Tian Di Frassaï 2017

Through the orientation towards the Dao, people can learn about the laws and manifestations of the world principle by observing the course of the world in which the Dao expresses itself. Through the workings of the Dao, opposing yet interrelated forces are created.

It may be that the highest Yin - according to Taoist belief - represents the pinnacle of femininity. Xīwángmǔ is the highest Yin, her male counterpart, Tung Wang-Kung, the active male principle Yang.

Symbolically, "Tian Di" (now we are talking about the perfume!) impressively reflects both. From the very beginning, I perceive a similar duality, from which the interplay of sun smoke and peaches reveals the transformation, becoming, and growth of Tian Di. I can certainly claim that the peaches here do not come across as particularly feminine, and the Chinese-sounding incense is not distinctly masculine.

Tian Di indeed follows its own - quite Asian-exotic - path and is primarily a meditative and serene scent, which - strangely enough, originating from Argentina - embodies the spirit of a Chinese soul.

Every 3000 years, the sacred peach trees of Xīwángmǔ are said to bear fruit - and whoever tastes them gains immortality....