Replica - By the Fireplace Maison Margiela 2015

No fragrance has taken me so long to consider buying it as "By the Fireplace". But at the airport I hit him and took him with me.
I admit that at the current temperatures of 36°C and more it is not exactly suitable, but of course I had to try it first. With new fragrances I just can't hold back.

By the Fireplace starts directly pleasantly sweet. There's vanilla, which you can also recognize, but I think it still has something of a great warm caramel and/or roasted marshmallow note. In addition, one immediately recognizes the chestnut (well chestnut itself I would not have recognized, but one recognizes the nut note). It doesn't make the fragrance too sweet.
A short time later, however, the fragrance becomes much spicier and smokier. Really reminds of a smoky campfire or a burning fireplace. When I stood so next to my mother she actually said something was burning in the neighborhood. So it really smells like a burning fire at that time, and although you should expect it from its name ("By the Fireplace"), I didn't think it would be captured so faithfully. To be honest, this fireplace/ campfire note is almost too much for me and gives me a slight headache. Shortly before I'm about to wash my arm off, this smoky note fades away and the beautiful, powdery sweet notes of vanilla and roasted marshmallow come out again. Instead of the chestnut note above, the woody-sweet note of cashmeran now resonates. I like the base very much.

The durability of By the Fireplace is really great and I can recognize it the next day. Especially if it was sprayed on clothes, you can still smell it days later.
I'm looking forward to being able to use this great scent in winter, because I think that it can be interpreted better in the cold temperatures than in these hot summer temperatures.
I will certainly also look at the one or other replica fragrance