Smoke & leather
Perfumes that smell like a campfire
These perfumes evoke a campfire through smoky incense, cade oil and papyrus, with labdanum and elemi resin adding a warm, balsamic glow. The result reads as wood smoke drifting over resinous embers.
01Maison Martin MargielaBy the Fireplace★ 4.20 · 27,659 ratings
02Tom FordEbene Fume★ 4.10 · 3,616 ratingsWith incense, labdanum, cade oil
03MontaleFull Incense★ 4.13 · 2,263 ratingsWith incense, elemi resin
04LaliqueEncre Noire A L'Extreme★ 4.21 · 8,358 ratingsWith elemi resin, incense
05MendittorosaArchetipo★ 4.12 · 346 ratingsWith incense, smoke, labdanum
06AkroSmoke★ 3.60 · 1,345 ratingsWith smoke, cade oil
07MontaleWood On Fire★ 3.73 · 428 ratingsWith smoke
08Serge LutensBapteme du Feu★ 3.81 · 2,339 ratings
09GucciGucci pour Homme 2003★ 4.44 · 3,682 ratingsWith papyrus, incense, labdanum
10Maison Francis KurkdjianBaccarat Rouge 540★ 3.74 · 30,154 ratings
11Bon Parfumeur401 cedar, candied plum, vanilla★ 3.97 · 601 ratingsWith incense, labdanum
12Tiziana TerenziLaudano Nero★ 4.06 · 3,114 ratingsWith incense, labdanum
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Chosen by matching each fragrance’s notes and accords to the impression, among fragrances with at least 300 ratings, one per line so flankers don’t crowd the list. “Our pick” marks a fragrance our editors add by hand.