Fueguia 1833
Fueguia 1833
85 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Grapefruit pulp and crystallised ginger strike immediately with snappy brightness, but within moments, the Decay accord darkens everything into something almost fermented, like citrus left to oxidise in sunlight. The freshness remains, but it's now unsettlingly botanical rather than uplifting.
Ambrox blooms with unexpected warmth, creating a creamy, almost resinous cushion beneath the sandalwood's dry, austere presentation. The tension between these notes—amber's seductive sweetness versus sandalwood's austere chalk—becomes the fragrance's true character, neither dominating the other.
Musk and vetiver crystallise into a mineral, grass-tinged base that feels more like stone than skin. The citrus fades to memory, leaving something deliberately understated and introverted—a scent that whispers rather than projects.
Cuentos de la Selva Fueguia announces itself as something altogether wilder than conventional citrus fragrances. The opening marriage of grapefruit and ginger creates a bracing, almost confrontational freshness—but then *Decay* arrives, a disconcerting dark note that transforms what could have been a bright morning fragrance into something archaeologically complex. This is grapefruit peel left to oxidise, ginger root turning to earth.
As the composition settles, Ambrox enters with a peculiar warmth, a semi-synthetic amber that feels almost creamy against the sandalwood's dry, chalky presence. The sandalwood here isn't the creamy Indian variety; it's austere, almost medicinal, refusing to soften the fragrance's essential austerity. The interplay between these middle notes and the lingering decay creates an unsettling beauty—like walking through an overgrown botanical garden where cultivation has surrendered to entropy.
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