SALUTE! Eau de Parfum 50 ml

SALUTE!
Sparkling and exhilarating.
A tribute to the hospitality of Corsica and to its vineyards, this fresh eau based on vine leaves and wine dregs extract is livened by citrus. A powdery breeze of iris and musks evokes the angel’s share. The depth of oak casks anchors it in the island’s terroir…

A tribute to Corsica’s sun-gorged wines, the generosity of its terroir and the talent of its winegrowers, SALUTE! is named after the traditional toast of the island. Rather than a literal depiction of wine and grapes, it is the spirit of a friendly gathering in the island’s vineyards that is distilled by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato in this festive fragrance.
Fizzy Corsican citrus essences – lemon, grapefruit and mandarin – sparkle in the top notes, like the first, thirst-quenching sip of a cool Mediterranean wine.
Then a vine leaf accord unfolds to reveal the rose and eau de vie facets of a wine-dreg extract – probably the highest dose of the precious material ever used in a fragrance.
Scents of the terroir, of cool cellars lined with oak casks, a veil of iris and powdery musks for
the angels’ share, SALUTE! celebrates the earth, and the fruit of the earth. A mirage… A
feast.
Enjoy it in good health!

A word from Marc-Antoine Corticchiato…
I love the bond with the earth, with the terroir and its energy, expressed by Corsican vineyards. And
I’ve always wanted to explore the connection between wines and fragrances.
While composing SALUTE!, I was reminded of my grandfather who, like many farmers at the time,
produced his own wine. He stocked it in huge demijohns in smoky glass covered with wicker, which he
stored in his cellar. Hence the earthy notes of the fragrance. But I wanted them to be airy, to evoke
the angels’ share.
I also had to rein in an overdose of wine dreg extract, a material I love though it’s hard to control. I
tamed it with sparkling Corsican citrus oils.
l’Héritage Corse
The French call it immortelle, “the everlasting”, because its bright yellow flowers never wilt. It is also known as helichrysum: “sun-colored” in Greek. Its scent that suffuses the air of the island in summer. The very symbol of the untamed, sunburnt Corsican maquis.
Though its essence has always been a leitmotif in the fragrances of Parfum d’Empire, for years Marc-Antoine Corticchiato had dreamed of turning it into the fiery core of a perfume.
Today, the dream comes alive with a scent that could only have one name: IMMORTELLE CORSE. The fragrance opens with saffron, apricot and lemon, a trio of flame-colored notes that evokes the sunny radiance of the immortelle flower. A velvety and necessary prelude to the star ingredient.
Immortelle reveals itself as the scent moves into its heart. Though it is one of the most potent naturals of the perfumer’s palette, it is in the drydown that it most fully expresses its rich aromas of spices, liqueur, wood and fruit. As a contrast, the salty earthiness of oak moss evokes the ground that yields the plant of immortality…

The quintessence of a land set ablaze by the sun.