The Dark Heart of Old Havana

Dark Heart of Old Havana This is the scent that actually took me into 4160, along with Captured by Candlelight. The Dark Heart of Old Havana seems to be going for an idea of dirtiness, grime and heat in a classy, strange way that can only be found in the heart of a Cuban city. Something that alludes to pipe tobacco, street vendors selling fruit that may have rotted. This all sounds rather disgusting, but I ask that you bare with me. It is stunning. It's something that only needs to be tried two or three times before deciding whether or not one likes it. It's a strange encounter. One that, if you aren't used to it, you may not know if you want to encounter again. I figure, only having tried it twice now, that it's something you'll think of fondly and may even come to desire again and again. In that way, it's kind of like Opium. Kind of offputting, but there's something about it that leaves you wanting more and more until you've exhausted your savings and are lying in a ditch somewhere, wondering where you went wrong - it couldn't have been old Havana, could it? No, certainly not. Havana was a comfort. Now this was something I craved when I was on my 'gourmand only' kick, but I could never access it. Now that I have gained access to it... I'm no longer in that phase and it's a warm Australian Spring. Not exactly the best time to be trying a scent like this, as it's almost suffocating me. However, there is a comfort to it that just barely makes this alright. This is all a reflection of my current mood and weather, not on the actual scent. Sarah has created a strange and highly picturesque scent that can only be described as 'intentionally dingy, but splattered with deep red colours and warmth'. I digress, as that description has all but been repeated over and over by both myself and other reviewers. It's just the truth. The sugar in this is indeed the most detectable note, however it's more a fruity sugar. Like a strange alcoholic beverage mixed with a brown apple slice. It's not something you'd drink if you had any other choice, but it makes you feel good so you do anyway. The vanilla in this confuses me, but I can understand it from the cigar perspective. The cigar that Sarah exposes us to is a very rich tobacco cigar, probably smoked by either a rich person with horrible hygiene and manners... or a not so wealthy person who opted for cigars over proper food. The tonka in this is actually what I have so much trouble with. Tonka is already a very aromatic ingredient and when used in too high a dosage, it can be bad. My threshold for tonka has greatly reduced so, while this may work for many others and may be just the right amount, it may be too much for me. I must try this in the cooler weather to properly understand it. Having never been to Cuba, I can never truly understand it anyway. This scent does really make me feel like I'm in such a landscape, though. It doesn't have to be Havana. It can be anywhere, this just has a very personal concept that I don't think I could completely get just because I'm not Sarah. All over, this is just a very realistic scent that not every one will like. I do like it, quite a bit actually but I'm not sure if I could pull it off. I'd love to be able to but there's a bit too much going on for me at the moment and the weather is just much too hot for this to properly work. Come Winter or Autumn, this baby will get a much deserved work out.

Let me preface this by saying that this is a very beautiful Tobacco fragrance. The opening is a juicy sweet overripened Peach thats still a bit tart provided by the Sugar, Orange, & Grapefruit. That opening is immediately followed by a very pungent, moist, authentic & somewhat in your face Tobacco note. The Black Pepper note adds a nice amount of Spice that when coupled with the sweet overripened Peach gives an illusion of Cinnamon. With the Coffee adding just enough Darkness to give it an air of mystery. Theres also something in the blend giving the illusion of Coconut. A dark Coconut. I get the top & mid notes for hours. This fragrance really develops slow on my skin, which i'm very grateful for because the Top & Mid are beautiful. 10 hours later in the dry down i still pick up on Coffee & a little Tobacco, but this time with Tonka & Vanilla. I got Beast projection & Sillage for the first 2 hours. It calmed down but still gave me above average projection for another 3 hours. At the 5 hour mark projection was moderate until it became a skin scent. On clothes this fragrance literally lasted a week, & i could smell it projecting for 2 days. I wore the shirt on the 3rd day & my body heat made it project again. I cant figure out for the life of me why The Dark Heart Of Old Havana never received praise. Because if any Tobacco Fragrance is worthy of the hype its this one for sure. IMO The Dark Heart Of Old Havana tops Chergui & Fan Your Flames, & i've received the compliments to prove it. Any fragrance thats Dark, Mysterious, Sweet, Spicy, & Masculine is bound to be a hit with the ladies. Its such a hit i bought two 100ml bottles to make sure i dont run out. If Tobacco & Spiced Peach Brandy sounds good to you then The Dark Heart Of Old Havana is sure to be a winner.

