Ambre russe

• Festive
• Evening
• Night out

Ambre russe, a personal perfume by Marc-Antoine.

A generous, radiant and lively fragrance, in the spirit of the grand parties of The Great Gatsby. The idea is to pair the warmth of amber with an unexpected opening of vodka and champagne notes, which give an immediate feeling of effervescence.

From the opening, the fragrance surprises with a bright, boozy note, almost sparkling, that brings to mind a glass raised at the start of the evening. This festive freshness contrasts with what follows, creating a very dynamic effect. Spices soon come into play, coriander in particular, adding relief and a gradual warmth.

Then the fragrance grows deeper and more cocooning. Russian tea and aromatic facets enrich the composition, giving it a more elegant, sophisticated dimension. The whole stays fluid, with a natural transition from boozy freshness to spicy warmth.

Over time, Ambre russe settles into a warm, sensual base. Amber takes centre stage, supported by a Russian leather that brings elegant, slightly smoky depth. The fragrance becomes richer and warmer, while keeping its festive, luminous aura. It is a confident, warm signature full of personality, made to mark and accompany life’s big moments.

Parfum d'Empire is an independent French perfume house founded in 2002 by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, a perfumer and doctor of chemistry. Born in Morocco to Corsican parents, he grew up between his parents’ orange groves in Azemmour and the island’s maquis, in the family home in the village of Cuttoli Corticchiato. A passionate horseman since the age of eight, he did not learn to work with raw materials as a perfumer; rather, as a scientist, he analyzed them for years before bringing them to life. The house’s name refers to the “empire of the senses”, the conviction that perfume appeals not only to the sense of smell, but to all the senses at once. Perfume must be a conquest, romantic, spiritual, or of the self. His vision takes him back to the very origins of perfume: eroticism and the sacred, the two dimensions that all civilizations have recognized in it. His compositions are powerful, crafted without excess, with precision in the service of raw emotion. He draws from a repertoire of rare and complex raw materials, often rarely used elsewhere, chosen for their olfactory authenticity rather than their accessibility. Ambre russe evokes the last tsars. Cuir Ottoman traverses the Orient. Azemour les Orangers brings back to life the Mediterranean of his childhood. Corsica Furiosa and Tabac Tabou earned him two Fifi Awards in 2015 and 2016, the equivalent of the Oscars of the perfume world. A house that is entirely free, entirely unique, entirely itself.