Maison Margiela · 2015

Replica By the Fireplace

VersionEau de Toilette

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

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

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

Top notesthe first minutes

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

Heartthe first hours

Replica By the Fireplace, heart: chestnut, cade

Dry-downhours later

Replica By the Fireplace, dry-down: Vanilla, peru-balsam, Cashmeran, guaiacwood

On the label

What’s inside it

6 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 amber & resins2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Geraniol

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Not for the smell11

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

Named by Maison Margiela, never on a label

Pink Pepper essenceOrange Flower absoluteClove OilChestnut Accord, not in Ingredients yetCade OilVanilla accordPeru Balsam resinoïdCashmeran (cashmeran)Guaiac wood

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

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Counted from the printed lists: 6 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.