I've spent the last few weeks slowly testing my way through a sampler selection of the entire 4160 Tuesdays collection. Whilst there were a couple I personally couldn't appreciate, (Shazam, The Lion Cupboard and the one about Raffles), The Dark Heart of Old Havana has jumped out at me as one of the best of the entire collection, and most assuredly my personal favourite. I can see why this would get mixed reviews. This is not a 'safe' frag. This is dark, dirty, sweaty, sweet and nasty - in the sexiest possible way. This fragrance is fighting and fucking and laughing and fighting again, without showering. The sugar here is almost black. It's crude, unrefined, boiled until it's a black, smoky syrup. The tobacco is smoky and hot. The fruits, those glorious fruits!, are overripe to the point of rot. Sitting in the hot sun, beginning to ferment in the heavy, still miasma. I agree there is an undercurrent of rotting sweet flesh here, but to my nose it makes it all the sexier. The rotten thread adds a beautiful counterpoint to the unrelenting, burnt-honey sweetness that pervades this. I am in love. Longevity on me is long-to-very long lasting. Sillage is at the upper end of moderate. Edit: Now to get myself a bottle down here in Australia. Le sigh.

I received a sample of this in a trade which allowed me a few uses. Dark Heart is a very nice fragrance overall and I would like to pick up a bottle someday. The only thing I noticed about this is there is a rather considerable difference between what comes out on my skin and what comes out on a testing strip. After a few hours everything mostly comes full circle, however. On my skin, there’s a sweet but dark opening that’s fairly strong. The scent makes a statement, but doesn’t scream in your face. I picked out coffee and the tonka up front, something that gave me impressions of cardboard, while the sugar sat alongside these notes. After a few minutes, a smoky vibe entered the fray and the coffee and tonka remained for a few hours. It’s a bit earthy, but not skanky in any way. It evoked dirt streets, but not farmland or anything like that. The vanilla also lasted for almost all of the time I could smell this on my skin. On paper, the peach and orange are easily discernible, and eventually the coffee and tonka bean catch up to what’s on my skin. The end of this is fairly heavy on the sweet with the vanilla being the strongest note. Overall, I believe it does well at evoking images of what it might be like to walk down a street of Havana.

Picture a slender, fit latino man with shiny dark mane sleeked into a ponytail...a sweet smelling tango dancer, around 33yo, wearing his tight black dancing trousers (strictly NO JEANS!!!), that drips a peachy sweat onto his cigar-smoke infused pinstripe silk waistcoat, chatting up a busty blonde girl (that works in a coffee shop, across the road) after a dance routine at the back of the old decrepit ball room somewhere in the old Havana...while his equally hot younger boyfriend looks on smiling naughtily chewing on a toothpick. ...that about sums it up from my point of view... Warm, sexy and addictive sweetness that won't give you a type 2 diabetes, but could easily get you into a trouble weather you like it or not...just don't say you were not warned about it... Totally unisex IMHO

It’s not a pretty perfume, but “...Havana” is one of the remarkable, clever, complex-but-delicious scents that earn 4160Tuesdays their repute. There’s something a little bit grubby about the best perfumes. Tobacco, petrol, salty, musky bodies... Here Sarah McCartney takes the sour decay of fruit after the street market has packed up and evokes a half-remembered steamy Cuban night you never actually have - and even if you did, the rum has blurred the edges. It’s a grown up perfume, and not for those who fantasise of lovers who smell of fresh clean linen. This is the scent of a misspent middle age.

Such a strange, alien sludge type of fragrance. All while being totally comfortable and weirdly familiar. It's mildly overpowering at the start, where the full on tobacco / vanilla / overripe fruit explodes off of the skin. After this it dries down to a dry amber / pencil shaving scent which is really enjoyable. It's been described as 'disgusting' to me, but also as 'delicious'. It seperates people in regards to opinions and I enjoy that. Starts discussion. The colour of the perfume is really pretty, too. Kind of captures the spirit of the scent.

Wearing this perfume feel like doing something wrong, something dirty, something forbidden but yet oh so enjoyable. The overwhelming sweetness was a bit too much in the beginning, but I soon developed a kind of stockholm syndrome to it and kept sniffing all day and reapplying when it began to fade after 5-6 hours. All day at the office it kept giving me flashbacks from good one night stands I had forgotten. In a good way. This is a dirty scent, like "watching True Blood and getting surprisingly turned on by vampire sex"-dirty. I love it.

