By the Fireplace

Scent Profile

Top notes: Pink Pepper, Orange, Cloves

Heart notes: Chestnut, Guaiac Wood, Vanilla

Base notes: Cashmeran, Musk, Benzoin, Amber

Why We Carry This

Marie Salamagne's chestnut accord is the technical achievement that made By the Fireplace a category-defining release. The fragrance's reputation is fully earned: the smoke-chestnut construction is specific in a way that most comfort scents are not, and the cashmeran base gives it a lasting softness that justifies every reapplication.

Character

Accords: Smoky, Woody, Sweet, Warm Spicy, Vanilla, Amber

Perfumer: Marie Salamagne

Launched: 2015

By the Fireplace became one of the most discussed fragrances of the 2010s for a reason: it actually smells like a fireplace. Pink pepper and clove open with a warmth that is almost prickly before Marie Salamagne's roasted chestnut accord arrives in the heart, a creation precise enough to read as a specific food rather than a generic sweetness. Guaiac wood and cade oil add the smoke, dry and resinous rather than acrid. The vanilla accord and cashmeran base give the drydown a soft, radiant warmth that is less crackling fire and more the clothes you were wearing while sitting near one.