Eau de Gloire

Parfum D'Empire Eau de Gloire, part of the Corsican Heritage line, this fragrance was probably the first release from the house as an homage to the beautiful island of Corsica and its flavors. It was a late discovery for me. I don't know why it took me so long to try it. Maybe because of the name, while also not being mentioned a lot. It is, however, one of my favorites from the house. I think of it as an agrestic and aromatic leather-chypre. If you like perfumes like Bel Ami and more modern takes on that theme like Puredistance M, you'll find much to enjoy here. It takes that DNA and brings something unique to it. Apparently, Marc-Antoine put together not only the most "Corsican" aromas in this composition but also the flavors that supposedly were favored by the most legendary figure the small island has given us, Napoleon Bonaparte. And yes, I can totally see him wearing something like this. The mix of notes and accords is rather bizarre and somehow feels familiar. It is a very complex and unique-smelling perfume. The opening is juicy, intensely spicy, and aromatic. Zesty clementines, lots of piquant plants and herbs, of which I strongly pick up the rosemary and myrtle. Loads of anise that pairs brilliantly with a subtle tea accord. It smells like a countryside kitchen in full action. I don't pick up the lavender, although listed, but I get the immortelle with soft tobacco and hay-like facets. The base goes strongly into the Bel Ami territory with leather and moss, a surprisingly high dose of frankincense, faint cistus, and musks. It is such a ride from the beginning, and while certain aspects of it feel familiar, at not one point does it feel repetitive. It does its own thing and stays true to its origin. I feel this perfume is Marc-Antoine Corticchiato bottled. The very soul of Parfum D'Empire. While not my favorite from the house, I think it is the most representative and intricate among them. And one last thing. For people who are still mourning after Œillères, I would give this one a try. From everything I have tried, to me it feels like the closest thing to the discontinued Roberto Greco scent. A terribly underrated perfume. IG:@memory.of.scents

Glory Water, or Water of Glory. Supposedly inspired by Napoleon, a Corsican native, and dually functioning as a tribute to Corsica, I can’t really say I find either in Eau de Glorie. What I do find is a love letter to the mossy chypres of the classic French style. Glory is not really a feeling I get from the perfume, but love, devotion, admiration, those types of feelings, yes. The hesperidic opening is unusually bracing for the style. In typical classic chypres the bergamot, and other fruits if there are any, are gauzy and tissue-paper crinkly, but in Glorie they are big, sour, oily and zesty, with plenty of bitter pith. The classic addition of lavender adds depth and dimension, parched green herbs and a touch of florals. Immediately, and with a fervent muscularity, an oakmoss accord blooms like a swelling heart. Touches of spice, leather, and immortelle give the damp, woody greens beautiful touches of leathery browns, earthy blacks, and a golden sunshine. Oakmoss is an accord lost to perfumery these days. Very few make it big and forward because, one, you can’t use the real deal in enough volumes to get that really classic profile, and two, it’s old school and too many brands are afraid of being too retro. Not Corticchiato. Even now, 23 years on, he still keeps Eau de Glorie unashamedly itself and true to its original intention. Many balk at Eau de Glorie - “what’s the big deal? Haven’t we had this hundreds of times before?” And that’s not an invalid perspective. However, it’s in the details that Eau de Glorie stands out: the zesty hesperidics are more zesty and sour and realistic than we’re used to; the herbs are greener, more herbal, more parched and intense; the leather is clearer and not muddy animalic; and the immortelle bridges anisic and tobacco qualities in a pretty unique way for the genre. Wearing Eau de Glorie is like finding a letter stuffed away in a box from an old flame or a dear family member, these letters are common to us all yet each one is unique to the writer and unique to you but the feelings are universal: a heart warming memory that puts a smile on your face.

