Maison Margiela · 2015

Replica By the Fireplace

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Maison Margiela asks $170 for 100 ml
30 ml$89
100 ml$170

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Roasted chestnut and clove over smoky, campfire-like woods and warm vanilla, with a flicker of pink pepper.

Maison Margiela says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper essence, Orange Flower absolute, Clove Oil, Chestnut Accord, Guaïac Wood Oil, Cade Oil, vanilla accord, Peru Balsam resinoïd and Cashmeran.

More from Maison Margiela’s description

It also mentions Guaiac wood, Chestnut notes, Red berries oil, Vanilla, Chestnut and Clove.

The house’s page

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The drawn Replica By the Fireplace bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica By the Fireplace’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, bitter orange, clove, chestnut, guaiacwood, cade drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Replica By the Fireplace, top notes: Pink pepper, Bitter orange, Clove

Heartas it settles

Replica By the Fireplace, heart: Chestnut, Guaiacwood, Cade

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica By the Fireplace, dry-down: Vanilla, Peru balsam, Cashmeran (cashmere wood)

What’s inside it

What Maison Margiela names

Pink Pepper essenceOrange Flower absoluteClove OilChestnut AccordGuaïac Wood OilCade OilVanilla accordPeru Balsam resinoïdCashmeran (cashmere wood)Red berries oil

What the label names

6 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 amber & resins2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Geraniol (rose)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol
11 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell11

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octinoxate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateYellow 6Yellow 5BHT (keeps it fresh)Red 33Violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Smoked Oud & VanillaMaison Alhambra · shares pink pepper, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), clove, vanilla and 1 more$32 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Replica By the Fireplace’s $170
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), guaiacwood, vanilla and peru balsam$395 for 100 ml · about twice Replica By the Fireplace’s $170
Sacrifice for HerAjmal · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and Cashmeranabout $26 for 50 ml · about a third of Replica By the Fireplace’s $170
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.