A Fuego Lento

A Fuego Lento for me is more than anything, a sheer jasmine with some tart freshness, that develops into a full garden. The natural indolic quality of jasmine is tempered here in a needed way. While jasmine is one of my favorite notes, it is naturally heavy and dominating. It is diva-like it nature, but that diva can leave you forever in love, forever full of nostalgia. Orange flower nectar is the counterpoint. You smell it all: baskets full of blossoms. Baskets full of blossoms are baskets full of blossoms. Yet, the gentle summer day is yours, and you are claiming it. You can wear a perfume that is very true summer blossoms, extracts that bring sun-warmed skin to mind. But the blossoms are most of what you smell. That strong sharpness that is character to orange blossom fragrance freshly applied, is eliminated here. There is a smoothness in the base, and the perfume is so natural that it doesn't fade prematurely, but it doesn't leave such a thick base skin scent as some perfumes with a more synthesized feeling do. Like I love Alien by Mugler to death, but even if it is based on "jasmine sambac" it is about not being natural, thus it lasts extremely long. A Fuego Lento is indeed a slow burn, but it is a peaceful burn, the burn of a sweet summer memory, that persists long enough, but fades in a way that leaves you sniffing and wondering what you missed. Perhaps something of woods and the contents of a soft suede satchel. Lasting power isn't poor, but summer days can fly by when you are happy.

This is gorgeous. Frassai may be a new, niche house, but A Fuego Lento seems to me to sit firmly in the great French classical tradition. If you put his name into the search bar, there is an interview with the perfumer behind AFL, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, on this site. He is described as the only Latin fine fragrance perfumer in the world. There are so many niche perfumes nowadays which seem to prize weird ingredients and shock factor over beauty. Rodrigo Flores-Roux has created something beautiful. To turn to specifics, the top notes reminded me so much of Mcqueen Eau de Parfum that I decided to try them against each other and I have one on each wrist. The top notes were indeed very close: creamy, fleshy, heady white flowers. Both list jasmine among their notes. Only Mcqueen lists tuberose, but I could swear there is tuberose in A Fuego Lento as well and I see from the previous reviews that I am not the only one to think this. When the heart notes started to emerge, there was more divergence. The white flowers in Mcqueen were wrapped in suede but A Fuego Lento introduced a note that came across almost like almond. There was also a musk note beginning to emerge. Finally, 6 hours after first spritzing, I can say that there isn't much left of either. Mcqueen is now a powdery suede and A Fuego Lento fairly similar but with a ghost of the white flowers just discernible. If I could only wear one of these two, I'd choose A Fuego Lento.

I just bought this after eking out a tiny sample over the course of many months since I didn't want it to run out. This is an exquisite fragrance to me, summery, floral, sultry, yet not too overpoweringly va-va-voom. I'm surprised to see several people describe this as a soft, sweet, elegant jasmine. I'm not too much of a jasmine connoisseur but to me the jasmine packs a bit of a punch and I'm even picking up on a touch of indolic-ness. The thing that saves it from becoming too too much of a white floral bomb for me, a plain-looking, plain-dressing Dutch woman with about as much exotic allure as a pair of clogs, and who therefore feels a bit out of character wearing overly voluptuous white floral fragrances, are the orange blossom and the cassis, which actually are quite prominent on me and add a sharpness to the overall scent. I also get the leather and Tolu balsam, which add just enough earthiness and resinousness to make this feel well-rounded and invoke the rugged Argentine setting on which this scent is supposed to be based. All in all, I think the description of this as sensuous is correct, but it's a manageable enough sensuousness for me to pull off (when wearing some mascara and lip gloss), with certainly enough interest to keep this from coming across as another designer fragrance. I really really like it.

When I first sprayed A Fuego Lento on my husband, he said, that's how paradise should smell. A Fuego Lento smells like the joy of life, like vacations, like dancing on the beach to the rhythm of the live music, it smells like a warm starry night. You know the feeling, when everything is ok and you are just happy with somebody you love? That is A Fuego Lento. The jasmine is big in this fragrance, but it is not sharp or heady. It's soft, creamy, dipped into the tolu balsam and put into the suede purse. There is something intoxicating and sexy about this fragrance. The staying power is very good. It openned quite differently on male skin, so I'd say, it's really unisex, yet leaning to female side. If you like jasmine in fragrances, this is a must try! P.S. If there was a commercial for this fragrance, Rosana's "A Fuego Lento" would be the perfect background music. Turn it on while testing!

I bought this on a blind buy. Oh, what a smart decision I made. I absolutely love this gorgeous perfume. I cannot stop smelling it. It was recommended by one of the YouTubers I watch that reviews perfume. I love how she explained the beauty of this perfume. Then, I came to Fragrantica to check what others had said about it. Most said it was beautiful, long lasting, so I said, that’s it. I’m getting it. It wasn’t cheap. This bottle was 150 US for 50 ml. But so worth it. I got it from a perfume store on line in Ohio. The fragrance was created by an Argentine perfume maker. Apparently, this fragrance is not controlled by Ifra and it shows. It’s like perfume used to be before they stripped it of its natural oils and power. I highly recommend this unique smelling fragrance.