What I Did On My Holidays

This one does EXACTLY what it says on the tin - I grew up by the seaside in the UK and I miss it so much not being able to travel at the moment, but this scent really nails it - salt, mint choc chip ice cream, candyfloss and sun cream. I think it's so particularly the British seaside that it might miss the mark if you're looking for a more typical 'beachy' scent (they're one of my obsessions but others tend to smell much more of a fantasy, tropical beach than the one I know and love!) but if you've ever been to a bank holiday at Scarborough, Southend, Barry Island this will take you there. At first I was more into it as, I guess, a work of art than as a perfume as it's so far from a traditional scent structure it doesn't quite smell as if it's meant for humans, but I've come to really love wearing it. I got used to the smell of it on myself by layering it with other more 'normal' scents which it plays really nicely with - 4160 sent a sample of Mrs Gloss' Lemon Sherbet with this which worn together just takes you into pure sweetshop gourmand territory, while over a sample of Dior Joy, which is basically the safest, insipid floral musk imaginable, the extremely safe and really out-there elements balance out into something really charming and wearable. KKW Body II also works well with it, pulling it into the traditional 'beachy' stable. But after all that mixing the strange, milky minty ozonic character has really grown on me and I've started to love it on my skin in its own right! I haven't tried wearing them together because I think they're both too powerful in their own right, but in my collection it stands out alongside Mugler Aura as scents that really capture hot summer air - 'solar notes' in perfume tends to mean sweet white flowers or just straight coconut/suncream, the latter of which is obviously here but there's more to it than that - something about it captures that contrast between the heaviness of heat radiating from the ground on a summer's day with the crisp coldness of the sea, while Aura is more evocative of the thick humidity of a hot day just before a thunderstorm. Both are also very strange slightly alien beasts to wear on one's skin but very special for it!

This one intrigues me to no end. I'm purchasing a full bottle next week, to have it shipped to Australia... along with three other bottles, and the nine millilitre bottles. As I haven't tried many of Sarah's scents before, I decided to go for the ones that I could relate to most (or at least allow to paint the easily recognisable pictures). Having only tried a small sample of Sexiest Scent, I got only a brief insight to the Sarah McCartney style and the 4160T outlook. The idea that scents can trigger memories or create new ones is beyond fascinating and is really making me want to use these fragrances mindfully, and not just willy nilly. I will be purchasing the Eau My Soul scent as well, which will be a great scent for reminding me of the lovelies to be found in the fragrance community. This scent I can imagine to be exactly what a waterfront carnival would be like. Only seeing them in television shows, I can only imagine sadly. But just looking at the notes, I can hear the cheery music and the joyous screams of people on a scary ride. Truly exhilerating. I'm not usually one for sweet, sweet and more sweet scents but this just sounds innocent and playful, like a carnival would be. The mint confuses me a little, but I shouldn't judge before I try it. There's got to be a purpose for that mint, just like every other note. It seems that as a young, non- Brit I'll never truly understand this but by golly I'm going to try.

I got a sample of this in a 4160 Tuesdays London discovery set. Reading the other comments I think you need to be a Brit, and one who has experienced seaside summer holidays as a child to understand this fragrance. Candy canes at Christmas wasn’t/isn’t really a thing in the UK and ‘holidays’ means summer (6 weeks off school) to us rather than Christmas. This takes me back to my childhood but also the days of taking my kids to the seaside when they were little. They’re adults now and they had the same happy nostalgic experience as me smelling this scent. First spray is like being slapped around the face with a big fat stick of Brighton rock. It’s a bit shocking tbh and I swear the rock has the words Fu<€ ¥0u running through it. I don’t dislike it but it was a shock (still is!). But, that calms down within about 30 minutes and then I get fresh sea air, salty seaweed, candy floss, vanilla ice cream, hot toffee, and toasted nuts. Just like walking along Brighton Pier on a hot sunny day. My skin loves it and it lasts all day on me with my nose never tiring of it. Needless to say I bought a bottle.

I read the notes on the Olfacif card before I put this on and I thought that the mint note does not belong in a beach fragrance and would spoil everything. How was I wrong.The mint note is what distinguishes this from other seaside perfumes and makes it special. I've never been to the english seaside but I spent the summers of my youth on the beautiful Adriatic coast (ex-Yugoslavia). This fragrance took me back to those evenings in the camps crowded bathrooms: everybody coming in the same time, around sunset, waiting in line to take a shower, suntan lotion going down, toothbrushing and shaving (the mint note), and the salty marine air coming in from the open door and from the windows high up, under the ceiling. Anticipation is in the atmosphere 'cause we are going out and we'll have fun. Ah to be young again. Congratulations to the perfumer and to the house for being able to recreate memories like this. After several hours of wearing the dry-down is just salty air and creaminess almost same as the ones in the FM Lys Mediteranee. Mhhm, mhhm, beautiful.

