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Nik12 – :
I had a 1/4 full sample of this from a lovely Aussie Fragrance Network member and loved it so much. Sadly, this sample is now gone … but in a wonderful twist of events (and due to a lovely friend who has offered to bring my purchases to me in Melbourne), I now own a 30mL bottle.
As this type of scent isn’t usually what I’d go for and the money I can spend is somewhat low, I purchased this during the scent of the week specials. (along with a 30mL bottle of Dark Heart of Old Havana)
This reminds me of those pink lifesaver musks. It’s sweet, pink and ever so pretty while also being a bit powdery. There’s a rose in there too, it smells a bit like something from an expensive rose attar.
8.5/10 for this one. Personally, as its not my usual type of scent, its lower than 9.5 which would be my objective rating. I can wear the heck out of this.
kpw024JeomiWogkig – :
Fragrance Review For New York 1955
4160 Tuesdays New York
Top Notes
Cotton Candy
Middle Notes
Raspberry Rose Violet
Base Notes
Vanilla Musk
Valentines Day February 14 1955 Manhattan NYC
She is a young girl blonde or very sandy light brown hair, blue or brown eyes, a girl she may be but she is not a child. She is also not a fully mature adult. Her actual age is irrelevant as the fragrance’s wearer’s age is also irrelevant. This is a lovely girl who falls easily in love, who cries during sad romantic tragic movies, who loves puppies, flowers, candy, and already has a boyfriend her own age who indulges her with these things. She wears a pink polka dot dress, a pink hue that matches with the color of cotton candy and pink marshmallows which is how the frag opens. Those top notes are straight up nostalgic of childhood memories of binging on cotton candy at the fair, or in this case Coney Island, of raspberry scented candy, of innocent youth, of bygone carefree springs when you were just living day to day without knowing what was around the corner of your life. Today she has arranged a rendezvous with a boy from her school for a date on Valentine’s Day. They go to the ice cream parlor, dance a little to an indifferent audience to the jukebox’s pop tunes. They only have this one day to remember each other by because in time memory will fail them and will have outgrown the jukebox, the ice cream, and each other.
This fragrance is to quote Leslie Gore “Sunshine Lollipops and rainbows”. Opens with those gourmand but not sickly sweet notes of pure cotton candy, raspberry dessert, and already one can detect the delicious vanilla. The scent is mainly a gourmand to me which surprised me for being so specific in it’s title about New York in the mid 50’s but you know, it’s really quite accurate. It’s the way that young girls would have smelled with their hairspray and their pink nail polish and lipstick. It’s a very girly perfume, perhaps too much for my own tastes but just lovely. I do like to change it up a bit. The perfumed cloud of sweetness and saccharine candy softens into a powder of flowers. These flowers include rose and violet. Two notes that really go well together. For me it’s more a violet than a rose. A candied violet, sweet, feminine, and as powdery as iris. The rose is clearly there, but she is not of the realistic greenish kind. Still there are enough flowers to make it a tad sophisticated and mature, without being grandmother’s rose garden.
The dry down is a musky aroma of clean skin, and with the cotton candy it smells like a very lovely satin or silk over the skin, exactly like a vintage 1950s pink chiffon dress. The demure dainty vibe is like actually wearing a 50’s dress, a poodle skirt, with your hair up and smelling so feminine and delicious. There’s also a vanilla aroma that is in tune with the gourmand top notes. This perfume is sweet, light, powdery, flowery and candied, all at once. Best worn in spring or summer with a very girly dress or mini skirt and top, nice shoes, flats or heels, and it’s definitely a party dress/party perfume.
vanjkavanika – :
This is one of my ‘happy’ fragrances and one of the few ‘pink’ perfumes I enjoy.
Playful, girlish candy floss and marshmallow at first, but its not the cloying, sickly- sweet gourmand thats fashionable right now.
This is demure, ladylike and has a lovely lightness about it. The dry down is violet-rose and a dreamy, softly softly musk on my skin. The vanilla here is subtle.
