, a legendary grape variety now lost, whose scents of grapes, burnt vine shoots and candied fruit bring its memory back to life. 1270 Extrême takes this logic further with notes of honey, pineapple and tonka bean. L’humaniste summons the spirit of Rabelais, his curiosity and his tolerance. Each bottle is a fresco of Charente, an era, a character, a noble material brought to the stage with the same patience that governs the ageing of cognacs in century-old cellars.