راههای افتخار EAU DE GLOIRE یک عطر ممتاز و بسیار زیباست. تلخه ولی شیرینه.ملایمه اما سنگینه.گیاهیه اما مرکباتش با کیفیتن. تنباکوییه ولی حس خاکی جذابی داره و... این عطر؛نوشتن ازش سخته و فقط باید از چالشی که آکوردهاش ایجاد میکنن لذت برد. در شروعش حس مرکبات و یه حس گیاهی و تلخ از لاوندر و شیرین و گلی؛حضور دارن که آروم آروم به سمت انیسه و شیرین بیان حرکت می کنه بی اونکه سردرگم و گنگ بشه و حس گیاهی و مرکباتی اولیه گم بشن.انیسه و شیرین بیان فضایی تند و شیرین به کار میدن که رایحه ای ضعیفی از چرم در حاشیه حس میشه.کیفیت عطر انقد بالا هست که همه ی نتها و فضاهایی که میسازن به خوبی احساس میشن و قلب کار رو بسیار زیبا و با شکوه میکنن.این شکوه به حدی هست که اعتماد به نفس و قدرت شما رو ناخوداگاه بالا می بره! هر چه زمان جلو میره یه حس تلخ و دودی از آمیزش تنباکو و کندر بالا میاد که در کنارش چرم هم حالا کمی پر زورتر میشه و این سه ضلع و فضای دودی و تلخ حاصل از اتحاد اونها؛جبهه ی شیرین و تند گیاهی ابتدایی رو کمی کنار میزنن و از اونها یه حس گس و تند باقی میذارن. عطری که به مشام میرسه در این لحظه دودی و سنگین بخاطر بخور و کندر و چرم؛ خاکی؛گیاهی و تند و کمی شور بخاطر انیسه؛لاوندر و خزه هست. بویی بسیار زیبا و دلنشین و شیک و جدی که خیلی دوسش دارم. هر از گاهی یه نسیم شیرین هم در این فضای سنگین می پیچه که یه لبخند سرمستانه رو لبا میشونه... این فضای عالی تا پایان کار ادامه خواهد داشت و فقط کمی جنبه ی چوبی و مردانه تر می گیره به خودش. نکته ی جالبی که برام تو این عطر وجود داشت تنباکو بود.تنباکوی بکار رفته تو این کار؛میوه ای و تکراری و البته خسته کننده نیست.حس برگهای نیمه خشک تنباکو رو داره که کمی تازه هستن؛اما خشکی و خاکی هم هستن و استادانه این حس رو از تنباکو استخراج کردن. ماندگاری خوب و پخش قابل قبول عطر و فضای زیبایی که داره اونو مناسب هوای بهار و پاییز کرده و به نظر بخوبی خودشو نشون خواهد داد در این فصول. این عطر بیشتر مردانه هست تا یونیسکس و اسمی که داره بعلاوه ی فضای دودی و سنگین پایانش منو بطرز عجیبی یاد شاهکار راههای افتخاراز استاد کوبریک بزرگ و کلنل دکس با بازی بیاد ماندنی کرک داگلاس میندازه!! کامنت:م.ع (سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل

This is by far the most effortlessly elegant fragrance i own so far. Not an elegance of high heels and long gowns, but the "sporty", casual natural elegance of simple yet well made, high quality things. Simply stunning. Inspired in Napoleon and old school perfumery, this wonderful EDT opens with a very herbal blast of sweet lavender with some citrus notes on top. Lavender is the main player in this perfume, but as it warms up in the skin the depth of it' base composed with leather, tobacco (both very noticeable), clove, a tiny bit of sirupy immortelle and resins starts to be very apparent. The over all effect is similar to an exquisite cologne smelt from some distance, but as you come closer you can clearly detect it's depth, and "dark side", but never feeling heavy, it pretty much stays very herbal (quite an intensive herbal feel..almost effervescent to the nose at first even tho it calms down to a smoother creamier base), "naturally clean" (not soapy at all) but keeping the sweetness of the lavender from beginning to the end. In it's final stages the dense resinous base turns into the mail player, but still holds some herbal sweetness from the lavender, and the scent stays closer to the skin in a warm, cozy layer. it also turns slightly more animalic, rather than naturally herbal clean. A masterpiece perfectly blended, hidden under it's "simple elegance" appearance. But make no mistake, there's depth there and there's a very skilled hand behind the creation of this perfume. 10/10 and this line consolidating more and more in my top 3 fav houses. Amazing quality for it's price (even for the new prizes)

I have a sample and this gets complimented by men in droves. Usually women are more liberal with the flattery even when I wear masculine scents I’ll have more women ask me what I’m wearing and they’ll even want it for themselves. But this scent had guys of every age bracket every style and aesthetic coming up to me almost jaw droppingly in love with this. And a couple of them had their girlfriends there agreeing it was beautiful. This has only happened with my amouages and aromatics elixir and Liam but I gave that one away. But yeah I was frustrated bc I felt like the scent disappeared after an hour but there’s no way if people were complimenting me the entire day. Must just personally go nose blind to it after a bit. Now to the scent itself.... It smells like sweet boiling summer air. So much so that when I wore it at home the first time I kept turning around to check who broke into my house and let the outside southern heat blow in. This happened like 5 times before I realized I was smelling myself. I need to own this bc it’s just so evocative and spellbindingly realistic it conjures up so many memories of being sun dazed and free in the scorching summer days of youth. But interpreted through an adults mature taste. Makes you yearn to feel that free and whole now before life took a hold of you. This is what I need a perfume to do and parfum d’empire achieves this almost every time