My first experience of this house. This scent is sweeter than I was expecting for a unisex fragrance, yet it also has a dryness to it that evokes dirty straw on the ground. But it's also undeniably fruity, older fruits that are quickly turning in the heat. The tonka is easily discernable, and as it settles it turns buttery. The tobacco, when it comes, is not being freshly smoked, but is second hand, like some smoker's warm breath near your face. It's a delicious, wearable journey that definitely makes me consider a full bottle purchase.

I really enjoy this. It's smooth and syrupy. I get the peach and a hint of grapefruit but I don't smell any lemon at all. But the tobacco! It's there front and centre and super realistic, slicked with the sugar. Every so often I get a waft of the sugar with a whiff of coffee and if this is what old Havana smells like then it's heavenly. On skin it lasts a goodly amount of time but I daren't spritz on clothes as the juice is madly dark. I don't know about the sillage but I actually don't care, it's delicious just as it is 😍

I love it. It's become one of my three favorite perfumes (the other two being vintage Coco and an old Jean Patou fragrance called Que Sais-Je. Yes, I'm over 60). The initial spray is a little funky but then it dries down really nicely to a combo of floral and tobacco and...well, I don't know since I'm not well versed in the language of perfume. Anyway, I now own a 50 ml, plus a 15 ml for my purse. And 4160 Tuesdays is great to deal with in terms of customer service.

Oh god. Sugary rum, beautiful fruit, lounging on a patio lit by string lights. Dark and complex and beautiful. A mainstay. The scent of tobacco fields nearby. This is a scent you just want to blanket yourself in. If you want to smell like a speakeasy singer in a long dress or a man with questionable stakes in an unethical business that you want to ignore because he's so hot and generous, The Dark Heart of Old Havana is for you. Instant favourite.

Yes, it's sweet but the tobacco, tonka, and coffee keep the composition dark enough to bypass the gourmand references. I don't get much of the fruit in the opening so the transition through mid and dry-down is simple and fairly linear. The performance is somewhat average, but the smell is so wonderful I just don't care too much. I just know that when I spray it, I smile.

Very sultry, sweet, and pleasantly unnerving. I find the notes pretty much as described by voters, with the sugar rather brulee and the vanilla and peach really as one with the tobacco. One exception was the coffee - it's barely detectable on me! Nevertheless, this is a sexy, decadent blend and i'll add it to my rotation, particularly for tropical travel.

This is bloody beautiful. Sugary, sticky rum and raisin ice cream with tobacco on the opening, which calms down to a smooth caramel. It isn’t loud but I don’t think it’s designed to be. I can imagine it’d make you want to move in closer to get more of it on someone. I don’t think it’s quite for me but I would adore to smell it on a man.

This is the ideal "bed frag". So soft and beautiful. So comforting. When you invite your princess over, wear this. You can thank me later. Update: Surprisingly, this is a passionate compliments getter!!! Think I'll be buying a backup bottle soon. Update: Just purchased the 100ml extrait.

fantastic. i bought sixteen 2ml samples from 4160 tuesdays and this is my favourite by miles. the peach and orange on opening are delicious and then dry down to a really dreamy tobacco and vanilla scent. i want to wear this all the time.

The Dark Heart of Old Havana is sweet sugary, tobacco and vanilla goodness. Smells like "Crema Catalana" also known as "Crème Brulee" with a hint of tobacco. I love it! I also detect coconut and coffee. Longevity is 7-8 hours on me.

I am in love with this perfume. I was expecting much more tobacco from the name. It’s a lovely warm blast of vanilla fruits drying down to a warm sugar aroma. I cannot stop sniffing my arm where I applied it.

Update: I purchased a 30mL bottle of this and completely adore it. I said that I don't think this would work and I take it back - 22 degrees celcius, and it's magic. Just a magical scent, really.

Test and compare Mabel's Tooth Freddie Albrighton. Give them a chance to dry down. I love Mabel's Tooth, but HoOH has better sillage. Both lovely.

Love love it . Great Tabacco scent .

