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Empreinte 2012

Version from 2012
7.6 / 10 86 Ratings
A popular perfume by Courrèges for women, released in 2012. The scent is chypreartig-floral. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Chypre
Floral
Woody
Green
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AldehydesAldehydes Brazilian mandarin orangeBrazilian mandarin orange Calabrian bergamotCalabrian bergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Bulgarian roseBulgarian rose JasmineJasmine May roseMay rose
Base Notes Base Notes
MossMoss LeatherLeather Virginia cedarVirginia cedar Bourbon vetiverBourbon vetiver Australian sandalwoodAustralian sandalwood Indonesian patchouliIndonesian patchouli Mysore sandalwoodMysore sandalwood
Ratings
Scent
7.686 Ratings
Longevity
6.969 Ratings
Sillage
6.472 Ratings
Bottle
7.777 Ratings
Submitted by AnneSuse · last update on 04/03/2025.
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Interesting Facts
Re-release for the 50th Anniversary of Courrèges.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to
Empreinte (1971) (Eau de Toilette) by Courrèges
Empreinte (1971) Eau de Toilette
Pour la Belle by Schlossparfumerie Wolff & Sohn Stuttgart
Pour la Belle
Style by M. Micallef
Style
Choc de Cardin by Pierre Cardin
Choc de Cardin
La Nuit (Eau de Toilette) by Rabanne
La Nuit Eau de Toilette

Reviews

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Lilienfeld

48 Reviews
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Lilienfeld
Lilienfeld
Top Review 28  
Footprint
A footprint was what inspired Andre Courrèges to create this futuristically
appearing fragrance.
In the summer of '69, the flight to the moon, his first touch.
So elevated, new, and extraordinary should the scent also become.
I’ll dance a little out of line.
Spicy is the opening for my feeling,
fruity but not too hesperidic, delicately soapy, aldehydic.
The heart, jasmine, finely floral to green, bittersweet, very straight, always getting louder.
A skillful mix of romantic, linear, and forward-moving.
The base is warm, subtly sexy with a hint of don’t touch me, I’m a chypre.
Fine soapiness and green remain, it never gets too dry:-)
Leather, patchouli, cedar, and other woods, amber come together and overwhelm me,
the honeydew melon hangs in there all the way down.
The scent is a very successful reinterpretation of the classic.
The 70s charm has remained:-))
When I look at the promotional poster for Empreinte, I’m immediately reminded of
Milla Jovovich in
Luc Besson's film "The Fifth Element," the presentation is quite similar.

I have a fragrance in my cabinet that I find very similar in direct comparison
“Come la Luna.”
Did the noses at Bois 1920 sniff a bit of this?;-)
For me, it’s a very feminine scent, a must for chypre lovers, Michelangelas, Medusas, all
strong women and a few brave men who dare to wear it!
The longevity is good, the sillage is impressive :D:D
One of the few “modern chypres” that should and must be called that:)
My dears...quickly erase the pyramid up there :D:D
it’s completely wrong:D:D:D
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Chypienne
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Chypienne
Chypienne
Top Review 15  
The Phoenix
Empreinte was my signature scent for a long time during my student days, replacing the Aramis phase. I wanted something a bit more feminine around me.
When it then disappeared, I believed it was a farewell forever.
And now Lilienfeld presents us with a fragrance of the same name and describes it so well, and I get to test it:
And I could swear: it smells just like it did before. I have nothing to compare it to, but my scent memory recognizes
the fresh-spicy bergamot/mandarin opening, green, citrusy, immediately softened by velvety peach,
the floral heart with a bright rose as the main character, warmed by a touch of soft ylang-ylang and glowing against a darker backdrop of patchouli (more woody than musty-earthy).
And the base, mossy, becoming darker, but soft and warmed by sandalwood.
Everything is in a perfectly balanced harmony, and the very fine noble leather note that holds the perfume together showcases the classic (and the class) of a fragrance entirely in the tradition of fine French perfumery.

Empreinte is an elegant, understated, timeless scent with good but not overpowering sillage and decent longevity. It is certainly better suited as a daytime companion than for the evening.

With all its floral-fruity softness, it is such a clear chypre, as if there had never been an IFRA regulation.
I will quickly get a bottle for my home before the world allergy guardians come up with something new to protect us and this fragrance treasure disappears once again.

