Courrèges

Empreinte marks the starting point in the Courrèges fragrance chronology. The house's page identifies it as its first fragrance and dates the release to 1971. In 2021, the composition was reintroduced as part of the house's heritage, connecting the early history of Courrèges fragrances with the contemporary catalogue.

Colorama brings together eight fragrances presented as unisex. Their shared base signature is Nicolas Di Felice's ambroxan, which appears in the trail of every composition. A common material links the series, but does not make all eight fragrances identical in their overall character.

Empreinte is described through its own chypre structure. Its description names an accord of bergamot and patchouli with gourmand and amber nuances. These characteristics apply to this particular composition and do not define the other fragrances in the catalogue.

La Fille de l’Air represents another direction in the Courrèges catalogue. Its identity is built around neroli, the transparency of orange blossom, and white musk. Comparing it with Empreinte emphasises how different two individual descriptions within the Courrèges catalogue can be.

Courrèges connects Colorama with the house's futuristic roots and contemporary expression. The bottles are also described as using glass containing 40% recycled material, while the fragrances use alcohol of natural origin.

Colorama should therefore be understood as a series of eight unisex compositions. Separately, Empreinte and La Fille de l’Air provide two contrasting olfactory reference points in the house's catalogue. The perfumers behind the formulas, the history of the fashion house, and the structure of fragrance rights require other sources.