I love sweet and dark duality perfumes, and this one is quite a unique experience. I will say I find they all have a lean, and to my nose this one leans sweet. Opens with a really strong balsamic note, if I smelled this blind I'd have guessed it had oudh as a base note. Then sugar, peach and orange kick in full force, shortly accompanied by strong, bitter tobacco leaves. As it fades, it gains a more caramel like quality, with fruits and tobacco as a remaining edge. The mystery surprise oudh note never truly stops struggling for attention the whole way through. I love the execution of the fruit notes. Fruit notes often lean way too girl's locker room for me, when I get a proper perfume rather than a cheap body spray I don't want to be having flashbacks to PE... this did such a good job of steering entirely clear of that territory. Most fruit perfumes I've known take a very syrupy artificial approach to fruit notes, making them more reminiscent of their ice cream flavour counterparts rather than the real deal. The fruit notes in this are very realistic. Much more like freshly squeezed juice rather than a melted ice lolly or weird chewing gum flavour. More emphasis on orange than peach, but peach is still detectable. I thoroughly enjoyed this more mature and sophisticated take on fruit notes. The sugar note is also highly realistic. When I saw that listed I went "Yeah right..." I thought it was mainly to communicate how sweet it was, but I can practically feel the granules on my tongue. It smells exactly like a bowl of sugar cubes. I get such a vivid image of not having mixed my sugar into my tea fully and being left with the sugar as a grainy mushy slush at the bottom of my cup. Don't be fooled by its sweet lean though. It still has its dark side. The tobacco is hard and unapologetic despite its sweet surroundings. Very dry and leafy and bitter. A welcome twist to the brightness, some adventurous contrast. Very much still prominent, so I wouldn't recommend going into this expecting entirely sweetness. I'm very conflicted on its balsamic quality. I feel like it's rather out of place and kind of squashes the other notes. It makes it feel rather crowded. It's a nice scent on its own, but I feel like this could've been better if the tobacco filled the niche as the ever present base note. I truly don't know where the oudh like note comes from, and I'd rather the other notes be allowed to shine on their own merit, because they're truly beautiful! My nose can't detect any coffee, jasmine, or pepper. I wore this out on a cold rainy day, so perhaps more notes come through on a warm day. The longevity is not great... It's not abysmal, it's workable, but I don't think that's acceptable for a perfume at this price point. I got this as part of a tester set and this was one of the worst for longevity. It lasted about 6 hours on me, which is fine, but I don't have money to burn, and for £190 for 100ml I expect at least 12 hours of wear, that's my personal line in the sand. I really enjoyed the mature take on sweetness and the unapologetic dark tobacco twist, would have enjoyed less of a balsamic quality, giving the other notes more time to shine, and better longevity is sorely needed.

Huh, what mixed reviews. I'll be honest; I traded for a sample because I liked the name, & because the only 2 others by this house I've sampled were at least very interesting and different... which, once you've tried 1,000s of scents, is saying something. This one immediately got a 'love' from me, and now 8hrs later I want more! I don't want the sample to run out, I need at least 3 wears of this to be with it and watch it. Anyway I get a big opening of GRAHAM CRACKER, slightly cinnamony and with a baked-to-a-sweet-caramlized-crisp breadiness that makes my mouth water, just like that thin crispy layer of cinnamon sugar on cinnamon graham crackers. Is that cardamom there too, just a pinch? Anyway it's delightful. This begins to turn into a boozy bourbon vanilla and then on into a warm, spiced peach. There's a hint of warm, amber-like powder around the peach edges, then it dries down further into a pleasant soft sweet spiciness. I love it. And I need more. I don't really get coffee, sugar, or tobacco, but I get the impression from the overall vibe they have going on here. Kinda along the lines of Jazz Club by MMM, where they say there's 'tobacco' and 'booze' but I just get a warm aura that hints at those two? It's like that, but 10x better, to me. The peach is actually really well done, too, which is another big compliment coming from me. Recommend sampling if you like sweet warm spices! No rotten banana on my skin :)

Strangely addictive - I purchased yet another decant as I just can’t make up my mind but today : Well there’s certainly no wood as insinuated in the back ground. The Coffee and Tobacco are mere twinkles of a pick me up on the top Of a noticeable bit of peach helping body out the other wise standard tonka and vanilla fare with a touch of sugar. Somewhat lovely but others do it better and with greater longevity. I would say it reminds me of visiting my old grandpa in the nursing home and sitting on a dusty old couch whilst a chopping board of some sugar cubes vanilla and tonka is presented to my face whilst someone down the corridor is enjoying a coffee and pipe. Hmm I don’t know - it’s below par compared to a number of brands but...it’s also a bit rummy on the longer dry drydown, quite gourmand like and I’m feeling hungry...

