By the Fireplace vs Replica Jazz Club
Side by side. Scored honestly.
← Compare different fragrancesNo shared notes — these two land in very different territory.
Verdicts
By the Fireplace
A oriental woody gourmand fragrance built around cade oil, birch tar, incense, smoke, amber. Scent profile not yet written in our editorial pass — the listed notes are the most reliable summary of the wear character until that's filled in.
Replica Jazz Club
Pink pepper and neroli crack open with a brief, almost boozy brightness before rum and tobacco leaf pull the fragrance into its real territory — a warm, slightly smoky bar-room heart that smells intentionally lived-in rather than pristine. The dry-down softens into vanilla-laced vetiver, staying intimate and skin-close with moderate projection and a sillage that clings rather than announces. Nothing here is sharp or aggressive; it just settles into something quietly confident and a little worn-in.— Fall and winter evenings, jazz bars or dinner out, built for men who wear fragrance as atmosphere rather than statement.
How they overlap
By the Fireplace and Replica Jazz Club share no notes in common — these two fragrances target very different olfactory territory, and the comparison is a question of which direction you want to go rather than which version of the same accord.
The buying decision
Replica Jazz Club is the cheaper original at $185 compared to $285 for By the Fireplace — about 35% less. By the Fireplace has 1 scored dupe, with the top accuracy at 7/10 from Dua Fragrances Dua’s Fireplace ($35–$45). Replica Jazz Club has 3, top accuracy 8/10 from Lattafa Liquid Brun ($25–$40). On the budget side, Replica Jazz Club's top-3 dupes start at $15 versus $35 for the other — the cheaper entry point belongs to Replica Jazz Club.
Recommendation
Both By the Fireplace and Replica Jazz Club have credible top dupes (within one accuracy point of each other). The choice comes down to which scent direction you actually prefer — the descriptions above are the better guide than the scores.