Webchat with perfumer Sarah McCartney: Thursday 24 May, 9pm

[RachelMumsnet]

In response to this thread, we’ve organised a webchat on Thursday 24 May at 9pm with perfumer Sarah McCartney.

Writer turned perfumer Sarah McCartney composes fragrances for her micro-perfumery, 4160Tuesdays, and for clients including Google, Tinder and Hyundai. Using early 20th century methods, with a 21st century online business strategy, she has built a worldwide reputation and fanbase, with stockists in Europe and the US, as well as the UK.

Sarah’s perfumes, described by perfume archivist James Craven, are “a wardrobe of highly sophisticated scents which one can also play with”. They all have their own stories, which she enjoys telling with wit and enthusiasm, sharing some of perfumery’s secrets along the way.
4160Tuesdays operates from a small studio in West London, where all the creation, bottling and despatch happens in a friendly space with its own swing, a world away from the image led, celeb driven, multinational fragrance industry.

Join Sarah on Thursday at 9pm to find out more about perfumery and put your questions to her. if you’re unable to join us on the night, post your question for her on this thread in advance.

[mrsreynolds]

Oooooooh!
Yay!

[LibertyBlue]

Brilliant, looking forward to it. I’ll only be able to post questions in advance because I’m at a party that evening, but following with enthusiasm and interest.

[fourandnomore]

Sarah is amazing, I am a little obsessed with her perfumes! Lovely person too and her workshops are fantastic, she's got so much knowledge of well, so much!! Well worth tuning into this! Thank you mumsnet!

[rosesandcashmere]

👀

[Coffeecoffeebuzzbuzzbuzz]

Fantastic! Will try and be there (teething baby dependent) but will submit a question in advance. Love 4160s.

[mrsreynolds]

I'm obsessed with sexiest scent on the planet ever 😃💙
I have the edp and extrait
Any chance of body products? I'd sell a kidney for sexiest scent bath oil 💙💙💙💙

[mrsreynolds]

.....and also currently wearing lemon sherbert....so lovely for summer

[shakeyourcaboose]

@mrsreynolds l have lemon sherbet too!

[Butterfly1975]

Oh wow!!

I'd love to know what her favourite perfume is or if it is impossible to say, what her favourite notes are?

[mrsreynolds]

What excellent taste you have caboose 😁

I also love mrsgloss walk in the woods...divine woody loveliness...sigh...

My mum likes shazam!

I love the 9ml sizes. They don't break the bank and are great for Travel...oh that reminds me! I must decide what I'm taking on my trip next week! 🤔

[shakeyourcaboose]

I also have mrsglossmademedoit and one l got as a freebie, can't remember velvet something!? Love fact no one else I know has either of them!

[shakeyourcaboose]

My question/request would be please, please come to Scotland to do a workshop!

[OCSock]

And the western southwest: too late for a scent tent at Port Eliot I guess, but maybe next year.

[calilark]

Excellent news. Sarah is marvellously interesting to listen to, I learn something new every time!

[Bratsandtwats]

Lovely lady. I may happen to have around 12 different perfumes of hers.

[Ollivander84]

Edamame beans or crispy kale? (Sarah and I consumed a large amount of kale tonight!)

[fourandnomore]

You know we will all end up outing ourselves

[LibertyBlue]

Question for Sarah: I love iris perfumes, the flowers, but also those with lots of orris giving that carroty, earthiness to a fragrance. I have no idea why, but I find iris enchanting. So my question is: if I love Prada Infusions D’Iris, Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist and Chanel Bois de Iles.... which perfumes might I like from your range and other houses?

[puppydogmummy]

How do I do webchat? Sorry I'm new to all this but I love the big sniff!

[buckeejit]

Just here to add some Sarah love. Did the first Mrs gloss workshop with her & had such a great day, so interesting & such a lovely lady with a great back story

[LibertyBlue]

puppydogmummy if you’re free when the webchat is live just watch the thread and post a question. Sarah will be writing replies to all the questions, one by one. If you’re not free, post your question in advance and check back later to see if it’s been answered. You only get one question but you can ask follow on questions that are related to your original question. You can obviously read all the other Q&As here too.

[Boglin]

I'd like to add my question in advance if possible:
Since skin chemistry plays such a large role in how scents smell on people, is there (or will there ever feasibly be) a way of categorising skin chemistry and determining which scents work for your type? As more and more perfume is ordered online it would be so useful to know if the beautiful scent you've ordered, that everyone is raving about, will actually smell like bathroom cleaner on you, before you click 'order'.

[auberginesrus]

That's a great question Boglin

[AnotherPinkiePieStory]

That’s so exciting. Thanks whoever organised!

[foxyfemke]

Aw, how nice! It's too late for me to tune in (different time zone), but it's so lovely to see her do so well. I know her from back in the day when she used to write the Lush Times!