Story
The Corsican maquis, in high summer, hits you like a wall of furious chlorophyll: sticky cistus, immortelle that smells like curry, mastic, myrtle crushed underfoot. Corsica Furiosa bottles that violent green in shards of fig leaf, fennel and cut-grass absolute. Released in 2014, per the press kit issued by the house, by Parfum d’Empire, the fragrance is the work of Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, who grew up on the island and founded the Paris niche house in 2003.
Corsica Furiosa carries the fierce green maquis of inland Corsica, winner of the 2015 Fifi Award for best niche perfume. It sits inside Corticchiato’s long-running narrative method: pick a story, find the natural materials that carry it, and build the perfume backbone before anything else gets fine-tuned.
Structurally, Corsica Furiosa opens on eau-de-vie, nepita and tomato leaf, lays over a heart of mastic, hay, blond tobacco, then settles into a drydown of honey, straw, licorice and moss. The brand insists on sourcing its own naturals where it can, and has run an essential-oil production unit in Madagascar for years to back that claim.
The fragrance ships in the house’s familiar 50 ml and 100 ml flacons cast by Pochet du Courval and engraved with the laurel-crown signature.
Olfactory profile
Corsica Furiosa reads as a green aromatic in the Parfum d’Empire idiom: a single backbone accord built clean, with the natural materials doing the work rather than a packaging gimmick. Corsica Furiosa carries the fierce green maquis of inland Corsica, winner of the 2015 Fifi Award for best niche perfume.
The cult favorite quality here for US niche wearers is the way mastic, hay, blond tobacco stays in focus instead of getting buried under the base. That holds true across the line, and it’s the reason Now Smell This and Persolaise keep recommending Parfum d’Empire as a gateway into serious narrative niche.
Furiously green.Parfum d’Empire
Key characteristics
Family
Green aromatic, French niche school
Longevity
6 to 10 hours on skin
Projection
Moderate to forward in the first 2 hours, then close
Audience
Men and women, unisex in practice
Frequently asked questions
Who created Corsica Furiosa?01
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, founder and sole nose of Parfum d’Empire, composed Corsica Furiosa in 2014. He has signed every fragrance the house releases since 2003.
What is the olfactory family of Corsica Furiosa?02
Green aromatic, built around a heart of mastic, hay, blond tobacco over a base of honey, straw, licorice and moss.
Top, heart and base notes?03
Top: eau-de-vie, nepita and tomato leaf. Heart: mastic, hay, blond tobacco. Base: honey, straw, licorice and moss.
How long does it last?04
Roughly 6 to 10 hours on skin depending on chemistry, with moderate to forward projection in the first two hours.
Where can you buy Corsica Furiosa in the United States?05
From the official Parfum d’Empire website and selected niche perfumery boutiques that carry the house.
