RomGlum – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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

AlexeyB – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

Ohhh, I like this one..can’t wait for cooler temps to wear this, but shoot, I will gladly wear this even now, in the heat of Summer..why not?? lol.
To me this is definitely on the gourmand side of fragrances, but doesn’t SCREAM gourmand. This is also a sweet fragrance, but something keeps this from becoming too sweet, perhaps the green tea or the musk note or the woody notes, although this is not musky nor woody to me, and I don’t pick up a specific green tea note, either..but something keeps this from being too sweet. However, having said that, if you don’t care for sweet scents or gourmand scents, this likely might not be for you.
Just as I thought I tired of sweet and gourmand scents, Centrepiece finds it’s way to my wrists and to my nose, and is a lovely “welcome!!” A sweet cozy type of scent. Moderate longevity and moderate sillage.

Vadon – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

I think the inspiration behind Sarah’s creation is what makes the perfume familiar, but that does not make it less interesting. Centerpiece is inspired by the aromas of the ice cream shop and somehow ends up recalling memories of childhood – and this may explain its aura of comfort and relaxation, referring to simpler and brighter times. The pillars of Centrepiece are also two familiar notes, especially for those who like gourmands: vanilla and honey. Yet, the way they are worked out is that it makes the perfume interesting, always between the familiar and the distinct.
One thing I realize is that Sarah loves the vanilla theme and knows how to work the note, so that it sounds sophisticated, sweet without being ordinary, and maybe that’s why her vanilla brings back to one of the great classics of vanilla, Guerlain Shalimar . However, instead of a harmony of bergamot and vanilla, we have a contrast of honey and vanilla, as if our favorite ice cream flavour had received a generous syrup of honey.
Interesting that you have the feeling that some material or set of materials creating a vintage touch, as if you were entering an ice cream shop of the present but with a more classic furniture. Other more distinct details begin to emerge between the center of vanilla and honey. First we have a minty aroma, with a bit of anise, which gives freshness to the sweetness; then a silky floral scent that has an aura of honey and fits nicely the theme portrayed and finally a scent of chocolate and patchouli that complements the cozy air, discreetly reminding me of Thierry Mugler’s patchouli, honey and chocolate theme.
Certainly Centerpiece is an exercise in exploring familiar aspects, a construction of uniqueness from what can be common to many. This is consistent with the process of creating memories – consider that no memory is purely individual since as human beings we live in society and we are inserted in a collective that influences us. Its ability to gravitate both between the past and the present is also a fine aspect of its construction. This is a gourmand for those who like sweetness but appreciate it in a more adult way.

Katuhka – 2022-07-05:

4 out of 5

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.

panicorio – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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…

Gimoroy – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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.

viktorius1234 – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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…

popugai – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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.

pizdosbandos – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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

torneo.t – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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?

aabistrov – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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.

robuzz – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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.

4forexr – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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.

andryshenka7 – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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]

error404 – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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.

Revvus – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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.

apteechko – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

Green tea and marzipan!

geomashgeomash – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

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.

zjw817Unlogrere – 2022-07-05:

3 out of 5

I really like this. It smells like suntan lotion and almond extract. I don’t get much of anything else. Just almonds, cherries, and a sunscreen note that takes me to the beach..

lyolikpiter – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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.

Vagnifegaiday – 2022-07-05:

4 out of 5

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

PACMAN8201 – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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.

Melpt870InsuffBooni – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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!

sergsharov – 2022-07-05:

5 out of 5

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…