Sarah McCartney strikes again with an eclectic and super fun fragrance. Yes, the dry-down does smell like ice cream. I get the chocolate chips ice cream note. On the opening you get something fresh and marine. Then it becomes more sweet and mellow but you still sense some freshness in there. The mint ? The sea notes ? lavender ?. Ok it is very bizarre but it works. You've been warned. I never smelled anything quite like this before. I cannot get enough of this one. A spray puts a smile in my face and I'm happy with that. I don't consider this one as a "vacation" only fragrance since the dry-down is gourmand and really pleasant. It might be great in Winter actually. I not from the UK so I cannot comment on the British seaside association. Longevity is great as most 4160 Tuesdays fragrances. They last for hours on my skin and most modern perfumes don't. To me it is full bottle worthy and this is actually one of my favourite scent at the moment. I'd smell like that all the time if I could.

This is a wildly unique perfume, which I wasn’t expecting to love, but actually adore. It is not linear at all and takes you on a journey. You start with mint and coconut, really aromatic, which then calms down to a herbal sweetness, before leaving you with a creamy vanilla ice cream for hours. I am not a herbal/aromatic fan but this has captured my imagination. It’s not a major projector but your little scent bubble is very pleasing indeed. It also (bear with me here) smells very British. It’s like Alien Goddess/Beach Walk are American Dream versions of a summer holiday whereas this is a summer trip to a UK seaside town as a child. It’s probably raining, your mum’s bought you a Mr Whippy and it’s gone everywhere and given you sticky fingers, you’re looking forward to spending your pocket money in the arcade later, the salty aromatic smell of the sea is everywhere, and if you play your cards right, you might convince your dad to buy you a giant £6 lollipop later. Beautiful.

I asked for more 4160 fragrances to be included on fragrantica because I wanted to review them so it's good to see them here. I believe (Sarah can correct me if I'm wrong) but not all the notes are present and should include melon, cucumber, rosewood, and bergamot. I definitely get woody notes in the drydown, and there's more to the sun lotion than coconut. The opening to me is clearly peppermint rock and lotion. As the mint fades a little I get the ozone and vanilla woods. I took a punt on this one and blind bought a bottle, my personal desire to revisit my childhood. Being with Granddad in Hunstanton, playing with my cousins at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I'm both happy and sad in equal measure. I don't know how it translates as a fragrance, but I really don't care. I feel lucky to be able to use this fragrance to evoke old memories, and I want to take my son to the beach so I can pass that feeling on.

Well, what can I say about this one? It has been a great surprise, I have to admit. The scent is intended to be the smell of British seaside holidays, almost an olfactory memory trip back to childhood holidays. I can't say my holidays ever smelled like this as I haven't grown up in UK or by the seaside but, now, that I understand what it's meant to smell of, I completely get it. What I get is the smell of a coconut sun tan lotion mixed with mint rock sticks and the smell of the lavender and candy floss somewhere in the background, wafted in by the cooling UK seaside breeze. Yep, this is what UK seaside smells of, minus the chips with salt'n'vinegar of course, but then, who would want to smell of that??? In a summary, this is UK seaside holiday in a bottle, just like Sarah describes in her brief. And this is what I will wear when going to the seaside this summer. Thanks Sarah ;-)

Chocolate chip mint ice cream. That’s what I smell in the first phase of this perfume. So apparently that’s what I did on my holiday.....eat chocolate chip mint ice cream. I can’t think of another perfume in my collection which features ice cream as a note, so this is unique in my collection, and it’s also a lot of fun. After the 20 minute opening, I pick up coconut, vanilla and mint. I also pick up a citrus note which is not listed. I get the beach connotations, and this feels like a summer carnival with my toes in the sand. A strong like from me, though I can’t think of many occasions where I would want to smell like ice cream. I do think it’s really fun and a charmer, heck it made my husband laugh. Happy with my 5ml decant. I also know to not form a concrete judgement until I can wear this in warmer weather. So maybe an update for this review will come in about 8 months.

This is MY go-to scent for this summer. On me, it’s mostly sea salt and cotton candy, with a little bit of mint. Very refreshing and comforting. Sweet, but not too sweet. Towards the end, the vanilla lingers, and is reminiscent of a waffle cone (just the cone, not the ice cream). The sunscreen also starts to come through towards the end, but it’s subtle. Beach Walk and Soleil de Blanc are both scents I really like at first sniff, but I can’t wear either because the sunscreen notes get too cloying and start to make me feel sick after the first hour. But not What I Did On My Holidays, I find it quite addicting and broke my rule of waiting for my sample to run out before purchasing a full bottle.

