Jazz Club

Maison Margiela · 2013

A rum-and-tobacco scent built to smell like a warm, smoky bar

It opens on pink pepper and neroli before a boozy rum accord takes over, sitting next to tobacco leaf and vanilla with clary sage and vetiver kept in the background. It reads warm and lightly smoky rather than sweet, closer to a bar at closing time than a cigar lounge.

How it reads

Rum
Tobacco Leaf
Vanilla
Pink Pepper
Neroli
Clary Sage
Vetiver

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Ranked by how much they share with Jazz Club. The notes in common are listed under each bottle. Prices and stock come from the makers’ own shops.

CIGAR RUM
PRIN (Prin Lomros) / Strangers Parfumerie / Parfum Prissana
- Mandarin
- Raisin
- Plum
- Cherry
- +7
$8–220EDP
Shares the rum, tobacco leaf and vetiver. It goes further into cigar and aged spirit, with raisin, plum and cherry in the heart and oak and balsams below, so it is fruitier and less peppery.
Shared notes
Kraken
Ghoulish Goods
- Leather
- Allspice
- Plum
- Ozone
- +9
$19–28.50Oil
Shares rum, tobacco leaf and vanilla, with spice around them. It adds leather, clove, ozone and sea notes, so it reads saltier and woodier. A small-format oil rather than a spray.
Shared notes
Manhattan
City Rhythm Fragrance
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Violet Leaf
- Tea
- +8
$40–218Extrait
Shares tobacco leaf, vanilla and vetiver, with a cinnamon and bergamot opening. There is no rum. It leans on frankincense, myrrh and tea, so it is more incense than bar.
Shared notes
A Midnight Dreary
Wylde Ivy
$35–37Parfum
Shares rum and vanilla in a smoky, warm frame, with cedar smoke, embers and singed tonka. It has no tobacco and adds coffee, leather and wax, so it is darker and more fireside.
Shared notes
- Rum
- Vanilla

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CIGAR RUM

Kraken

Manhattan

A Midnight Dreary