And a huge thank you to Lilie for this rebirth!
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Pluto

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Pluto
Pluto
Top Review 9  
Empreinte - unfortunately not for me
This scent sounded just to my taste and I almost ordered a bottle right away. But Jifat advised me to try a sample, and that was a good call. Empreinte starts off green-spicy and soapy, which I like, but at the same time, I smell something dull. Chalk?! Yes, I can't describe it any other way, and that chalk bothers me. After a few minutes, the scent on my skin becomes slightly sweaty, just a little, not bothersome. I can't perceive any flowers. It now reminds me a bit of Ivoire. I can't detect anything more; it doesn't change further on me, it just gets weaker and bids farewell. I applied it three times, but I always came to the same conclusion, what a pity. Unfortunately, it's not for me.
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Medusa00

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Medusa00
Medusa00
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The year is already late...
.. and heavenly autumn hosts rush through the dawn, bringing us fog, forgetfulness, and making us aware of transience. It is late in the year! Dreary November approaches. Storms, but also moments of pause. Sunday afternoons on the couch. Fireplace!
Giggling autumn fairies flutter through gray days and sprinkle soapy, lemony frost foam on roofs at night. The most daring of the pointy-eared creatures let beautiful floral vines freeze on car windshields.
Last roses bloom. Buds have frozen in the cold night.
Bats flew in the summer around 10 PM. Now 5 hours earlier. Dusk sets in early and drives away all cheerfulness. Bizarre shadows appear. A person, wandering between light and shadow, hands over an oversized bouquet of roses. He does not accept tips and disappears into the mists of late year.
Only his footsteps can still be heard. He throws mossy leaves on the ground. Fallen November leaves from maple, oak, and co. smell damp. Germany will once again become a mixed forest land, and in a few years we will also have "Indian Summer" here.
The autumnal hosts continue to fly, peering into windows, throwing roses to good people... never-ending story...
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Minigolf

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Minigolf
Minigolf
Very helpful Review 12  
A beautiful chypre world...
....that revolves around its own unique axis. In the opening, green, citrusy, and aldehydic (just a hint..), the "middle" is subtly unsweet floral: the main character is an apricot-colored rose with touches of mild jasmine. This gently and almost imperceptibly glides into the depths of an indescribable chypre core. Warm, radiant sandalwood accents, cool, juicy cedarwood, earthy hints of vetiver. Delightfully moist moss cushions that enter into a symbiosis with inky birch tar-dark leather notes. The fine rose aroma always remains, albeit at the threshold of perception, giving "Empreinte" its (this may sound contradictory) "angular roundness." Sometimes exaltedly radiant, sometimes woody, sometimes warm-earthy, sometimes cool and bright. Variations of a scent perception, no linear progression, surprises from nose to nose, facets of a gentle and perfect chypre. "Empreinte" does not need to roar loudly to express its solid "opinion." A "room volume" is enough to be clearly perceived. Without disturbing the "neighbors" in the slightest. A wonderful old-school chypre of masterful perfumery. ...... And all thanks to: (everyone can guess three times)..... Tk- Maxx! A lucky find! A single bottle (along with ONE SINGLE Eau de Courrèges) amidst mostly commonplace scents (aside from several L'Artisans). As if the fragrance had been waiting for me. And that for 16 euros per 50 ml EAU DE PARFUM. Empreinte, a rediscovered connoisseur scent, perhaps enriched with long "forbidden" substances that truly make a good, multifaceted perfume. Thank goodness (for people like me) an unknown territory for most "mainstreamers," who chase the latest fragrance trends. (there has to be some) I am glad, with a quietly mocking wink, to have found "Empreinte," after I gave up the frantic search....
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Apollo, with the sun on his back, is the image this scent conjures up. Exquisite aldehyde, yet gone in 20 mins. Woe is me...
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It doesn't fall short of the original version. A spicy-floral chypre with timeless charm. Works anytime and anywhere, even for bold men.
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Cooler, tougher Chypre with the most beautiful top note! Aldehydes, frost flowers, moss. Elegant, never arrogant, very cool. Strong bitter notes.
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Refined chypre with an stunningly beautiful aldehydic hairspray note and petals on a strong woody-mossy spice.
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A rather serious Chypre with unsweet and spicy flowers and a woody-mossy base. Quite subtle, yet very chic and elegant.
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Beautiful - reminds me a bit of Feminité du Bois and Love, etc. Initially, there might still be a chypre here, but in the dry down...
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Smells like it used to, but fades away much faster. A bitter chypre, unpretentious, cool, slightly citrus-leathery. Reminds me of "Cabochard".
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Extrait: bittersweet elegance. Here: creamy-green start, then becoming more similar to the Extrait. Sillage and longevity unfortunately not so good.
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Cultivated chypre. Aldehydes, spice cabinet, bitter hairspray, and lots of wood. Too heavy for me to wear.
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Beautiful, like the memory of our shared past. A floral chypre that has kept its charm and delights in existence.
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