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.

I am working my way through a box of 4160 Tuesdays Samples. This is the third I have sampled and so far all three have been loves. The opening is strong, this is where the frangipani and honey are most prominent.The vanilla and sorbet notes take over after about five minutes and continue until the end. I have been wearing this for five hours and am left with a delicious vanilla skin scent. I don't get any cedar at all which is odd as it is a note that really amps up on me. The sample set of seven small vials of 4160 Tuesdays perfumes come wrapped in individual coloured tissue paper and opening them is akin to opening your favourite sweets as a child. For the sake of my wallet I really hope there are some in here that I dislike as so far I want three full bottles! Lovely stuff.

I get the sorbet, frangipani, choccie and a touch of vanilla and musk. I definitely get the chocolate and frangipani in bucket loads at first but then it quickly settles down and the sorbet and vanilla become much more evident. Centrepiece is a sweet, totally feminine, gourmand, delicious fragrance but its stays close to the skin and only lasts an hour or two at the most on me. If you love gourmands then this is definitely one to try. I suspect that everyone else can smell this long after my nose has gone blind. Its a delicious fragrance.

Absolutely delicious! Smells like a cross between Chanel Beige and Sexiest Scent. The top notes are very much like opening of Beige, then towards middle and base notes the Sexiest Scent starts pushing through. The drydown is a sweeter, creamier and more luxurious version of Sexiest Scent. Just my opinion... Longevity and projection are pretty fabulous. I wonder what the extrait version is like...

Very pretty vanilla scent. And I agree that there’s some similarities to Angel, but I would not have thought that until I read it below. With the patchouli missing, it’s distinctly different, making this less sharp and much easier to wear. There’s also powder present, and I do pickup the ground chocolate note. Gorgeous.

A white floral for those that hate white florals (me!)...the vanilla and honey really stand out in this, but the floral edge keeps it from being overly sweet...this is a very beautiful fragrance...

4160 Tuesdays Centerpiece is another artistic creation by Sarah McCartney, its sweet, powdery, floral mix serving as a semi-feminine reminder of the intoxicating wonders of sweet florals. Frangipani, or Hawaiian lei flower, is likely the main player, and I'm only reasonably assured of that by process of elimination, as it's the only floral note and there seems to be a lot of florals in this. It smells of a white/yellow floral mix, not too sharp on its own, but then mixed with the sweet elements of vanilla, honey and a soft, white musk, as well as cedar and even green tea, though I don't detect the green tea, really, except perhaps for a moment at the opening. It's pretty heavily sweet throughout, but the floral / vanilla / honey / musk balance tells most of the story of this, as the tea is barely there and the cedar lies in the background. Part of the vanilla-lover in me loves this. As much as I do like this scent, though, I dare say I might love smelling it on a woman, for whom it would feel more fitting. Performance is strong, well above average for a scent of its type, and more robust than the last couple 4160 Tuesdays scents I've tried, though the brand generally produces rather strong juice. At $110 for 50ml (Luckyscent, Indiescents, Olfactif), its pricing is reasonable enough for any fan of the scent (this pricing suits me just fine for Freeway, for example). A like on my skin, a love on someone else's. In any case, a pleasant unisex-enough scent that demands trying. 7 out of 10

Hmmmm, not sure about this one. It's classy, no doubt about it. I'd call it a very grown-up, serious gourmand. Bitter dark chocolate and almond/marzipan from the frangipani. I don't get any vanilla/honey sweetness from this at all, though, and I can't pick out the sorbet note. Not my usual, but it's certainly intriguing and a compulsive-wrist-sniffing job for a good while as it settles on the skin. Unfortunately, the drydown on me gets bitter, soapy and very much like the kind of cologne mature men wore in the early 90s. There's a bit of the old Polo Ralph Lauren in the green bottle, which is weird as they don't appear to share any notes. I'm a 4160T groupie. I am in deep, deep love with Doe in the Snow, Midnight in the Palace Garden and Tokyo Spring Blossom, and I own and enjoy many others from this house. But I struggle with 'men's cologne' drydowns on my skin, so this sample is going back in the box and maybe I'll revisit it another day...