I guess I never imagined Havana would smell so fruity and sweet. That's really what I get form this perfume. A fruity vanilla gourmand. But there is a plastic note in it too. I definitely would not call it animalic, garbage, or any other foul odor--just plastic, a note that I have also smelled in other perfumes and which I am fine with. If pressed, I might say I can smell some extremely subtle nuance of coffee, but it's really more of a vanilla scent. I like the perfume. The name might be better suited for Tobacco Vanille or Volutes. I expected something a lot darker and more complex with a name like The Dark Heart of Old Havana. The name of this perfume could be Havana Sweets. P.S. to the nose behind this perfume, there is nothing stupid about the House's name, I think it is thought-provoking.

Interestingly, during the first hour after spraying, this fragrance reminds me of the orange blossom and honey financier cake at one of my favorite cafés. I guess the almond impression stems from the tonka beans and tobacco can also have a honey facet (I just try to convince myself that I am not crazy associating a financier cake with this fragrance...). Once dried down, I get mostly a sweet caramel note. Luckily, the fragrance is not that strong anymore by then, otherwise I might risk a headache. This caramel drydown reminds me very much of Jousset’s Gourmand Bakhoor. However, Gourmand Bakhoor is much stronger, linear and headache-inducing.

I have rewritten this review as there has been a change. The handful of times I tried this fragrance proved a disappointment. I didnt like it at all. Now here's the weird part. I have allowed very little sugar into my diet for the past month which will continue. DHoOH now smells much better although more peppery. The moral of this story? Cut as much sugar from your diet as possible and the world will smell much sweeter for it! Its sweet, fruity and tobaccoey. The coffee adds a bit of a stimulating twist. Perfectly unisex even with the sweetness. The tobacco and coffee offset that beautifully. Decent sillage and lasts for many hours on me.

This is a rich delight, fullness of sugary tobacco, a coffee cocktail with whipped vanilla cream on top and a dose of rhum, under the Havana sun. I adore this on a card, sadly it turns a little flat on my skin which sometimes happens with tobacco gourmandy jasmine combinations. Its a rich dessert and if someone else were wearing this near me the chances are I would be following them around, leaning in at every opportunity. Very sweet gourmandy tobacco on long drydown.

VERY sweet, but also dark! Sugar, tobacco, fruit....it really smells like how it sounds, though perhaps more sweet than you would expect. I really enjoyed the scent, but I just wouldn't have an occasion for it. Though it really smells like how you would imagine a speakeasy gourmand scent would smell like. Mysterious, a bit masculine and dark, but still very sweet.

Sweet, boozy, fruity, syrup. Intensely sugary, great for a sweet tooth! (Like me) I feel this would wear better on the skin in autumn as the heat seems to make it sour. Thanks again to Mary-Jayne for the sample!

It's Unique and I do like the smell. But I would not wear it out, personally. Fermenting fruits with lots of sweetness, and a pinch of tobacco and coffee.

Really good! Smells like its name. The sugar doesn't smell too sugary. It's actually very pretty and definitely unisex.

Great dark rum and caramel scent for a man. Bit too masculine for me though.

I find this enjoyable but not enough to buy it. Peach and sugar feature prominently; tobacco and coffee are pretty soft as are the florals. It loses me after the first hour—seems a little muddled.

Sweet tobacco sugary old saliva. Almost an alcoholic beverage type scent. Definitely not for me

