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Madagascar - The Vanilla Balm

by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato
A raw and captivating vanilla, balancing balmy warmth and sensuality. Madagascar Le Baume Vanille by Parfum d'Empire is an immersion into the island itself, a rich, warm, and intense land where vanilla thrives in a humid and sunny climate.
Capacity 100ml
200,00€
Regular price 200,00€
Familles olfactives
Épicée
Boisée
Boisée
Notes de tête
  • Rum
  • Black pepper
  • Pink pepper
Notes de cœur
  • Cinnamon
  • Cocoa
  • Cedar
  • Coconut
Notes de fond
  • Vanilla
  • Musk

Occasions
  • Romantic
  • Elegant outing
  • Cocooning
  • Evening
Sillage
Powerful
The Fragrance

Madagascar Le Baume Vanille showcases Madagascar vanilla in its most authentic form, far from classic sweet or gourmand versions. The idea is to present vanilla as a warm, resinous, and almost animalic material, with true depth.Right from the opening, a dense, deep vanilla is felt, with a balmy, almost resinous texture. An alcoholic warmth subtly emerges, like an amber rum infused with vanilla, creating an enveloping and vibrant sensation. The overall impression is rich, almost tactile, with a feeling of living matter.Then, the fragrance evolves without truly transforming, but rather by intensifying. The vanilla becomes warmer, rounder, almost liqueur-like, with a sensation that clings to the skin. The overall scent remains very coherent, like a material that gradually reveals itself rather than a multi-faceted perfume.Over time, the fragrance becomes even more sensual and grounded. The base is warm, slightly animalic, with a signature that stays close to the skin while being profoundly striking. This impression of raw vanilla persists, enriched by a liqueur-like and exotic warmth, like a memory of Madagascar amidst damp earth, sunshine, and spiced rum.

The brand

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.

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