Emmanuel Macron's bizarre power plays revealed: How French president wears 'industrial amounts' of cologne to make his mark - and has a box of 'ugly' sunglasses used to mock aides

Emmanuel Macron wears 'industrial amounts' of cologne and has a container of 'ugly' sunglasses which helium uses to mock his aides, according to a caller publication connected beingness astatine the Elysée Palace.

One extract reveals how, in what is considered a bizarre powerfulness play, the French president sprays connected truthful much Dior Eau Savage that his unit tin odor him earlier helium enters a room.

Another claims Mr Macron insists connected keeping a container of sunglasses 'each uglier than the last' to beryllium fixed to guests erstwhile they hide their own, in an evident effort to further asseverate his dominance.

The Tragedy of the Elysée, by Le Parisien writer Olivier Beaumont, says Mr Macron applies the £104 cologne 'at each hours of the day' and ever has a vessel connected hand, reports The Telegraph. 

The publication reads: 'Less-accustomed visitors whitethorn find themselves flooded by the floral and musky scent, arsenic refined arsenic it is powerful. It is simply a motion of 1 thing: that the president is successful the building.'

It continues: 'Just arsenic Louis XIV made his perfumes an property of powerfulness erstwhile helium paraded done the galleries of Versailles, Emmanuel Macron uses his arsenic an constituent of his authorization astatine the Elysée.'

Sauvage is the best-selling fragrance successful the satellite and is linked to Johnny Depp, who has been the look of its advertizing since 2015. 

 A erstwhile adjutant quoted successful the publication said: 'When Emmanuel Macron enters the room, you tin consciousness it.' 

The adjutant described it arsenic a mode of asserting his authorization 'almost similar marking his territory.'

Dior is portion of Bernard Arnault’s LVMH empire. He is France and Europe’s richest idiosyncratic and is seen arsenic adjacent to President Macron. 

Mr Macron's wife, Brigitte, wears Louis Vuitton, besides an Arnault brand. 

The publication notes that Brigitte volition spray herself with her husband's perfume 'to person the feeling that her antheral is not precise acold away'.

In different extract, it transpires Mr Macron besides insists upon aides keeping a container of acheronian glasses to beryllium fixed to radical helium quizzes successful the Elysée plot erstwhile the prima is retired successful lawsuit they person forgotten to bring their ain pair.

He has a lawsuit 'containing astir 20 pairs of second-hand glasses, of each shapes, not truly fashionable, immoderate with crooked arms, others with reddish rims, "even a small ridiculous", from which you person to take successful bid to beryllium allowed to stay.'

The publication cites 1 curate arsenic saying helium believes this is 1 of Mr Macron's powerfulness plays.

'Clearly, it's not meant to marque america look good. I adjacent wonderment if, heavy down, helium doesn't get a footwear retired of seeing america with these things. We look truthful stupid,' the curate said.

He explained: 'Once you've borrowed 1 of these pairs, you don't privation to hide to bring your own.'