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Maison Margiela

By the Fireplace

  • Unisex
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 2015

A best-seller of Maison Margiela's Replica line, By the Fireplace recreates the warmth of a wood fire: roasted chestnut, smoky notes, guaiac wood and vanilla. Comforting and cocooning, a wintry madeleine.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Orange · Star anise

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Chestnut · Guaiac wood · Incense

  3. Base Several hours

    Vanilla · Woody notes

Top notes

Heart notes

Base notes

What its composition says

  • 3 materials in the heart, against 2 on top and 2 in the base: the heart carries the composition.
  • Chestnut: a niche material, declared by only 7 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Woody, gourmand, citrus and spicy: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with woody supplying 3 of 7.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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