Its another amazing fragrance! Yes, the mint is really fresh and gorgeous on the opening. Its not harsh and overwhelming but quite delicious. It gradually eases and then the coconut and the sweetness of ice cream as evident. The freshness of the mint and the sweet notes are perfectly balanced so it is not overly sweet. There is also a faint butteriness that makes me think of popcorn. Who knew that mint, coconut and ice cream would be a heavenly combination. If there is seaweed in there then it is very low key. Moderate sillage and longevity. The perfect fragrance for warm weather and casual clothing. Unisex but perhaps leaning towards the feminine because of the sweetness.

I’m early in the journey, but I get no chocolate. It does smell very summer holiday-esque. The mint-coconut combo is there, but in a way that’s reminiscent of the sun-baked part of hotels near the pool (yeah, no idea how it’s doing that, but that’s what I get). More on the drydown, it smells exactly like the ice cream shops that line the beaches in my New England state. I’m wearing it while starting my workday and drinking morning tea at my desk. The whiffs in my scent bubble almost let me believe I’ll be stepping out for vaycay rather than the usual coffee break in a few hours. I’m kinda loving it, but we’ll see how it performs.

A very strong and fresh opening of mint and coconut... with marine notes in the distance... it is a wonderful scent that brought me back in time while I ate a little ice cream, beach, sea and sun.. All very beautiful, this perfume is happiness! Perfectly unisex, in the drydown becomes creamy like an ice cream in summer and fresh and a bit "caramelized", you feel an unforgettable wake that carries you to forgotten places, days of happiness and holidays... this is difficult to describe in words, I can Say to love him. Among my favorite perfumes 4160 Tuesdays. Lovely_▂♡ Sillage: 6.5/10 Longevity: 7./10 Scent: 9/10 Overall: 9./10

This is love at first sniff for me. I do tend to like beachy scents so this is right up my alley. I've never liked mint in a scent before but this opens up with a strong but beautiful mint note that I love. It mixes so well with the coconut and sea notes. It then dries down to kind of a salty vanilla. The performance isn't amazing on this but it's just so unique and fun that I just don't care. I'll be purchasing a full bottle very soon. Edit: I bought a full bottle of this recently. It actually has pretty beast mode performance on me. The sample was a dabber so maybe I just couldn't get the full effect

Got my sample of this today and well I've never smelled a perfume like this before but upon first spritz it's immediately familiar. A fairly aggressive blast of mint accompanied by a slightly plasticy coconut, salty sea airiness with subtle wafts of seaweed is what I get in the first 20 mins. Yup it's the seaside. Magical! Then the mint fades away, the coconut softens and I get the wonderful smell of warm popcorn. Lovely, salted caramel popcorn... must be the cotton candy note. Can't wait to try out more of my sample come summer.

this is SOOOOO unique and gorgeous? suntan lotion, cotton candy, seaweed, and mint ice cream. it doesn't sound like it should work together on paper but in action? it blends together so perfectly and is STUNNING. can't speak to how well it evokes the british holidays it's trying to capture, but as a perfume itself it's one of the best i've ever smelled and will be getting a full bottle immediately. an instant fav for a summer fragrance <3 overall rating: 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 5/5

Mmm mint rock and coconut! This is the most refreshing opening to any perfume I have ever smelt. Then an aquatic turn (but not a synthetic as I often find aquatic scents) before settling down to a more vanilla smell..I guess that is where the icecream comes in. There is a hint of mint throughout but that's ok I love mint! This is a fun perfume that is quirky and unusual and very very nice.

This is one of my all time favourite fragrances, although I sadly only have a few samples. It's truly incomparable to anything else. In my mind, funnily enough, it embodies the scent of the seaside town in Bob's Burgers. A seaside carnival, cotton candy, sea salt, and freshly made artisanal ice cream. I'd love to buy this, but shipping costs are crazy!

I don't really have anything to go by due to my sample being long gone but what I can say is that I remember fragrance as being divine! There is just something about the vanilla ice cream ,coconut and mint in this that had me addicted from start to finish. This puts a grand smile on my face.

I'll keep it simple. I have tried quite a few of 4160 Tuesdays perfumes and below are nicely written,well summed up reviews of What I did on my Holidays. So I'll just say this.... I BLOODY LOVE THIS PERFUME! Thank you and goodnight