The six Frassaï fragrances at Sillage Depot move from citrus and jasmine to peach and incense, caramelised florals, nocturnal suede, spiced cake and resinous tuberose. The right starting point is the tension you want to follow—not one supposed house signature.
Natalia Outeda develops each idea with a named perfumer, so the fragrances share a sensibility rather than a scent family. This guide uses the official notes and concepts as maps; it cannot predict exactly how any perfume will develop on every person's skin.
To understand Natalia Outeda’s creative direction and how Frassaï connects memory, culture and collaboration, read Inside Frassaï: Natalia Outeda’s Independent Path.
For brightness: Verano Porteño or Tian Di
Verano Porteño is the more direct bright route. Rodrigo Flores-Roux places bergamot, clementine and cedrat beside cardamom, magnolia and imperial jasmine, with vetiver and mate completing Frassaï's portrait of a Buenos Aires summer. The structure suggests citrus light, floral lift and a green, bitter edge. Choose it if freshness tied to flowers and place sounds more interesting than a conventional cologne.
Tian Di is also luminous, but its centre is peach rather than citrus. Olivier Gillotin surrounds a peach elixir with star anise, galbanum and ginger, then moves through red chrysanthemum, olibanum, sandalwood and Chinese incense. Frassaï links the perfume to Mount Kunlun and the peach of immortality. Choose it when fruit framed by spice and ritual incense sounds more compelling than open-air brightness.
In short: Verano Porteño is citrus, jasmine and mate; Tian Di is peach, spice and incense.
For floral contrast: Blondine or A Fuego Lento
Blondine begins in a fairy-tale register, but its official structure prevents it from becoming simply pretty or sweet. Yann Vasnier sets green mandarin and pear leaves against salted butter caramel, tiger lily, ashok flower, cocoa, tonka bean, blond musks and castoreum. It is the floral-gourmand route in the selection: sweetness, petals and an animalic shadow held in deliberate tension. Choose it if caramel interests you most when something green or darker interrupts it.
A Fuego Lento turns the floral idea toward night. Rodrigo Flores-Roux combines blackcurrant buds, orange flower and jasmine sambac with flouve odorante, civet, suede and tolu balsam. Frassaï's concept evokes an Andean night and a fire burning slowly rather than a bouquet in daylight. Choose it for jasmine with grass, suede and balsamic warmth, especially if the clearer sweetness of Blondine feels too polished.
In short: Blondine is caramelised floral contrast; A Fuego Lento is nocturnal jasmine, suede and slow warmth.
For a story-led composition: Teisenddu or Victoria
Teisenddu carries the most explicit family narrative. Roxanne Kirkpatrick works with bitter orange, rum, juniper, nutmeg, mimosa, dark sugar crystals and leather. The concept connects Welsh migration to Patagonia with Outeda's family memory and torta negra, the dark fruit cake associated with that history. Choose it if you want a spiced gourmand whose cultural story is as central as its sweetness.
Read how this history moves from the 1865 voyage to Outeda’s family memory in Teisenddu: Black Cake, Welsh Patagonia and Family Memory.
Victoria is a portrait rather than a migration story. Inspired by the Argentine writer and publisher Victoria Ocampo and her magazine Sur, Irina Burlakova's composition begins with petitgrain, pink lychee and Litsea cubeba before moving into tuberose absolute, styrax, rose, patchouli, oud, olibanum and castoreum. Choose it when a white floral shaped by resin, woods and literary history feels more convincing than a traditional tuberose showcase.
In short: Teisenddu is rum, spice, dark sugar and leather; Victoria is tuberose, resin and intellectual portraiture.
The shortest way to decide
Begin here for the clearest citrus-floral direction: clementine, jasmine, vetiver and mate.
Choose this for peach made less obvious by star anise, ginger, galbanum and incense.
Choose this for salted caramel, flowers, cocoa and musks with a green and animalic counterpoint.
Choose this for blackcurrant, jasmine, dry grass, suede and balsamic nocturnal warmth.
Choose this for a spiced gourmand built around rum, dark sugar, leather and the history of Welsh Patagonia.
Choose this for tuberose and lychee drawn into styrax, oud, olibanum and a literary portrait.
DISCOVER THE COLLECTION
Compare all six fragrances and choose the direction that feels most compelling to you.
References
Blondine. Frassaï. Open source
Tian Di. Frassaï. Open source
Verano Porteño. Frassaï. Open source
A Fuego Lento. Frassaï. Open source
Teisenddu. Frassaï. Open source
Victoria. Frassaï. Open source