SMOKED VANILLA PINECONE

The pinecones in the basket by the hearth have gone soft and sticky from sitting close to the heat all winter. Somebody threw one on the fire an hour ago just to see what it would do. There's a pan of something sweet cooling on the stove in the next room, and by now you can't smell one without the other. Black Tie — Smoked vanilla, soft florals, dried fruits, cashmere woods, mossy musk. Rich and low-lit. Barn — Pinecone resin, spiced nutmeg, almond wood, cedarwood. Sap, kindling, and whatever's on the fire.