Centrepiece

Update review (my original is somewhere down the page. Irrelevant tangent time - wow, is it really over a year since I first commented on this one? Where is the time going???!) Anyways. I finally saved up enough for a big bottle of this, and I am thrilled with it, I really love it. I find it to be one of those scents that just lifts my mood, it just has a happy vibe to it for some reason. And as previously mentioned, I still find this an extremely well blended, smooth and accomplished fragrance. When liberally spritzing myself with my new bottle of Centrepiece the other day it suddenly dawned on me what this reminds me of; I thought before some kind of FM Musc Ravageur + Chanel Beige inspired feeling, maybe a distant cousin or something. But it came to me now what my brain was reaching for: Imagine that once upon a time Musc Ravageur and Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Nymphaea met and fell in love. Around the same time, in another place Creed's Jasmine Imperatrice Eugenie was being swept off her feet by Chanel Beige. In time both couples had children, a boy for MR and AAFN, and a girl for JIE and CB. Time passed and these children grew up to become young adults, and one summers day they met one another in the park, and fell head over heels in love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance that basically looked like a photo/video montage from instagram or pinterest of something - all picnics in the park with hampers and checked gingham rugs, selfies in the sun showing tousled and sun lightened hair, rosy glowing cheeks, photos of cakes baked together, you know the kind of thing I mean - they got married in summer, in the park where they first met. A year or two later they welcome their first baby into the world, and that baby, a baby who's grandparents were MR, AAFN, JIE & CB, a baby born of love and sunshine. That baby (now all grown up themself) is of course Centrepiece! I also wanted to just add that I am really surprised at some of the reiews, I guess this must be one that really develops differently on different skin because I simply cannot recognise it as the same perfume in some of the other reviews. I get nothing remotely like Coromandel, or Prada Amber, and no chocolate, no cherries, no wax or plastic or playdoh and so on. When I see a bunch of reviews all saying something similar to each other, and they happen to be a million miles away from what I have experienced I always wonder is it just a skin chemistry+personal references and perceptions and tastes, or is there some batch variation or something at play here?

This stuff is fabulous, glad it has been added to the database :) I will have to wear it again soon and then I will add a proper review, I didn't really make notes when I've worn it before. Just a few rough thoughts from previous wears, and I will update with a proper review shortly. I ordered a 4ml mini of this with an order from 4160 Tuesdays a few months ago, there was no info on it at the time and it wasn't listed on the full bottle size pages, I just happened to notice the name appeared in a dropdown menu list for the sample sizes and decided on a whim to add one to my order. What good fortune that I did because this perfume is gorgeous! I tried it on with no preconceptions or ideas of the type of scent, the notes, nothing other than the name. But it was one of those scents where you smell it for the first time and just think "yes!" as you inhale! There is a definite sweetness to this but not in a candy-gourmand kind of way, nor is it at all fruity, and the sweetness is not strong or overpowering at all. The honey was not cloying to my nose, instead it added an animalic nuance especially when combined with the ceder. This animalic note combined with the musk and vanilla actually brought to mind Musc Ravageur, albeit a friendlier more approachable version. I did not identify Frangipani as a note, although I have only ever smelled that in summery, tropical type scents and so do not have a clear reference for it in my head. This was definitely one of those times when I loved what I was smelling and desperately wanted more information about notes etc. As strange as it may sound I felt that this was a kind of cross between Musc Ravageur and Chanel Beige edt, but with an added "something". This feels to me a very accomplished scent; I have enjoyed most of Sarah's work to date but this one marks a new level of achievement and skill. I doubt that anyone sniffing blind would attribute this to a small indie house, not that there is anything wrong with previous releases from the house, just that this one reaches a new level, smelling refined, polished and balanced. I am saving for a full bottle and highly recommend checking this one out.

Well, this is a lovely scent! It opens with a rather sophisticated burst of fragrance -- I picked up on the green tea and honey, also musk. I continued to get all of these as well as middle notes of cedar and a general floral scent. As it dries down, I then get a lovely and lasting waft of frangipani, cedar, vanilla... in approximately that order. I'm not overly keen on gourmands that smell like actual food, but Centrepiece manages to stay on the right side of that. Somehow the more serious musk and cedar scents balance the frangipani and vanilla nicely. Towards the end the sweet smells win out a little more, but I still don't find it cloying or lacking in nuance. Really, really like this one. It was a blind buy and it is a very pleasant surprise. It's very versatile. I could happily wear it to work, at the weekend, or on a date (should anyone ask me!). And I can also see it working throughout the seasons; I'd be interested to see if I got more of the sweet vanilla scent in cold weather. I really like it right now (spring time) and perhaps that's why I'm enjoying the cedar notes so much as they give it a certain freshness and depth that sweet scents can sometimes lack. Emotionally, this is both comforting and energising, in a curious way. I want to smell it because it is pleasurable, and it makes me smile. At the same time, I get a little zingy burst of oomph that makes me feel quite purposeful as well as comforted. It has lasted well on me and still smells good ten hours later, which is a lot longer than many of the 4160 fragrances seem to last on me. I can see myself coming back to this versatile fragrance a lot. Edit: I do come back to this a lot! I am now getting a strong anise note in the opening, which is unexpected as I don't remember smelling that when I first tried it. It is beautiful versatile scent.

This is my second bottle from 4160 Tuesdays after picking up a bottle of Eau My Soul a couple months back. Between these two and the others I’ve sampled, I’m very high on this house. It seems like their scents are just nice, unpretentious, and fun, and quite high quality. Centrepiece is a gourmand scent that isn’t too foody. I get a lot of vanilla, honey, and tonka in the opening. There is no tonka listed, but I did notice it listed coumarin as an ingredient on the box, so that probably explains the tonka. I also get what smells a lot like tobacco to me, although that’s not listed either. That’s probably the note other people here are describing as cherry. The musk is also very prevalent and adds a sort of smooth dustiness. Overall, it actually kind of reminds me of Feve Delicieuse and Kilian Back to Black. The drydown is somewhat linear, but it does soften a bit and the almond-like frangipani becomes more prevalent. The scent does seem to lean a bit more feminine overall, but men can certainly wear it. I know I’m going to be wearing this every day for the next while. Really beautiful stuff. Another favorite from 4160 Tuesdays.

Centrepiece I was initially disappointed by, but that was upon first application. I swear that, although it isn't listed that there's cinammon in this. Centrepiece is a strange scent that reminds me rather strongly of sweet vanilla cakes. Somewhat similar to Tendre Madeline by Laurence Dumont, only nothing like it at all - but a similar feeling. i'm not entirely sure why, but I can't seem to grasp the sorbet. I was informed by Sarah that green tea wasn't use in this, or Doe in the Snow. I can detect it in that, but not in this. This is a very musky scent in the dry down and I adore that. However, I find this to be perhaps a bit to one dimensional for me. It transforms beautifully and is, as the reviewer below me stated, undoubtedly classy... but sadly not all that interesting to me. I may have to wear it a bit more, though, and perhaps buy a 9mL spray. The fragipani in this is beyond beautiful, also.