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Angels' Share or By the Fireplace

Two cozy winters that share only vanilla
Angels' ShareVSBy the Fireplace
66Signature
Angels' Share
«Cognac, praline and cinnamon over vanilla — a warm dessert glow out of the bar cabinet.»
50Present
By the Fireplace
«Roasted chestnut and smoky guaiac with clove — a bonfire, not a kitchen.»
The internet files them together as 'cozy', but all they truly share is vanilla. Angels' Share is louder and richer — a sweet, boozy evening; By the Fireplace is quieter and narrower, just woodsmoke; neither is an office scent, both want cold air and dusk.
Which is louder?
Angels' Share 64By the Fireplace 46
Angels' Share fills the armchair with cognac warmth; By the Fireplace keeps its smoke close to the sweater.
Which is more recognizable?
7472
Both get clocked about equally, only Angels' Share reads as dessert and By the Fireplace as a campfire.
Where can you wear it?
4635
Both are narrow: Angels' Share also stretches to a cool evening, By the Fireplace is locked to a frosty night.
How similar they are
Scent41%
Related only through the sweet-warm family; past that they diverge — cognac praline and resinous smoke share little.
Vibe0%
And by feel they are strangers: Angels' Share is a glass of brandy after dinner, By the Fireplace a coat that came back smelling of the fire.
What they share — and where they split
shared · 1vanilla
Then they split:
Angels' Sharecognaccinnamontonka beanpraline
By the Fireplaceguaiac woodchestnutcloveperu balsam
They share a single vanilla, and around it two different worlds: cinnamon, cognac and praline bake Angels' Share into dessert, while chestnut, clove and guaiac smoke By the Fireplace into woodsmoke.
2015 against 2020 — a fireside classic of the last decade and a later gourmand punch that caught the wave for sweet and boozy.
Niche against designer, and the label costs here: Angels' Share runs about four times more expensive — the surcharge buys cognac density and reach, while By the Fireplace gives smoke for a fraction, only quieter and narrower.
Angels' Share is searched more — price aside, the loud dessert outpolls the fireside smoke.
Price today
By Kilian · 100 ml
14,432 ₴
buy
Maison Martin Margiela · 100 ml
4,394 ₴
buy
Today’s gap — 10,038 ₴.
Tell Index · numbers are computed on open
By Kilian Angels' Share vs Maison Martin Margiela By the Fireplace — fragrance duel · Tell Index