This is such a cool fragrance. It opens up with mostly green tea, musk, and sorbet on my skin. I wasn't sure at first. It was pretty but green tea is not usually my thing. But when this dries down, I get lots of honey, vanilla, frangipani and it smells intoxicating. The deep drydown has almost a tobacco touch which again is not my thing but I enjoyed it. This is an incredibly unique fragrance IMO. I've never smelled anything like it. I personally don't get too much of the wood and none of the chocolate which is fine with me. I would get a bottle of this if the smaller sizes were available here in the US. I won't buy a larger bottle as I live in a warm climate and I wouldn't get a ton of use out of this. It's much more of a cooler weather fragrance IMO. But if I ever can get a smaller bottle or decant, I'd jump on it. I'm really enjoying this perfume house and can't wait to try more

On first spray, I thought I’d made a mistake - there’s a herbal sharpness (I’m assuming it’s cedar) which I thought was going to doom it. However, this settles down within 15 minutes to give a lovely honeyed floral vanilla-y powder - it’s so different to the opening! It’s quietly steady - perhaps a good everyday base or working from home scent to give comfort. I like it as a sample, but I’m not sure I love it.

Lovely sample from a generous fragrantican. Of the 3 I sampled from this house this had a different vibe, more refined, well blended. I get a lot of patchouli but i also get the almondy chord from the frangipani. The musk is there and I get the honey. Overall I really like this but it gives me the same pleasure and same feeling as i get from prada amber which is less expensive and has better longevity.

I agree with @EmmaSmells. This is giving big Angel vibes. So much so that I assumed there was patchouli in here before reading the note breakdown. But its not there, but there is honey and chocolate, both of which are featured notes in Angel. Very warm, thick fragrance. Hardly floral or tea-like. I like it quite a bit, but it's not at all what I was expecting.

A beautiful floral semi-gourmand. The first blast is rather like root beer, which settles out after ten minutes. I get no individual honey or vanilla note, but a bit of the chocolate does make an appearance. For the most part, though, this is a floral-dominated fragrance. Like other 4160s, unfortunately, longevity is poor.

A lovely sweet gourmand floral, leaning toward the vanilla and frangipani and tea. The wood is a back up player along with the musk, and the chocolate is simply not there. Does conjure up a floral sorbet. But it has a synthetic vibe I don't like, and while I hate to apply an age or sex, I see this as young woman:16--26.

6.5/10 (9/10 if i was a man) bright, but also warm and spicy with some powdered vanilla. to me this is a weird warm mint that reminds me of musc ravageur. it's less animalistic.

lovely. Tea/honey/wood and vanilla come through for me. Soft and sophisticated. Romantic. I don’t really get the chocolate or floral thankfully.

Lovely! If Chanel's Coromandel and Malle's Musc Ravageur had a baby, this would be it!

Bought this sample on Luckyscent in search of the perfect honey scent! The first thing I noticed upon applying Centrepiece to my wrist was a rather harsh, dry powdery scent that was kinda reminiscent of a generic "perfume" and wasn't entirely pleasant. Thankfully, this phase subsided quickly, and the first few minutes were dominated by the rich, powdery vanilla with an undercurrent of tea. The tea then subsides, and the almondy-heliotrope facets of honeyed frangipani take the stage. I'm not a big fan of almondy notes, so this is a little too much for me, but it undoubtedly is a pretty fragrance, save for the opening. Definitely a cooler weather scent; it can easily get too overwhelming due to its richness and diffusion in the heat.

I don’t think anyone else has yet mentioned this, but on me, I’m getting Angel. It projects as a patchouli chocolate scent on me. I’ve been worn Angel but I smell it on every-other woman out in public and this is the sillage that emanates from them. I’m so surprised there’s no patchouli in this. If I smelted it without any notes, I’d say patchouli, praline, musk and amber. It’s a confectionary patchouli and that’s about the bill of it. It’s the most projecting scent from 4160 Tuesdays. I have a few on separate arms and it’s this which is shouting to be noticed.

It is a great scent, only a bit too mature and ambery for my liking. I get honey, but also it is very ambery.... And reminds me of Ani by Nishane. Only Ani is an absolute love and Centrepiece - an okay. It is quite thick, rich and gives this expensive old fashioned perfume vibe. I have come to a realisation that honey is not a safe note for me. However, prformance is good.

powdery, honeyed chocolate. nice enough, but not something i'd actively reach for. overall rating: 🩷🩷🩷🖤🖤 3/5

