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zevsenok – :
I confess I sampled 4160 Tuesdays Silk, Lace & Chocolate a few times casually before realizing it was right for me. A gourmand lover, I can be both easily receptive to and picky toward gourmand fragrances, and admittedly this one seems to have a bit of a mixed reception. Still, Sarah McCartney excels at gourmands (or at least semi-gourmands), and it’s no surprise to me that she does well with this.
SLC involves a relatively simple blend of chocolate, strawberry, and bergamot. The first two are obvious and make up the bulk of what stands out, at least to me, a dessert duo that walks the line between refreshing and decadent. The bergamot, however, is perhaps the key ingredient, as it lifts up the blend from being a heavy gourmand to something more in the middle.
Certainly apt for cold weather but not so dense for a little warm weather to be prohibitive, SLC is a well-blended gourmand. It’s in the usual price range for 4160 Tuesdays fragrances, $135 for 100ml and $90 for 50ml at Perfumology and Luckyscent in the US.
8 out of 10
arq220intitytek – :
I got a sample of this ages ago but have only just now given it a try, on the back of my hand. My immediate reaction was – no, just no. Strong dark chocolate scent very rapidly morphed into something dusty with an underlying acrid vibe that is really unpleasant. I agree with Snicole82 on this one. Glad I can wash it off (it took a couple of goes, so clearly the staying power is pretty good).
Funny how these scents are either immediate love or hate for me. So far, out of many, I’ve only loved two (Tokyo Spring Blossom; New York 1955). But Rosa Ribes (not yet listed on Fragrantica) is not bad at all.
karrnavellla – :
A beautiful gourmand fragrance. All the notes are present and blend well to create a mouthwatering sensation of melted chocolate pouring over fat, juicy strawberries. There is a dash of something alcoholic that reminds me of a cocktail, and this elevates the fragrance into naughty territory. Wear it when you want to be adored.
Bov – :
This wasn’t a gourmand to me, no chocolate or other delicious notes I could sense.
It was somehow powdery/woody, quite vintage style. Sold my bottle immediately.
ast105 – :
A true gourmand!
It smells like a strawberry daquiri liqueur chocolate
After the initial sharp strawberry and lemon (?) It settles down to a woody vanilla scent
Lovely
pozarny – :
Not really a fan of this one. I didn’t smell chocolate, but an old dusty smell. As in an old mansion that hasn’t been lived in for years with the white sheets on the furniture. Maybe that’s what they were going for…a Victorian kind of smell. Not my taste.
Medium Sillage, Low Longevity
Xeroxobfhr – :
There’s too much cedar in here. Ruins it for me. I love the lemonade, chocolate, strawberry notes but the cedar ends up overpowering everything else for me. Shame.
BoDi – :
The first sniff is fantastic, bright strawberry and yummy chocolate. Only lasts one second, sadly. Then it turns into plastic fruit or scented eraser. This does also smell like patchouli rose, like many have noted here.
sunnymand – :
Like Zorrita below, this scent was surprisingly very woodsy on me. There are only 3 notes listed above, and I only get 1 of them; 2 out of 3 are no-shows.
Definitely no strawberry, the opening I get is initially a pleasant waft of chocolate and lemonade. Then quickly, along comes a wooden baseball bat that knocks them both out of the park and soundly beats into submission any other notes that might have mistakenly thought to show their faces.
I know there are no woods listed in the notes, but that is the dominant scent on me. For about an hour I get a strong, dry sandalwood that gradually fades into indistinct sawdust. I love sandalwood, but it’s one of those beautiful notes that begs to be balanced by sweeter or brighter scents. The balance is off here, and all the other notes catch a serious beatdown from that sandalwood bat.
The only way I can envision this as a romantic scent is if the romantic occasion is a young couple in love, taking a trip to the carpenter shop to custom order a hand-carved wooden bed they hope to share for many years to come. In that situation the scent of sawdust, cut lumber, and cheap chocolate might qualify as romantic.
I enjoyed trying the sample, but not a full bottle buy for me, especially at niche prices.
julia-life – :
Longevity update:
THREE days on clothing and still going strong.
Incidentally, I left a comment on 4160 Tuesdays Facebook page about the perfume and mentioned that I thought I picked up patchouli. Sarah replied immediately and said that there is definitely no patchouli in here, but that the vibe could be coming from the cocoa, which does make sense.
ml500 – :
Good grief, this is good.
I bought 100ml direct from 4160 Tuesdays in their New Year sale – my first scent from this house. It is currently £45 (50ml is selling for £60 – oh dear, it made more sense to buy the larger bottle…). It arrived today, beautifully packaged and with a small free sample of Captured by Candlelight; I think I am going to like that, too.
On the literature which accompanied the fragrance, the listed notes are: chocolate, strawberry, bergamot and vanilla, the last of which has been omitted by Fragrantica.
I am sure I can smell patchouli in here, although it’s not listed.
This is rich, warm, creamy, spicy, gourmand chocolate heaven. It is not sweet; the bergamot tempers any sweetness from strawberry and contributes to the fragrance’s spiciness. Vanilla is imperceptible to me, but may be causing the creamy aspect I sense.