Beautiful fragrance retro style, very Mediterranean court, which reminds me a bit to the old eaux de toilettes that put me every day my mother when I was child, this has much to do as citrus, lavender and oak moss. Admission is soft, very fresh with a floral point and another point very aromatic maintained for almost the whole evolution of the fragrance, this balance is very well managed. Rounding is very good, to achieve Corticchiato makes all this mixture becomes more complex: the anis, tea and snuff rounded stockings and leather notes kept at bay oak moss. The aroma is not very powerful or burdensome, and very aggressive but if it is very delicate and elegant, perfect for daytime use and warm days for their soft and beautiful trail. Rating: 7.5

Fresh but not too citric like many summer/spring fragrances nowadays. For me 'Eau de Gloire' is an excellent fresh, aromatic, slightly sweet warm weather fragrance. On my skin I can smell sweet amber (I know it is not listed as a note... might be the mixture of other ingredients that reminds me of amber), light tobacco, smooth leather. They all blend together perfectly. Interestingly it smells rather spicy and fougere on me. The price is also affordable, compared to other niche fragrances. Sillage and longevity is moderate. I can only recommend this.

L'Eau de Gloire : before trying it, I thought it was something complex and sophisticated, something to wear in great society. You may, but not only! Pyramid is complex but it results a simple, evident, elegant and fresh fragrance. With this one, imagine yourself alone in an aromatic landscape, "le maquis", opening an "eau de vie" bottle, let's say a "chartreuse": "Mon verre est plein d’un vin trembleur comme une flamme" Guillaume Apollinaire, Nuit rhénane,Alcools. Take time. A contemplative one, 8/10

Refreshing, aromatic and uplifting, this is a beautiful fragrance with a elegant 'masculin’ signature, on a par with Chanel pour Monsieur or Eau de Guerlain. A joy to wear, all the way from its sparkling, herbaceous opening with bergamot, neroli, lavender and rosemary to the lazy dry down of oranges on a bed of soft, soft leather and oakmoss. Sophistication in a bottle!

To id : in fact, it's a false EDT and a real EDP ! The perfumer told me that it was his first fragrance for Parfum d'Empire, and at that time his colleagues recommended him to call it EDT, in spite of its EDP concentration. Because it was more usual at that time for a mixt fragrance, I suppose. Afterwards, he asserted himself and called EDP all his other creations.

Une fougère classique au départ. Lavande, bergamote avec un coté plus gourmand apporté par l'anis et la réglisse. Puis on bascule vers un coté Bel Ami. La note de cuir est présente mais pas agressive et se mêle au coté gourmand de la chose, en restant relativement frais.

Simply beautiful, pleasant and sophisticated. Very nice and calm fragrance

Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma in a bottle.

I've purchased the new itinerary as in EDP concentrate in a 50 ml bottle. High-quality ingredients, smoothest transition, and roundness are the reasons why I paid. Some relate to Bel Ami well I can see that. To me, this is better than the recent Bel Ami. I can't tell about each note as the blend is well crafted, but the rosemary and labdanum are obvious and lovely. My wife has allergic reactions to most perfumes. She always asks me to spray at the balcony or away from her. Anyway, one morning before we both leave for work, without her knowledge, I sprayed Eau De Gloire for the first time twice in the next room and walk around the house. She didn't say a word. We left the apartment and while we are in that small lift again no word. We got into our car again she didn't say a word. After a while, I asked 'can't you smell my new fragrance?'. She responded 'I can...it is OK'. So it explains the quality ingredients far from chemicals that generally trigger her allergic reactions. I get absolutely no sinus irritation, which a lot of contemporary frags can cause; I can bury my nose in Eau De Gloire & inhale deeply over & over again. But I suspect the performance is not like an EDP. So the company asked more prices for less juice than their 2000s offering. You can see the sprayer sprays like a mist. So I suggest spraying at least 4 times in the fall and spring, 3 in Summer. Skip this in wintertime. This and a couple of other Parfum d'Empire EDPs seems to have a longevity of between 6 to max 10 hours. Eau De Gloire is 6 hours which is fine but I wish it projected more for a couple of hours. Sillage...? I am not sure.

