4160Tuesdays

Temptation is so smooth it practically purs out of the bottle. It was first developed as an accord in another 4160Tuesdays scent called Take Me to the River. Take Me to the River is a perfume about falling for someone who’s really no good for you, and Temptation brought the tempting bit.

“You know how a backing band is sometimes so good that it gathers a fan base, leaves its headline singer behind and goes on tour by itself? That’s what happened with Temptation. No plants were harmed in the creation of this fragrance and it has no allergens. Everyone can wear it. You can use it on its own, or add it to a lighter, flighty fragrance to help it last longer and waft further. It’s gorgeous.” Sarah McCartney, 4160Tuesdays.

And what a cracking idea if you want to experiment with some of your past drops and try boosting them up to Take Me to Mars level!

Notes

• Musks

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney, 2020.

50ml/1.75oz

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Parfum

Inevitable Crimes of Passion is the perfume of a Henry James novel. It's not one specific book, but as every one of his stories involves at least one young innocent rich American being seduced by one or more older, impoverished, charming shameless Europeans, it’s the scent of outrageous seduction.

It starts with an invitation into the orangery, then to the parlour for cake and coffee, into the drawing room for cognac, then into the cellar never to be seen again.

The use of mushroom absolute in Inevitable Crimes of Passion creates a very unique effect that enhances the feeling of being in a dank cellar full of discarded, tattered velvet furniture, while also cranking up the volume on patchouli’s fantastic earthiness.

Notes:

• Grapefruit, Orange, Pink Pepper
• Cognac, Chocolate, Sandalwood, Coffee
• Cedarwood, Patchouli, Mushroom, Musk

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney, 2015

50ml / 1.7oz extrait de parfum

Ingredients: Ingredients: Alcohol, Parfum, Limonene, Farnesol, Citral

An enthralling perfumed tableaux of wandering through the streets of Havana on a hot summer night. The smell of overripe mangoes, bruised and discarded, after a day spent wallowing in tropical heat mixes with golden, sun-cured tobacco leaves, caramelized brown sugar, freshly pressed espresso and vines of jasmine hanging overhead.

Perfumer Sarah McCartney finishes The Dark Heart of Old Havana on a base of a dark vanilla, tonka bean and feral musks that give this perfume such a swagger it should come with a parental advisory warning. This is a grown-up, adults-only fragrance, fully cognizant of its intoxicating allure.

Warning: Due to the colour of some of the naturals used in this fragrance, it may stain light coloured clothing.

Notes

• Bergamot, Black Pepper, Orange,Mango, Grapefruit, Sugar
• Tobacco, Coffee, Jasmine
• Vanilla, Musk, Tonka

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney, 2013.

50ml / 1.7oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol, Parfum, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Geraniol.

Doe in the Snow is an homage to the fruity chypre perfumes of the late 1960s and 1970s. Sarah McCartney’s modern interpretation is a graceful blend of citrus fruits, flowers and woods stirred with an icicle. She uses a crystalline breeze of sparkling aldehydes to create an icy glaze on rounded, peachy softness and a blanketing of downy snow on pale white roses and jasmine cradled in woods. She softens the notoriously steely-eyed glare of the classical chypre base with green tea absolute, which surrounds the oakmoss in a velvety plush texture. Understated and fabulously retro.

Notes

• Grapefruit, Cedrat, Yuzu, Peach Aldehyde,Snow
• Cedarwood, Rose, Jasmine, Oak
• Opoponax, Oakmoss, Leather, Green Tea Absolute

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney, 2014.

50ml / 1.7 oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol, Parfum, Benzyl Salicylate , Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Evernia, Prunastri (Oak Moss) Extract, Linalool, Citral