AJEDREZ

Eau de Parfum

Ajedrez, the Spanish word for chess is another perfect perfume from Frassaï, the unusual inspiration providing an intricate and contemplative composition that quietly yet profoundly takes the senses on a unique olfactive journey from first moves to a deliciously faded checkmate.

Ajedrez continues perfumer Ralf Schwieger’s love affair with orris, the shimmering, powdered, grey / pink mood material extracted from certain iris bulbs, the roots harvested and stored to maximise the concentration amount of irone in the rhizome, the chemical that gives orris is distinctive, obsessive nature. Ralf created Lipstick Rose for Frédéric Malle, Iris Nazarena for Aedes, and Vanille Insensée for Atelier Cologne, all perfumes that require his beloved iris to be the mysterious masterpieces they are.

The orris extract in Ajedrez is quietly ignited by three key notes of cardamom, black pepper and lavender that combine to bring piquant illumination and bite to the inherent ephemerality of orris.

"Time can move forward, or backward. Time is inverted. Sometimes, it seems to stand still. The pause gains importance. In standing still, there is movement."

Natalia Outeda, Frassaï Founder & Creative Director

This concept works beautifully with Natalia and Ralf’s chess metaphor, the necessary concentrated pauses between moves on the chessboard akin to the absorbing quietuses in the delicious composition of Ajedrez.

Tobacco and ambered woods work softly around the orris vs lavender dynamic, lifting and smudging the notes with mossy hush. The orris in Ajedrez is elegantly arranged, like tender whispers of piano in the background of a summer room. French windows open onto an emerald lawn, curtains gently ruffled by a golden breeze, light flickering over a marble chessboard, pieces on fire in the sun.

Composition:

• Bergamot Essential Oil, Black Pepper Pure Jungle Essence™, Cardamom Pure Jungle Essence™
• Orris Extract, Lavender Pure Jungle Essence™
• Tobacco, Amber Woods, Labdanum, Moss

Perfumer: Ralf Schwieger, 2025





inci list: Alcohol Denat., Fragrance (Parfum), Hexyl Cinnamal, Coumarin, Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Geraniol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citronellol, Cinnamal, Isoeugenol, Eugenol, Hydroxycitronellal, Farnesol, Benzyl Cinnamate