Another one from Parfum d'Empire that packs an opening punch. This one feels like a top notch, old-fashioned, 1950s gentleman's soap. Aromatic but also cool and powdery. I could have sworn there was going to be iris or violet in here. Instead the stars of the show are the top notes of mastic accompanied by myrtle and a light incense to give a spicy, greenish bitter-sweet accord when fused with the citruses — cool neroli and bergamot. There's plenty of straw-like immortelle in the heart which, with rosemary and moss, creates a beautiful, very light fougère-like background. The labdanum was quiet on my skin with not much leather or amber showing. Eau de Gloire definitely has that old school gentleman vibe — a little tweedy and outdoorsy. I felt a cut above walking around in it. And I'm looking forward to giving it a run in the dry heat of summer. I find it closer in spirit (and superior) to Sisley's Eau d'Ikar , which is similarly inspired by Corsica and features mastic, rather than the more straightforward fougère-leather of Hermès' Bel Ami other reviewers have highlighted.

Yesterday for the first time I tried Caron's Yatagan (the recent formula) and found out that Marc-Antoine Corticchiato copied it in his first release back in 2003! Yatagan is a village in the southwest of Turkey surrounded by maquis due to the warm dry weather. Caron was inspired by that back then, so does Marc-Antoine later on. When you drive your car in Summer you can smell (dry) herbs such as oregano, rosemary, basil, lavender... The high quality of ingredients is obvious in both. No burn for the nostrils. Performance is even the same. Both retail around 95 Euros. But Eau De Gloire is no longer 100 ml Eau de toilette, it is now 50 ml and EDP, whereas Yatagan is 125 ml EDT. Shame on you Parfum D'Empire! When I am done with it I'll purchase Yatagan next time. As in this, my wife didn't smell Yatagan when she get into my car even though I sprayed only a few minutes ago! Both are for yourself not others. At least I can get whiffs of both for a few hours. Spend your 95 Euros on the recent Yatagan instead of this, you get the same juice for MORE.

Opens medicinal, spicy, quite masculine (lavender) and a bit powdery, mixed with citrus notes. Soon the notes mellow down into a powdery blend of spices and herbs. Star anise is the strongest, with a hint of immortelle and clove and a tiny bit of citrus. Then darker notes appear, tobacco, leather and strong resinous notes. The scent mellows down into a herbal aromatic scent, quite dark and a bit powdery. The tea notes also show up in this phase. The drydown reminds me of a bundle of various dried herbs, with earthy notes as well. It is a bit dusty and smoky, with liquorice and fresh citrus on top. Sillage moderate to heavy, longevity moderate. This is a quite dark and heavy scent, very masculine (not sure if I can pull this off). Very earthy. The leather turns into some sort of earthy dusty note on my skin, like dried soil that you are crumbling between your fingers. Quite pleasant, but maybe a wee bit too masculine for me to wear. I would however very much like to smell this on someone else and use the bottle occasionally!

Sampling indoors and in winter, I'm struggling to get on with this fragrance: the floral, fruit and herbal notes are too complex at the opening and I'm already anxious about my partner's reaction to its potency. It's as if a couple of bottles of perfume have been spilled in a confined space and their scents have mingled together in a rather chaotic and overpowering way. I imagine wearing it on a day in midsummer, when the maquis is in full bloom and I can stride through its volatility confident that I will reach a vantage point: perspective, pleasure, peace. Wearing it on the skin, it maintains this immersive, sightly claustrophobic quality. That bundle of Mediterranean fragrances keeps drawing me in. On a grey winter morning, the maquis comes to me!

Ding ding ding 🛎 Round 4 in my adventure with this house Trying fragrances that are supposedly interesting and with even better compositions Are they ? Not sure yet Moving on this fragrance is nice The citrus begins with a blast aromatics following up I’d say it’s a modernised citrus aromatic If only it stayed it’s course with the performance but no still weak unfortunately the scent is detectable but not powerful enough to enjoy It’s the 4th fragrance from this brand and iam yet to find a good performer Letting the performance aside strictly talking about the scent is it worthy of buying .....nope

To me this smells like woody oriental fragrance, starting off with quite a lot of bergamot (which I adore, when it's done well), lavender, some licorice and a leathery background. About fifteen minutes in, I can smell mainly leather, a lot of tobacco and some incense, and I find it very nice, up to the point of considering a purchase. It's mildly sweet, well rounded and completely wearable for a girl. Doesn't last that long, but it lingers on your skin for some time.