The Edwardian dandy wore fougère, the classic fragrance family of lavender, tonka bean and oakmoss. Fougère Bengale by Parfum d'Empire reinvents that genre with a bold, honeyed accent of blond tobacco, carrying you off to India.
Assam tea and warm spice cake melt into tobacco, forming an amber-hued aroma — one that recalls an English gentlemen's club as easily as the savannah where the Bengal tiger lies in wait. Sweet notes of hay and tonka bean lend the whole a warm, inviting depth.
From there, the fragrance drifts deeper into the Indian jungle. Patchouli gives it a woody, camphorous edge, while vanilla settles over it like a silken veil. The journey finally comes to rest in the palace of a maharaja.
A full-bodied, warm fougère: sweet, enveloping and aromatic all at once.
Lavender, Ginger, Tea, Mint, Hay, Tobacco, Pepper, Oakmoss, Tonka beans, Patchouli, Vanilla
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Fougere
A traditional fougère is characterized by citrus top notes, an aromatic heart of lavender, roses or geranium that lay on a bed of oak moss and hay smelling coumarin. The name Fougère stems from the original perfume Fougère Royale, created in 1882 by the iconic perfumer Houbigant. As Houbigant said at the time, "if God had given ferns a scent, they would have smelled like Fougère Royale."
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Marc-Antoine Corticchiato
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, of Corsican descent, was born in Morocco. His childhood and youth are divided between the Moroccan countryside and the Corsican maquis. Out of fascination for flora, Marc-Antoine studied the secrets of scent production in aromatic plants. In 2000, Marc-Antoine set up an essential oil production unit in Madagascar. In 2003 he started his independent brand Parfum d'Empire, where he showcases his talents as a perfumer in a beautiful way.