Sillage is moderate, longevity is good (as with all the fragrances I’ve tried from this perfume house)
Another 4160 Tuesdays winner!
uadjin – :
Something about this perfume is amazingly fun and youthful yet it’s also ladylike in all the right ways. I get the raspberry most prominently followed by violet. My first impression was of French raspberry bon bons. I don’t smell anything super powdery about this perfume, not in comparison to something like Teinte de Neige, anyway. I notice a little cotton candy perhaps in the drydown, after a few hours, where the vanilla also comes out. It probably also contributes to the candy-like sweetness of the scent and is the reason I think of hard candies. I am throwing a tea party for my little one’s birthday, and I found my perfect perfume for the occasion. I will enjoy the pastels, plastic tiaras, pretty tea pots and 2-tiered cake, and I will feel perfectly grown-up in doing so.
Hameleon44 – :
This is a lovely scent in amazingly original packaging that I will keep. On me it is not overwhelmingly sweet, in fact I cannot clearly recognise the coton candy at all. Instead, my initial impression is of a sort of makeup-like scent with a vinyl twist (due to the raspberry and violet, I think); the rose clearly emerges shortly after. I don’t really notice the base notes here. The perfume is very well named. A really great blind buy, and it seems to last and project fairly well. Beware over applying it, though – the individual notes then disappear into an indistinct (but still not overly sweet) mess.
ka101184 – :
This smells SO girly and “pink” and fun! Candied violets, raspberry, vanilla and musk. If you like big pink fragrances like Lipstick Rose, you need to give this one a try. I don’t normally go for anything this sweet and pink but something about NY 1955 makes it work. Feels like big sillage also but I can’t sniff myself so I’m not sure but I feel like a big, sweet, pink, powdery cloud! It actually reminds of an amped up and sweeter Kenzo Flower. If you like lipstick/makeup type fragrances this is a must try!
bmw77722rus – :
So so so SWEET. Smells like I sampled every body spray at B&BW and then worked a 12 hour shift at a candy store. Not my personal MO, but I know others are into this.
EvgeshaHOR – :
Rose and litchi give way to powdery raspberry pastilles. Oh so prim and coy.
леша1985 – :
I have just about given up on finding a winner within 4160 Tuesdays. With my chemistry, it seems like this whole house is a huge “Like – but not love.” That being said – this is another big “Like – but not love.” I can see this being a perfect fit for somebody’s sweet-tooth, but for me it’s a bit of a jumble.
The opening of New York 1955 is a swirl of bitter sweetness – olfactory overload! The prominent notes are cotton candy, violet, and metric-ton of sour raspberry. Sweet, sticky, dense. The drydown is much more pleasant once the rose notes emerge and create that vintage-cosmetic-bag feel, much more dainty and composed! If you’re familiar with the YSL Parisienne “type” of fragrance – that’s exactly the territory where 1955 goes!
While an interesting novelty in anybody’s collection – this seems like something that would be Peg Bundy’s signature. Highlights your femininity, but is a bit tacky, brash and in your face. Synopsis: Peg Bundy at a funfair.
таа9.11 – :
What a delicious sophisticated masterpiece.
The notes are oh so feminine and the result could have just been like so many of the floral fruity sugary fragrances already out there but no, its a lady like cut above the rest. Very Breakfast at Tiffanys.
andrej.tet – :
A sweet, fruity, sherbety concoction. It’s a little too sweet for my personal taste, but my daughter loves it and it’s beautiful on her.
I’d love to know what was used to give the candy floss (or cotton candy as it’s called in America) effect because it’s very realistic. The opening smells just like the candy floss stall at the funfair.
The raspberry is very prominent and the violets heighten the sweetness. I don’t notice much rose.
The vanilla dry down is lovely and creamy and takes things from pick-n-mix candy to ice cream candy.
Longevity is around 8 hours and the sillage is moderate.
If you love sweet/fruity perfumes, you’re on to a winner here. It’s very reasonably priced and doesn’t smell at all like the million other sweet/fruity scents out there.
gas463elipseskism – :
Forest fruits ice-lolly and raspberry-ripple ice-cream. Stays the same throughout.
Charming on a bright day and clear night dithering between Winter and Spring.
Shuher-SL – :
To me New York 1955 is all about the violets. It’s light and pretty and puts a spring in your step. Lasting power is excellent, and I regard this as excellent value too.