Replica by Maison Margiela | 2-Piece Mini Set | Beach Walk + By the Fireplace | 0.2 oz / 7 ml EDT Splash Each | Unisex | Launched 2013 & 2015 | Ships from US

Replica by Maison Margiela — 2-Piece Mini Set

Listing Details

• Brand: Maison Margiela (OWP / L’Oréal Group)
• Line: Replica
• Set Includes: Beach Walk + By the Fireplace — each 0.2 fl.oz / 7 ml EDT Splash
• Concentration: Eau de Toilette Splash
• SKU: MaisonMargiela2PCLMSet
• Barcode: 3614274467833
• Condition: Brand new
• Gender: Unisex
• Country of Origin: France 🇫🇷

Fragrance History

Maison Margiela was founded in 1988 by Belgian-born designer Martin Margiela (born 9 April 1957, Leuven, Belgium; graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 1979, the same graduating class as Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, and Walter Van Beirendonck — the group that would become internationally known as the Antwerp Six; worked under Jean-Paul Gaultier before founding his own house) as one of the most conceptually radical, most intellectually rigorous, and most genuinely deconstructivist fashion houses in the history of the Paris avant-garde. The house was acquired by Renzo Rosso’s OTB Group in 2002; Martin Margiela himself retired from fashion in 2009; John Galliano (born 28 November 1960, Gibraltar) became Creative Director in 2014. The Replica fragrance line, launched in 2012, is the most celebrated and most critically acclaimed of all Maison Margiela fragrance projects — a line built entirely around the concept of olfactory memory and the reconstruction of specific sensory moments: each Replica fragrance takes a named, precisely located, precisely dated memory as its conceptual starting point and attempts to reconstruct the specific olfactory atmosphere of that moment with extraordinary precision and extraordinary emotional authenticity. The Replica line has produced some of the most beloved, most widely discussed, and most commercially successful niche-leaning designer fragrances of the 2010s and 2020s. The fragrances are distributed by L’Oréal Group (which acquired the Margiela fragrance license).

The Two Fragrances

• Beach Walk — Launched 2013
  Conceptual premise: a beach walk in Comporta, Portugal, summer morning. Notes: bergamot, coconut milk, ylang-ylang, iris, white musk, ambergris. A warm, sun-drenched, slightly powdery solar beach composition — coconut and bergamot opening into a soft white floral heart; dries to a clean warm musk and ambergris base that captures the specific quality of sun-warmed skin after a morning by the sea. One of the most warmly approachable and most universally beloved Replica expressions.

• By the Fireplace — Launched 2015
  Conceptual premise: a winter evening by a wood fireplace. Notes: clementine, pink pepper, chestnut, guaiac wood, cashmeran, vanilla, Peru balsam. A cozy, woody, slightly smoky, warmly sweet composition that became one of the most viral and most widely discussed Replica fragrances — the chestnut and guaiac wood accord creating an extraordinarily realistic impression of a crackling wood fire; vanilla and cashmeran adding warmth and skin-close sweetness; became a global bestseller and one of the most-reviewed fragrances on Fragrantica and Reddit fragrance communities.

Best For

Beach Walk: Spring and summer; beach, brunch, casual daytime, travel.
By the Fireplace: Autumn and winter; evenings at home, cozy occasions, date nights, holiday season.
Together: The perfect seasonal pairing — one for warm months, one for cold.