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Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Every fragrance in the catalogue is evaluated against this one on its own merits. Each answer is a trajectory over a wear day, not a single score, because two sprays are two films on skin with different evaporation curves rather than one blend.

Recommended

Both fragrances stay present through the day, something in the pair actively works, and no material is pushed far enough past its dose threshold to damage the blend. Any threshold that is crossed at all is still listed on the card.

Maison Margiela

Jazz Club

Recommended
  • vanilla rounds cured tobacco instead of competing with it
Spray first Maison Margiela Jazz Club
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray each. Neither is loud enough to need holding back.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    vanillic-sweet (flipped) burnt-phenol peppery-bite amber-balsam
  2. 1 hour Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    vanillic-sweet (flipped) burnt-phenol amber-balsam cured-leaf
  3. 3 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    vanillic-sweet (flipped) burnt-phenol amber-balsam cured-leaf
  4. 6 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    vanillic-sweet (flipped) burnt-phenol amber-balsam cured-leaf

Dose thresholds crossed

  • vanillin — caused by layering. Combined load 0.88 against a threshold of 0.6. Above this it reads flat plasticky sweetness that smothers what is under it.

Shared materials: vanillin, pink pepper, cedarwood.

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Glossier

You

Recommended
  • amber-woods and musk extend each other into one continuous skin base
Spray first Glossier You
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray each. Neither is loud enough to need holding back.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Glossier You

    Glossier You is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    skin-musk dry-amberwood (flipped) burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  2. 1 hour Glossier You

    Glossier You is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    skin-musk dry-amberwood (flipped) burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  3. 3 hours Glossier You

    Glossier You is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    skin-musk dry-amberwood (flipped) burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  4. 6 hours Glossier You

    Glossier You is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    skin-musk dry-amberwood (flipped) vanillic-sweet burnt-phenol

Dose thresholds crossed

  • cashmeran — caused by layering. Combined load 0.63 against a threshold of 0.6. Above this it reads pine-musk plastic.

Shared materials: cashmeran, pink pepper.

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Workable with care

These hold together, but something about them needs watching. The caveat is stated on each.

Dior

Sauvage

Workable with care
  • amber-woods bury a citrus opening within the first hour, so the citrus is decoration rather than a layer
  • vanilla smothers herbal transparency rather than blending with it
  • caramelised sweetness flattens dry herbs
Spray first Dior Sauvage
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray each. Neither is loud enough to need holding back.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol peppery-bite vanillic-sweet
  2. 1 hour Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet peppery-bite
  3. 3 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet pencil-wood
  4. 6 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    dry-amberwood vanillic-sweet burnt-phenol pencil-wood

Shared materials: pink pepper, cedarwood.

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Chanel

Bleu de Chanel

Workable with care
  • amber-woods bury a citrus opening within the first hour, so the citrus is decoration rather than a layer
Spray first Chanel Bleu de Chanel
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray each. Neither is loud enough to need holding back.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet pencil-wood
  2. 1 hour Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet pencil-wood
  3. 3 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    dry-amberwood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet pencil-wood
  4. 6 hours Both, roughly even

    Both are still contributing in similar measure.

    dry-amberwood vanillic-sweet burnt-phenol amber-balsam

Shared materials: cedarwood.

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Diptyque

Eau Rose

Workable with care
  • amber-woods bury a citrus opening within the first hour, so the citrus is decoration rather than a layer
  • burnt sugar swallows green sap almost immediately
  • One fragrance clearly leads at one checkpoint.
Spray first Diptyque Eau Rose
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray of Maison Margiela By the Fireplace to 2 sprays of Diptyque Eau Rose.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Both, roughly even

    Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.

    rose-petal burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet skin-musk
  2. 1 hour Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

    Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is ahead but Diptyque Eau Rose is still readable.

    rose-petal burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet skin-musk
  3. 3 hours Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

    Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is ahead but Diptyque Eau Rose is still readable.

    burnt-phenol rose-petal skin-musk vanillic-sweet
  4. 6 hours Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

    Maison Margiela By the Fireplace leads clearly. Diptyque Eau Rose is a modifier at this point rather than half of a blend.

    skin-musk vanillic-sweet burnt-phenol rose-petal

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Le Labo

Santal 33

Workable with care
  • One fragrance clearly leads at one checkpoint.
Spray first Le Labo Santal 33
Spray second Maison Margiela By the Fireplace

Ratio: 1 spray of Le Labo Santal 33 to 2 sprays of Maison Margiela By the Fireplace.

How it moves over the day

  1. 10 minutes Le Labo Santal 33

    Le Labo Santal 33 is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    dry-amberwood creamy-wood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  2. 1 hour Le Labo Santal 33

    Le Labo Santal 33 is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    dry-amberwood creamy-wood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  3. 3 hours Le Labo Santal 33

    Le Labo Santal 33 is ahead but Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is still readable.

    dry-amberwood creamy-wood burnt-phenol vanillic-sweet
  4. 6 hours Le Labo Santal 33

    Le Labo Santal 33 leads clearly. Maison Margiela By the Fireplace is a modifier at this point rather than half of a blend.

    dry-amberwood creamy-wood vanillic-sweet burnt-phenol

Shared materials: cedarwood.

Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.

Not recommended

Listed with the reason, because a rejection you cannot inspect is indistinguishable from a bug.