Ordered a sample of this, almost blind bought a bottle UNTIL I saw chocolate in the notes which is always a no no for me, I love dark chocolate to eat, I hate anything with a cocoa note to wear. This was an a total scrubber for me. I really like this brand and there’s at least half a dozen or more I want to try, and found my perfect beach scent by them, the warm sands blue oceans is perfection. I snagged myself a bottle of that during BF as I think it’s the closest perfume I’ve come across that actually has beach vibes, and smells amazing. This one was ok at first spray, but it’s got power (which is always a plus for me unless it smells like a perfume nightmare). I didn’t over spray, but it was so cloying and nauseating I had to get it off of me shortly after, thankfully I only did one arm. I smelled decent florals when first sprayed but then it went into heavy floral x chocolate, and though it wasn’t a cocoa vibe, it was more like a sweet milk chocolate candy bar, maybe white chocolate, but it wasn’t vanilla or coconut which I love, it was straight up chocolate and perfumey flowers. I got no honey or frangipani or tropical vibes. Had there been coconut instead of chocolate it may have gone a different way but I didn’t find the florals to be anything memorable just a hot mess.

Smells like woody vanilla with light hints of honey, but not much else. The opening has a bit of that fragipani, but it's very fleeting. I will say this one has a weird citrusy undertone that smells sharp and I can't get over it. The musk note here is also veryyy overwhelming, it takes over everything and I typically love musk but it's just too much here. I don't get any tea either which was disappointing, Feel like the notes were promising but the actual fragrance felt disjointed and muddled in a way.

The first 30 minutes of this is odd in a way that's difficult to name, but then it settles down into a powdery honey-vanilla with an intriguing herbaceous overlay. I love honey notes in some contexts, when it's sultry and a bit overripe or very fresh and lively, but in this powdery context it does feel quite old-fashioned and heavy. Interesting composition in theory, but I just don't enjoy it.

I wanted to like this, and based on the description I really should have. However, there is some intangible element that I just don't care for. It very well could just be my skin but it strikes me almost as the type of body spray you can get at a grocery store.

On my skin this started off with a blast of lemon meringue pie that dissipated in seconds. Once the citrus had calmed down, what emerged reminded me very much of Guerlain's Ylang and Vanille from their Aqua Allegoria range: ylang ylang snuggled up with vanilla and tonka bean. I'd place this squarely in the floral gourmand family. I don't get the tea at all - unless that initial citrus burst was bergamot in a cup of Earl Grey? I'm not getting much chocolate, but I think that is because the vanilla, tonka and chocolate are all very close to each other they and create a blended sweet gourmand accord. Although I used the word "sweet", this isn't as sweet as many fragrances on the market at the moment and if there is honey in the mix, it is keeping well down in the background. This perfume is like a day on the sofa, wrapped in a duvet, watching black and white films.

To/on me, from an official spray sample, this is very much a patchouli-based musk. It has that playdohy sweetish fluffiness that comes with certain types of patchouli, and that coupled w/ the powdery almond facet of frangipani & just a touch of musky honey combine, on my skin, to be something similar to the warm, fuzzy brown, borderline sweet animalic musk found in Mugler's Over The Musk, and in ELDO's Divin Enfant (minus the patch). I tried it blind of the notes and "sweet fluffy playdohy patchouli + heliotrope" was what I thought I was smelling. Not for me, and not at ALL what I would've expected had I looked recently at the note pyramid. This type of honey/patch musk blend has a vintage throwback feel, something about the powdery/sweet in combination with such a potent musk. It's not for me, but it's interesting. DON'T go by the note pyramid! [4.19.16]

Gosh. I get a lot of green tea and pine-y wood as top-notes, which are rather astringent, and to my nose smell a bit like violet leaf. Honey and frangipani come through later, and the scent turns into something warmer and sweeter, though it’s a bitter-sweet blend with an animalic honey and musk patchouli edge rather than a creamy-sweetness. This scent is unexpected, inverting the usual formula of sweet gourmand openings followed by woodsy dry-downs. It isn’t a quick-fix feel-good pick-me-up like many modern main-stream perfumes. I actually thought I was going to dislike Centrepiece after my first spray onto a card, which had a whiff of nail polish about it! However, this is a perfume that becomes much more enjoyable as it warms on my skin, and I am certainly drawn to trying it again. Not an instant favourite for me but very intriguing.

