Water of Glory

• Professional
• Everyday
• Elegant evening out

Eau de Gloire by Parfum d'Empire is the brand's very first fragrance, launched in 2003, and remains an emblematic piece today. It draws direct inspiration from Corsica, its raw nature, its citrus fruits, and its contrasting landscapes. The perfumer sought to translate this duality between freshness and warmth, by crafting a very evolving, elegant, and characterful fragrance, in a decidedly French style.From the opening, the fragrance offers a lively and invigorating freshness, dominated by very natural, almost zesty Corsican citrus fruits. The effect is cool, energizing, with an aromatic dimension reminiscent of fresh air and Mediterranean herbs. This initial impression is clear, structured, and very elegant.Then, the fragrance gradually evolves into something warmer and spicier. The contrast becomes palpable, the freshness softens and gives way to a more enveloping texture, with spices that add dimension and character. The overall scent becomes denser and more assertive.Over time, Eau de Gloire settles into a warmer, slightly leathery base, with an elegant and persistent signature. The fragrance maintains this interplay of contrasts between hot and cold, between freshness and depth, which makes it very vibrant on the skin. It is a modern classic, with a true personality, that can be worn all year round, in a rather masculine style.

Parfum d'Empire is an independent French perfume house founded in 2002 by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, perfumer and doctor of chemistry. Born in Morocco, of Corsican origin, 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 is not a perfumer who learned to use raw materials: he is a scientist who analyzed them for years before making them speak. The name of the house refers to the empire of the senses, the conviction that perfume does not only appeal to the sense of smell, but to all the senses at once. Perfume must be a conquest, be it amorous, spiritual, or a conquest of oneself. His vision takes him back to the very origin of perfume: eroticism and the sacred, the two dimensions that all civilizations have recognized in it. His compositions are powerful, built without superfluous elements, with a precision serving raw emotion. He draws from a repertoire of rare and complex raw materials, often little used elsewhere, chosen for their olfactory truth rather than their accessibility. Ambre Russe evokes the last tsars. Cuir Ottoman crosses the Orient. Azemour les Orangers revives his childhood Mediterranean. Corsica Furiosa and Tabac Tabou earned him two Fifi Awards in 2015 and 2016, the equivalent of the Oscars of perfumery. A house entirely free, entirely singular, entirely itself.