By the Fireplace
By the Fireplace opens with a faint drift of orange blossom smoothed by pink pepper, but within minutes the guaiac wood asserts itself—resinous, slightly medicinal, with that characteristic band-aid sweetness that splits opinion.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Vanilla65
- Incense50
- Musk35
- Caramel30
- Black Pepper20
By the editors · 2 min readBy the Fireplace opens with a faint drift of orange blossom smoothed by pink pepper, but within minutes the guaiac wood asserts itself—resinous, slightly medicinal, with that characteristic band-aid sweetness that splits opinion. This isn't literal smoke so much as the memory of it: ash on wool, heat radiating from stone.
As it settles, vanilla and cashmeran soften the wood's sharper edges into something closer to burned sugar and warm skin. The effect is cozy without cloying, more ember than blaze. It stays close, linear after the first hour, projecting just enough to smell like you've been near a fire rather than wearing one as a costume.
This suits cold evenings and people who prefer their comfort scents slightly austere. The guaiac dominates enough that if you dislike medicinal woods, no amount of vanilla will rescue it for you.
