Corsica Furiosa by Parfum d'Empire bottle
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Corsica Furiosa

4.1/5 · 628 votes Unisex 2014
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Fragrance notes

Notes

Character

Longevity3.1/5
Sillage2.7/5
Day92
Night18
Summer100
Spring97
Fall29
Winter7
Our take

You open a bottle of Corsica Furiosa and the first thing that hits you is the precise, almost aggressive snap of tomato leaf. It is not the soft, fuzzy scent of a garden in bloom but the crushed green stem, bitter and sharp, backed by a blade of fresh cut grass and a squeeze of cold lime. This is a fragrance that refuses to be polite. The heart softens just slightly with a resinous mastic, a note that smells like the sticky sap of a Mediterranean scrubland, and a whiff of hay drying in the sun. Then a thread of honey and pepper weaves through, adding a gentle warmth that keeps the green from going too feral. On the dry down, moss and labdanum anchor everything into a quiet, earthy hum, like the ground after a midday rain.

The overall character is a wild hillside overtaken by brambles and wild mint, all grit and chlorophyll. It feels utterly natural, almost wild, with a greenness that is closer to a vegetable patch than a perfume counter. With a longevity score of just over three and sillage barely touching a two point seven, Corsica Furiosa is a fleeting whisper. You will get two hours of vivid presence, then a soft skin scent that asks for reapplication. That is its honest weakness. It suits someone who wants a realistic, aromatic escape, a person who does not mind intimacy over projection. Skip it if you crave sweetness or beast mode performance. Wear this on a breezy spring morning, or under a summer sun, when you want to smell like the earth itself. Can you think of a better way to carry the scent of a Mediterranean thicket without leaving your city block?

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