I only recently discovered 4160Tuesdays, and am currently sampling my way through their collection - The Sexiest Scent on the Planet. Ever. IMHO., I really love, it is delightful. I also have a mini of Gin Garden, one not in the database [Lady Rose Lion (Monkey Unicorn)if you were wondering], plus I have samples of a few others. So I thought I have a good idea what to expect from this - I have enjoyed each one I have sampled so far, some loves, some likes, so I was excited to test this one, which according to 4160Tuesdays website is: "A walk through the hot streets, smelling cigars, sugar, fruit, coffee and an edgy atmosphere Dark by name, dark by nature. I went to Havana. Everywhere smells of tobacco, fruit, sugar, rum and something smouldering that you can't quite put your finger on. That's what I was aiming for." Sounds good, right? Well in the sample bottle it smelled amazing. I thought, judging by the scent in the bottle, that this would be amazing. It smelled rich, dark, smoky, warm, and slightly sweet. Unfortunately this did not react well on my skin. It was overpoweringly, sickeningly sweet on me. I didn't get coffee, or tobacco, nor rum. I certainly got the fruit and sugar but they were on the point of over ripeness and the "something you can't quite put your finger on" was not working for me. Such a shame, I so wanted this to work, and I highly recommend the others I have tried from this house. I would say that some of those I have tried would be pretty safe blind buys or samples, but this is definitely one to try before you buy. In fairness, I think, in the bottle and on paper this scent does capture what it sets out to. But it does not work on me. On my husband it smelled much truer to the bottle scent although was sweeter and fruitier than he likes. If your skin likes this it is a winner. For me, no. Lasted well, about 6 hours, and some projection from sample dabs. I prefer others from this house but will continue happily sampling for now.

4160 Tuesdays? Seriously that's the name of your fragrance house? I don't care if you've got the best explanation in the world, that's a stupid name. The name of this juice however is quite inviting, I like all things Cuban and was expecting a great scent. Opening is so sweet it goes beyond anything I've encountered, I'll give it this it's unique but opens horribly. The main thing I get is vanilla a huge dose of vanilla and a strange tobacco accord which comes off more like a badly done chocolate and takes a while to settle which to be honest never really does. This fragrance is on a knife edge between divine and down right awful and it can't make it's mind up. The coffee note is not evident when you smell it directly but from a distance an occasion whiff of coffee would drift in my direction. The main thing is that the dark heart of old Havana doesn't sit right. The drydown is a bit better a sweet sugary vanilla and even a hint of coconut I should be creaming over this fragrance but it still has an unpleasantness which I can't explain.

Had this included as a free sample on a recent purchase. First impression, absolutely hated the opening, so incredibly sweet and fruity to me, it was like some slushie drink. Gave it an hour or so and once it had calmed down, it was actually really pleasant and the darker elements came through, with a touch of that fruit still lingering. Really nice, one to wear if you can get past the opening...

It’s a no from me. A sugary mess with rotting fruits, but not of the pleasant type. I haven’t given a fragrance a dislike for awhile, but this is a no go. If you’re expecting tobacco you might have to search for it, I couldn’t find anything that resembles a note. Thank god it was just a small sample. Don’t blind buy. I tried this on my partner and we both disliked it on either of us.

Interesting sweet and spicy peppercorn, super dark chocolate without any cream. Dry tobacco, crushed cocoa nibs, raw and unrefined. The end game (about an hour in) is straight up floral, loud floral. I detect no fruit at any time. Perfectly unisex if you're into this style, I'm not. Review of sample from LuckyScent.com

Opens with sweet neroli which matches the gorgeous color of this juice but lasts all of 5 seconds before turning into a fecal mess on my skin which lasts for hours before fading to nothing. Please try before you get a full bottle.

@Readysniffer 1 - "the Rotten Banana of Old Havana" - you expressed my reaction exactly! LOL! This is a complex and difficult scent. An acquired taste, not for regular consumption.

Yughh...this is nothing like I expected at all. There's something disturbingly organic about it, like the inside of a persons mouth (and used floss) speaking to you close and they just ate Andes mints. Disgusted.

the opening was EXTREMELY promising as i thought i would love it from the first sniff. but later on it begun forming into different shapes and colors as it turned right after the tobacco and dried delicious fruits to a mouth that smells like tobacco for few minutes rather than tobacco leaves. then the coffee raised a bit with the sugar note, as the coffee begun to withdraw nice and slow leaving the suger as the dominant note then the tobacco arise at the back lowering the sugar note effect domination, later i realized that the dried fruit had vanished to nowhere and already forgot about it!! then the scent remains sugary with a background of coffee note and a hint of tobacco, but mainly sugary smell. it's quite challenging and i guess i should give it a bit more time before i decide because the mix between these notes is quite weird to me as the sugar cubes is mixed with the modern coffee bean (aka dunkin donuts) and with mouth smell of a smoker rather than tobacco essence, im stating this cause honestly i've witnessed some relative smokers who smells like this added to them sweet coffee smell & it's not a pleasing smell. Edit (25th Sept 2016) After 2+ years and here i'm testing it again. My nose developed quite big. & This fragrance tells a story, it has that amazing sweet tobacco that mingles first with dried bitter fruits and later with soured sugar, and banana vanilla mix. It still has that saliva disturbing whiffs at the top but if you stand still for a little while you will reach the point of captivation that will last till this fragrance last on your skin. Admirable and quite captivating.

