Maison Margiela “REPLICA Jazz Club” Fragrance

French fashion house Maison Margiela has a line of fragrances they call REPLICA, each of which is intended to be evocative of a very specific moment or memory, like sailing around Paros Island in 2001 or relaxing by a crackling fireplace while snow falls outside. Yeah, that specific.

One of their more sophisticated offerings is Jazz Club, an alluring and thoroughly masculine fragrance (although some women also wear it well) that’s supposedly like stepping into a cozy Brooklyn nightclub in 2013.

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Whatever its inspiration, this fragrance is sweet and boozy without cloying. You’ll get notes of smooth vanilla and dark spicy rum on top, with hints of leather and tobacco leaf in the background. I could imagine Don Draper wearing this.

As the world slowly begins to open back up in the wake of mass vaccinations, there will be more and more nights of celebration being had out on the town, and this rather mysterious scent might just become your signature for those special occasions.

It’ll cost you a pretty penny though, with the 0.34oz travel spray going for $52, while the standard 3.4oz bottle is $135.