Tabac Tabou Extrait de Parfum

Few fragrance houses have featured tobacco as a starring note, but perfumer Marc-Antoine Corticchiato feels it is a perfect fit for Parfum dEmpire, since tobacco ties in with one of the initial uses of perfume: sacred rituals. And with it, the very origin of the word perfume, per fumum, means through smoke.

In Tabac Tabou, the tobacco leaf unfolds nuances of fresh hay and tawny savanna in a penetrating fragrance lush with rich essences. Set aflame by the mulled-fruit accents of sunburnt immortelle, tobacco curls its tawny plumes around a spirited spray of narcissus, leather and horsess mane. A whiff of the Havana, honey, heated skin, wild grass…. and a tribute to a plant held sacred by the Indian people of the Americas who used it to purify, heal or conjure dream visions.

While it is a part of Parfum dEmpires permanent collection, the fragrance will be produced each year in restricted quantities, with the label indicating the vintage.

Why we’re addicted: A deeply intoxicating, spiritual blend with roots in mysticism and history.