Musky vanilla ice cream in the woods. This is lovely. It's a gourmand, but a very restrained one. I'm sure I get some citrus at the start, although it could be the green tea mixed with the honey that gives off that vibe to me. I don't really notice any frangipani. But then, with this house, I wasn't really expecting to. 4160 Tuesdays never seem floral to me at all, even when there are floral notes in the frag. This is unisex, but I think it leans slightly more feminine than masculine. It's slightly sweet, but not too much. Sarah McCartney really has a signature style. I can reconginse her scents easily as being hers, but I still can't figure out why. There's something woody/musky/herbal about her scents that seems to be in all of the ones I've tried. It's a very nice signature, if anyone can place what makes it, I'm all ears!

I remember trying Centrepiece late last year and feeling quite ambivalent about it. It wasn't bad, it wasn't great, just meh. I was sorting through my samples today and came across a vial, thought I'd give it one more shot, and was completely stunned. I simply cannot reconcile my previous impression with what I smell now. Centrepiece bloomed on my skin so beautifully and elegantly, I really don't know why I didn't see it before. I can't take my nose off my wrist. It takes the quirkiness of Trussardi Jeans and removes the sickly plastic note, and blends it with the silky white florals of Pure Poison (vintage) to create a new entity that well and truly stands on its own. Needless to say, I'm eagerly awaiting my bottle in the post next week.

This scent is very spa-like. It smells like an expensive hand cream. Sort of zen; a bit herbal; at first it makes me think of fresh lemon-mint water and cucumber slices on my eyes, and being massaged by a rather cold, stand-offish New York beautician. Not at all what I was expecting from the notes. I do get frangipani and cedar later, like I'm moving on from my facial and entering a gently scented sauna. Then it becomes powdery and ever so elegantly mature as it dries down. If you enjoy wearing it then I'd imagine it's the olfactory equivalent of sitting down mid-afternoon to relax with a cup of earl grey - if I were a tea-drinker, that is. Seems like a very well made, beautiful perfume that I would just never ever wear.

I don't know if it's me or the sample but this was pretty fleeting on me and didn't stick around until I sprayed it on fabric to get more of a sense of it. The part I get is a honeyed root beer but not a lot of the tea. It's been compared to Coromandel and Beige. I've only sniffed Coromandel and there's a slight similarity- almost like the sweet outer shell of the very rich dense patchouli that makes Coromandel what it is? I could see how this would be a favorite for non-gourmand fans who want something a touch sweet and complex but it's just a little too slippery for me to get a grasp on and as a big tea fan, I have plenty of others I think I'd enjoy more.

I am a huge fan of 4160 Tuesdays. However, I initially overlooked this in favour of Sarah's floral offerings and this one was a slow burner for me. It's become one of my absolute favourites. Comforting and luxurious, like a cashmere sweater. For me it has a Guerlain-esque feel, although I follow the comparison to Chanel Beige and Coromandel. What each of those fragrances share in common with Centrepiece is a perfect balance of sweetness - a distinct gourmand leaning without being sickly or smelling like food. It's beautiful blended and difficult to discern individual notes - the predominant notes to my nose are cedar, honey, frangipani and vanilla.

This is wonderful. It is a chilled sort of gourmand, and I like the icecream/sorbet touch. This is honeyed, with a smooth patchouli chocolate, fragrant sorbet and tropical flowers. It is very refined, and in the vein of Coromandel, although not as dense and baroque as the Chanel but neither as dark and dusty as Lutens' Borneo but far more refined that the multi-faceted funfair of Angel. As I don't really care for any of the fragrances just mentioned, I didn't think I would like Centrepiece but it turns out that it is delicate, cool and perfumed, whilst still being a definite gourmand and tropical floral. It gets lots of compliments, too.

Cedar with some spa-like aroma for the first 15 minutes, but then it turns into really beautiful floral vanilla. It blended so well! I won't be able to tell what notes are there, but when I saw the notes, I thought that I can smell chocolate and some frangipani, and honey... It's chameleon... I didn't like it at the opening, but after 15 minutes - it's so beautiful!

This one is so similar to Coromandel that I fail to see the point. There are other notes that occasionally pop up, notably some wood. Because Coromandel is my deserted island scent, I find them discordant and confusing. It has incredible longevity and projection is excellent. Maybe someone less enamoured of Coromandel could find this variation enjoyable.

At first spray, I thought there was a mistake that my sample was, in fact, rubbing alcohol. Then it became floral poppers lol (IYKYK). I see the initial comparison to Angel. On paper it dries down to a lighter, more floral, interpretation of Angel, with not so much cotton candy (which I can't stand). Nice.

This is lovely. On me it smells very much like PR Acqua Dolce without being as sickly sweet.