Burn For You

I am such a sucker for these types of scents - as in.. I smelled this and bought it immediately. This is beautiful! This is a pure wood burning smoke with a sweet vanilla touch. It’s like Memoirs of a Trespasser and By The Fireplace had a baby. The clove leaf gives this perfect amount of warmth and spice. Dries to the coziest ambery musk! Only downside is that it doesn’t last very long at all, but I bathe in it anyway. Drown me in this juice!! 10/10

You gotta love cloves to love this one. Clearly a winter fragrance, it smells like cold weather and Christmas cozy vibes. I don’t think it’s a dupe for by the fireplace but if you’re wanting less smoky and more spicy this could be a good alternative.

This is the last scent from the 5 Sens discovery set that I tried and its hands down my favorite. Full disclosure, I absolutely love Replica's By the Fireplace and I layer it with vanilla scents so this was right up that alley. This is a smoky vanilla with some clove spice to it that just does it for me. The smoke in this is an artificial smoke, not the photorealistic smoke you get in By the Fireplace. This scent profile is also basic and never evolves. What I smelled immediately after spraying is what I smelled hours later. This makes this an easy go to when you want that smoky sweet profile and just want to spray and head out. Overall, I really liked this and plan to add it to my collection at some point.

I have the travel size spray for By the Fireplace by MMM and it really smells like it but with the only difference being, that the clove and cinnamon note is very prominent and really reminds me of Christmas when everything starts smelling like cloves and cinnamon. It's more spicy with those notes while By the Fireplace I get those campfire notes more as well as a more sweet and creamy note? It's a decent dupe but to me, it really just smells like cloves and cinnamon.

Smells EXACTLY like the Finnish sauna. To me it isn't smoky, it's just very hot (not burnt) dry wood. Pretty linear, can't detect any vanilla, clove comes trough more in the dry down, leans more masculine. I quite like it, but you need to love those pencil shavings woodsy scents to enjoy it.