Inspiring and carnal, Smoky Soul features smoked black tea infused with Osmanthus absolute with fruity accents of apricot.
Black tea, extracted with supercritical CO2, is smoked with Java Vetiver essence, which brings out facets of burnt hot wood. Black pepper enhances the spicy and black notes of the tea while a trace of seaweed absolute accentuates the mossy, savory and mineral notes of some Chinese teas.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Smoky Soul suits a close, low-lit setting where its smoke and tea can unfold without noise: a quiet room, a wool coat still carrying the cold, a conversation held at arm’s length. It feels intimate rather than loud, with a dry, mineral edge that reads as composed and slightly untamed.
How to wear
Best in cool weather, where the smoke, tea and vetiver can stay defined without turning heavy. Apply sparingly at first: as an extrait, it has enough density to project with one or two sprays, then settle into a skin-close trail of burnt wood, spice and apricot-tinted tea.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like dark tea accords, smoky woods and unconventional leathered compositions with a refined, artistic edge. It will appeal to those who prefer texture over sweetness, and fragrances that feel dry, mineral, slightly savory and quietly dramatic.
Release year
2023
The nose
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato is known for a tactile, material-driven style that often pushes natural ingredients into vivid, textured compositions. As the founder of Parfum d’Empire, he has built a reputation for bold, characterful fragrances that feel both sensual and architectural, with a strong interest in raw materials and extraction techniques. For Smoky Soul, his approach suits the brief precisely: tea, smoke, vetiver and osmanthus are handled as a study in contrasts, moving from burnt wood and spice to a more transparent floral-tea effect. The result reflects his talent for giving natural notes depth, tension and a distinctly physical presence.
Collaborators
Céline Verleure, Olfactive Studio’s founder, shaped the house’s image-led concept and the broader creative frame in which the fragrance was developed, while the brand’s photographer collaboration continued the studio’s signature dialogue between visual art and scent. The fragrance also appears to have been positioned as the opening chapter of a tea trilogy, which guided its concept and narrative.
Olfactive Studio’s story
Olfactive Studio builds fragrances from a meeting point between contemporary photography and perfumery, treating image and scent as equal creative languages. The house favors high-concentration, genderless compositions with a distinctive artistic point of view, using materials and contrasts to turn memory, atmosphere and visual inspiration into wearable form.
Smoky Soul’s concept
Smoky Soul was conceived as a smoky tea composition inspired by Fujian tea traditions, especially the dark, resinous character of smoked Chinese tea. The idea centers on black tea smoked with Java vetiver, then lifted by osmanthus and sharpened with pepper and mineral seaweed facets, creating a fragrance that moves from charred warmth into a more floral, tea-like clarity.
Extra info
Smoky Soul is an extrait de parfum from 2023 and the first chapter in Olfactive Studio’s tea-focused trilogy. Its composition uses smoked black tea, osmanthus and Java vetiver to evoke the burnt-wood character of smoky Chinese tea.
Inspiring and carnal, Smoky Soul features smoked black tea infused with Osmanthus absolute with fruity accents of apricot.
Black tea, extracted with supercritical CO2, is smoked with Java Vetiver essence, which brings out facets of burnt hot wood. Black pepper enhances the spicy and black notes of the tea while a trace of seaweed absolute accentuates the mossy, savory and mineral notes of some Chinese teas.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Smoky Soul suits a close, low-lit setting where its smoke and tea can unfold without noise: a quiet room, a wool coat still carrying the cold, a conversation held at arm’s length. It feels intimate rather than loud, with a dry, mineral edge that reads as composed and slightly untamed.
How to wear
Best in cool weather, where the smoke, tea and vetiver can stay defined without turning heavy. Apply sparingly at first: as an extrait, it has enough density to project with one or two sprays, then settle into a skin-close trail of burnt wood, spice and apricot-tinted tea.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like dark tea accords, smoky woods and unconventional leathered compositions with a refined, artistic edge. It will appeal to those who prefer texture over sweetness, and fragrances that feel dry, mineral, slightly savory and quietly dramatic.
Release year
2023
The nose
Marc-Antoine Corticchiato is known for a tactile, material-driven style that often pushes natural ingredients into vivid, textured compositions. As the founder of Parfum d’Empire, he has built a reputation for bold, characterful fragrances that feel both sensual and architectural, with a strong interest in raw materials and extraction techniques. For Smoky Soul, his approach suits the brief precisely: tea, smoke, vetiver and osmanthus are handled as a study in contrasts, moving from burnt wood and spice to a more transparent floral-tea effect. The result reflects his talent for giving natural notes depth, tension and a distinctly physical presence.
Collaborators
Céline Verleure, Olfactive Studio’s founder, shaped the house’s image-led concept and the broader creative frame in which the fragrance was developed, while the brand’s photographer collaboration continued the studio’s signature dialogue between visual art and scent. The fragrance also appears to have been positioned as the opening chapter of a tea trilogy, which guided its concept and narrative.
Olfactive Studio’s story
Olfactive Studio builds fragrances from a meeting point between contemporary photography and perfumery, treating image and scent as equal creative languages. The house favors high-concentration, genderless compositions with a distinctive artistic point of view, using materials and contrasts to turn memory, atmosphere and visual inspiration into wearable form.
Smoky Soul’s concept
Smoky Soul was conceived as a smoky tea composition inspired by Fujian tea traditions, especially the dark, resinous character of smoked Chinese tea. The idea centers on black tea smoked with Java vetiver, then lifted by osmanthus and sharpened with pepper and mineral seaweed facets, creating a fragrance that moves from charred warmth into a more floral, tea-like clarity.
Extra info
Smoky Soul is an extrait de parfum from 2023 and the first chapter in Olfactive Studio’s tea-focused trilogy. Its composition uses smoked black tea, osmanthus and Java vetiver to evoke the burnt-wood character of smoky Chinese tea.