I have other chocolate perfumes: Montale’s Chocolate Greedy (which I love), but SLC is creamier and slightly less “dusty”; Al-Rehab Choco Musk (a solid “like” and sweeter and quieter); Thierry Mugler Angel Le Gout du Parfum, which I also love (but is unmistakably Angel, an inescapable heritage).
4160 Tuesdays Silk, Lace and Chocolate is now my favourite chocolate fragrance and should assuage my cravings for the edible stuff.
Sillage is moderate – not sure yet about longevity, but I suspect it will be good.
Hidan – :
After Testing it again… This is like the strawberry sugars lime daiquiri on a plate of milk chocolate. More of strawberries with splashes of sugar limes on a mild plate of melted milky chocolate.
The “Crimes of Passion” line is made of allot of strawberries and berries in general, i wonder why! In my opinion, “Maxed Out” is the best of this line so far and thank GOD it doesn’t have that strawberry-berries vibes. & regarding “Dirty Honey” & “Inevitable” i have nothing to say! couldn’t realize what both are about!
виктор кюстлер – :
Gosh this such a delicious chocolate and strawberry fragrance. Definitely one to wear for a romantic occasion. Please dont assume that this is a sickly sweet or heavy cloying fragrance. Its beautifully smooth and balanced. The strawberry note is very real life. There is also an almost a boozy note but it could all be imagined by me. I love gourmand fragrances and this is definitely in my top 5 chocolate fragrances. Moderate sillage and longevity. Its another man magnet.
tsiwkach – :
If anyone has an unloved bottle of this, or a decant to swap, please PM me! I haven’t smelled it yet, but I am surely curious.
ycl460Unlogrere – :
just bought this and, as the company had just sold their last 50ml, the nice lady sent me a 100ml instead for the same price!!
On me this scent smells like chocolate and incense, I don’t get any fruit at all. It reminds me of Matthew Williamsons Incence but with chocolate.
I like it but would prefer it less woody.
Zorrita
AlelefabeladO – :
Deep Chocolate with lime & some sort of strawberries maybe! not cloying and definitely not a candy stuff but it seems after a while the sweet turns into something artificial!
I don’t know what’s the problem with this house! some of their fragrances’s names sounds quite appealing that makes me really love it before smelling it.. but when i sniff their fragrances i end up disliking it at max! i don’t know what’s the problem with them and my nose, is it that they use cheap ingredients! or maybe they mix up things wrongly or badly that they leave chaos behind! this happened with “Dark heart of Old Havana”, “Maxed Out”, and now this one here! the first one is a sleepless saliva, the second smells like an arm pit now, and the third one is un-describable! WiERd!
bv9001mailru – :
What a gorgeous perfume. For times when you want to feel cosy and a bit decadent!
First off, this chocolate is not bitter or sweet, but beautifully creamy. The vanilla adds to the deliciousness but the touch of bergamot stops it from becoming sickly and too rich. The hint of strawberry brings to mind that lovely aroma of when you take the lid off a tin of chocolates…strawberry cremes, toffee fingers, creamy fudges. I can’t stop inhaling it!
This is the first FB I have bought from 4160 Tuesdays; This is one I plan to rebuy and get a big backup of because I don’t want to be without this!
anastasidou – :
very interesting. i’ve about used up my sample – this has grown on me. Silk, Lace, & Chocolate reminds me of good quality Japanese pencil erasers from the ’70s – which is not a bad thing! initially, something biting and almost burnt is there, but very quickly, i’d say after about 15-30 minutes, the chocolate and strawberry meld to form a soft, fruity, powdery cloud.
boxer2010 – :
Bergamot ruins it for me…too harsh.
I can also smell ceder wood.
Not to my liking, I was expecting something creamier and more chocolatey.
fuad777 – :
A very beautiful gourmand scent, dark choclolate with the slight metallic note that sophisticates it, it is like a chocolate wrapped in tintfoil.
Longevity, a quality that is nearly as important as a composition to me, is great. It is not annoying, but my shirt kept the scent after I wore it and left on the shelf – woa the chocolate was still there, very delicate yet strong.
Alexavc – :
Yummy! Deep, dark, rich chocolate with a succulent bergamot tang on top.
The strawberry is tucked away in the background and only pops out once in a while.
There’s something boozy about this too. It has a whiff of Irish Coffee about it.
To me, this is a much more reasonably priced version of Guerlain’s Gourmand Coquin. This one is richer and less powdery without the vanilla to soften it, but it has the same boozy chocolate feel without costing insane amounts of money.
It’s linear and lasts for hours upon hours.
zvzvzvzv – :
I am generally not a lover of chocolate scents so I approached this sample with caution. Very pleasantly surprised here. On the first sniff I am immediately transported to a York chocolate factory where the master chocolatier is preparing fresh dark chocolate truffles with fresh strawberry cream fondant filling. Mmmmmmmm…..absolutely delicious…yum yum yum. Makes me want to eat those truffles and I don’t even like dark chocolate or fruity fillings.
Chocolate strawberry note lingers for a good while and eventually dries down to a yummy base very similar to the Sexiest Scent but sweeter. Longevity is very good too.
This is one chocolate scent I would definitelly shell out for.