Old Havana is my home , the city where I grew up in. this perfume smells sweet, sweet and sweet, it reminds me of a place located in Obispo street:" LA CASA DE LA NATILLA ", in english means "the custard house", the aroma also brings memories of the Flan and puddings with caramel on it, the sugary and strong cuban coffee smell coming out of the hot kitchens of my Havana. you also can smell in the fragrance a little bit of tobacco. That's the smell of this perfume, but my Old havana is more than that, I am sorry but something is missing here, my Old Havana does not just smell sweet, it is also smells dusty, the smoke that come from old cars,smell of salt from the bay, the smell of unique museums with leather and old books, this perfume is delicious but does not have the enigma,the beautiful history, the danger, the dirtiness and the Darkness of old Havana. However, it still has the longevity of old havana ;) Did I like it? Yes I did. But it represents only the sweet side that tourists want to see, not the whole story and not the whole smell of an Ancient city with a history in its ribs, I'm glad to have it, and I am glad it has been inspired by my city. Thank you 4160 Tuesday.

I was excited to try this new fragrance since the notes sounded very inviting. The topnotes were good, sugary softness and then some sweet fragrant tobacco. Then it all went pear-shaped. Some serious funk entered into the equation. I got this weird rotten fruit, trash bin that needs to be emptied smell with a coffee overlay. I waited for it to get better and it never did. The Dark Heart of old Havana ended up smelling like a dirty ashtray, the bottom of a glass of rum that was drunk last night, trash bin stink and bad coffee wafting through the air. It was like a movie where the main character wakes up after a hard night of drinking and finds himself sleeping next to a dumpster with stale cold coffee being poured on him by a shopowner who orders him to get lost or he will call the cops. I love most tobacco fragrances but this definitely did not work on my skin. After 6 hours the trash smell was gone, but there was nothing good left.

4160 Tuesdays The Dark Heart of Old Havana is a curious mix, one that certainly sounds appetizing its note listing, but not one of Sarah's best executions, at least to my nose, as far as sweet fragrances go. Fruits, sugar, tobacco, vanilla, pepper, tonka, jasmine, and musk should, in principle, create a very sweet, perhaps slightly spicy tobacco scent, but I tend to agree with many reviewers that it's in the fruit mix, particularly during the opening, that I get a bit lost. In fairness, the dry down is much more pleasant, the fruits more in harmony with tobacco and vanilla/sugar/tonka trio, but the opening is challenging to the point of being prohibitive, at least for me. Sadly, probably the worst offering I've tried to date from 4160 Tuesdays, but that's only because I've loved and bought so many of Sarah's offerings that the bar is set very high. 6 out of 10

A very Complex scent! The opening is a sweet ashy bitter green. not just a little sweet, but VERY SWEET! A mix of sugar and overripe fruits that are beginning to rot, sitting out beside and overflowing ash tray. I have to admit that this is an off putting phase of this fragrance to me. Unfortunately this phase lasts for several hours. As THOOH begins to dry down, a Crème Brulee emerges, bringing with it a glass of rum and a cigar. While this is not near as off putting as the opening, I would prefer a lot more rum and cigar with less Crème Brulee. I get good projection and longevity on my skin. I do find THOOH to be Unisex, but it leans more toward feminine than masculine. I see this as more of a casual scent, although I did wear THOOH in a sports coat today. Bottom line: If you enjoy very complex and sweet scents, you should give this one a try.

I absolutely can't believe I bought a sweet perfume. I have never liked sweet ones. This is gorgeous! Not only does it smell good on me, it's a perfume makes me keep smelling my arm and smile when I catch a whiff. It's a lush peach, bourbon, vanilla and tobacco. The coffee is also there but it's in the background. It's light and blends with the tobacco. I'm in love with light tobacco smells, not cigar, but tobacco leaf. The peach is exactly as described. It's a very mature peach that needs to be eaten now. That's where the vanilla comes in. You'd get all kinds of juice running down your chin kind of peach. The bourbon is sharp and strong. If this is what a Havana night smelled like, I wouldn't ever have wanted to leave. I will buy a full bottle and just love it evety time I wear it.💜