Ambre RusseAmber Leathery Eau de Parfum

Ambre Russe by Parfum d'Empire is a spicy, leathery amber eau de parfum, unisex, created by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato. It opens on two alcohols, something no other formula from the house does.

A perfumer's house, and a return to Corsica

Parfum d'Empire is a French house founded and composed by a single man, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato: he is both its founder and nose, and signs the entire catalog. Its formula can be summed up in one sentence — perfume is a quest, perfume is an exploration — and the house claims a return to the primary meaning of perfume, that of seduction and spirituality. The catalog is divided into two: the Signature Collection and the l'Héritage Corse Collection, which brings the house back to the perfumer's island of origin.

An opening of champagne, vodka, and coriander

Champagne and vodka open on two alcohols of opposite temperatures — one sparkling and acidic, the other clean and icy. Coriander brings its green pepper. The house links this opening to the parties of Imperial Russia.

A heart of black tea, cinnamon, birch, and Russian leather

Black tea and cinnamon make up the Russian tea that steeps in the samovar of the dachas. Then the taste changes: birch and mountain pine wood give their tar, and that is where Russian leather comes from — a leather historically tanned with birch tar.

A base of ambergris, incense, and musks

Ambergris brings its golden and mineral warmth, incense that of the Orthodox church, and the musks a base that the house describes as mystical. The fall is long and opulent.

The house's gesture

The formula tells an empire through its places rather than through an accord: the ballroom with champagne and vodka, the dacha with the tea from the samovar, the tanner's workshop with the birch tar, and the church with the incense. Russian leather is not just an image: it was a leather actually treated with birch tar, whose smell made its reputation in Europe. The house summarizes the whole of a formula: an opulent elixir, as passionate as the Slavic soul.

For whom, for what occasions?

For those who love leathery ambers and perfumes that do not do things by halves. It is an autumn and winter perfume, rather for the evening, with a very long longevity and a wide sillage. Ambre Russe Parfum d'Empire will suit those who want warmth and tar.