Past Drops

Bright citrus notes mixed with a radiant, expansive yuzu for a head-clearing dreamscape swirled within a Sofia Coppola-esque gauzed haze of gentle green notes, pliant woods and murmur of incense from 100 meters off.

Realist is a bit of a contradiction within a collection based on contradictions. It’s a scent for a sun-blanketed nap in the grass on a warm day, dreaming of being in a far-flung location but waking up to finding it absolutely perfect right where you are.

Notes

• Bergamot, Lemon,Yuzu, Pepper
• Marine Accord,Petitgrain,Cedarwood, Rose,Black Tea
• Vetiver, Everlasting Flower, Amber,Incense,Hinoki Wood

10ml / 0.35oz extrait de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol denat, parfum, linalool, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, geraniol, citral, isoeugenol, coumarin, hydroxycitronellal, eugenol, cinnamyl alcohol, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, amyl cinnamal

Real optimism is about more than just something to make you smile. It’s about more than just having a giggle. The top-to-bottom woods explored in Vaunt’s The Optimist is an uber intelligent spin on the subject that will make you think twice.

Woody smells make us think about trees. Trees are great. But, trees also have deep roots, they stand tall and reach way up into the sky. Trees are tenacious, strong and reassuring.

And that’s what The Optimist evokes for us. Mix in a dash of understated sophistication, and you’ve got one cracking perfume.

So, throw those shoulders back. Head up. Go get ‘em, tiger.

Notes:

• Bergamot, Pinewood
• Cedarwood, Geranium, Sandalwood
• Amber Woods, White Woods

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney, 2019.

10ml / 0.35oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol (denat), Parfum, Linalool, Geraniol, Limonene, Benzyl Benzoate.

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

When it comes to perfume, we often hear the word “cheap” thrown around when people talk about synthetic aroma molecules. There is a deeply entrenched belief that just because something is “natural” it must be superior. What most people don’t realise, though, is that most aroma molecules are isolated from natural sources. In the case of ambroxan used in Esencia to replicate the effect of natural ambergris, it’s primarily isolated from clary sage. And it’s really bloody expensive!

Sleek, sophisticated and angular, Esencia is the Blade Runner of perfumery. Experiencing its dry, mineralic, leathery smells blurs the lines between what is real and what is “fake”, a recurring theme in a couple of Philip K. Dick novels, to create an aroma that is more than anything accomplishable by nature.

Notes:

• Cardamom, Bergamot, Cumin, Nutmeg, Pink Pepper
• Frankincense, Labdanum, Hay, Orris Root
• Vetiver, Sandalwood, Ambroxan, Leather, Cedar

10ml / 0.35oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Parfum, Aqua, Geraniol, Linalool, Limonene, Coumarin, Farnesol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Eugenol, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate

Gourmand is the type of gourmand fragrance that has nothing to do with cupcakes, sprinkles or saccharine sweetness. This is on par with the best of grown-up, adult indulgence like excellent coffee, chunky cable knits and next level me time. The pinnacle of scented self care.

Notes:

• Fig, Rum, Honey
• Malted Milk, Tonka, Dark Chocolate
• Patchouli, Amber, Vanilla Bean

10ml / 0.35 oz eau de parfum

Ingredients: Alcohol denat, Parfum (Fragrance), Citral, Citronellol, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Evernia prunastri extract, Coumarin, Benzyl Cinnamate, Cinnamal, Isoeugenol.

THE SILENT PATH | Voices coming from the beach are long gone. The Mediterranean welcomes autumn. It is oh so quiet up here. The mood is impossible to put into words. A scent captures it instead. Sweet aromatic notes of dry soil and Mediterranean pines are floating in the air. Warm, woody, silent – a fragrant memory that is here to stay.

Notes

• Galbanum, Pink Pepper, Coriander
• Magnolia, Cistus, Fir Balsam, Benzoin
• Patchouli, Vetiver, Musk, Cedarwood

Perfumer: Marie Urban Le Febvre, 2020.

10 ml / 0.35oz. eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Limonene, Eugenol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Isoeugenol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool