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yfan78 – :
4160 Tuesdays What I Did On My Holidays deliberately calls to mind the food aromas enjoyed while one is on holiday, or as we say in the US, vacation.
As seemingly many have noted, WIDOMH gives off somewhat of a “mint chocolate chip ice cream” vibe, but without chocolate as a listed note, leading me to believe it’s predominantly the mint, vanilla, and ice cream notes that I smell from opening to dry down.
Other supporting fresh / sweet notes include coconut (which I definitely get whiffs of), lavender (adding some freshness), and seaweed (barely there, if at all, on my skin).
I’m generally not a fan of mint chocolate chip ice cream, nor do I enjoy mint in food much, and I’m usually pretty picky about mint in fragrances, so all of that notwithstanding, I’m pretty impressed by how well the mint is integrated into WIDOMH.
For me it’s a like, not a love, at least for now, but I can see how this would have a lot of appeal, especially for summer wear, as it’s a gourmand, but not too heavy. Performance is acceptable, maybe slightly above average, and the pricing is on the more modest side of 4160 Tuesdays, at $90 for 50ml. Certainly one I’d like to try and wear some more and of which I need to find a larger decant.
7 out of 10
paland67 – :
Minty sweetness (like mint ice cream, with an overall cooling effect from mint and slight lavender). What I Did On My Holidays has a mild saltiness, more like salt water taffy than a briney realistic ocean scent. I don’t get any coconut, but perhaps it is the creaminess I smell and the touch of sunscreen in the background that lends the scent a “strolling on the board walk” vibe. Overall, it’s a cute, innocent and quirky gourmand – very sweet but not too overwhelming in the heat. I’ve found I’ve been craving minty fragrances lately in the humid summer weather (Masque’s Russian Tea has been getting a lot of wear) and this is a casual but interesting mint gourmand. Quirky but not hard to wear. More feminine than masculine. Low sillage and medium longevity. Like.
Tumquiene – :
This fragrance explains EXACTLY why LUSH went from 4 to 700 stores under Sarah’s copywriting. It’s magical and charming.
The burst of mint chocolate chip ice cream is astringent and gives a nice lift to the seaweed and coconut notes. There’s a saltiness to it that captures warm skin at the beach perfectly. What I Did On My Holidays has a JOY to it that can’t help but lift you up.
It’s bizarre and fun. For those of us into fragrance already, there’s no way you have ever tried anything like this. And for new fragrance aficionados, this is one of those fragrances that just rocks your world!
Highly recommended, obviously.
driebrino – :
This is similar to reveal for men but this is sweeter and mintier.
It’s super strong, 2 dabs on my wrist and the scent is radiating all around me.
I smell the oceanic accord in this and also the creamy sweet ice cream. Though the mint kind of smothers all the other notes which is annoying. If the mint wasn’t so intense it would be something I would definitely wear.
danil-atlete – :
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.
Goblin666 – :
Brighton seafront in a bottle. It is an uncannily accurate rendering of British seaside holidays – mint rock, suntan lotion and salty sea breeze. It’s terrifically good and evokes very happy memories of my childhood by the sea.
sklyarov80 – :
On opening – wow. And not in a good way on my skin. A stick of very minty rock that has been sat at the bottom of a beach bag with a leaking bottle of insect repellent and perhaps some cough medicine. Once I got over this, it became coconuts, more coconuts and sun tan cream with perhaps some 70s hairspray in there – which I don’t mean in a bad way. Overall it was worth riding out the opening to get the this stage. But for me it doesn’t feel like the memories of a holiday – Sunshine and Pancakes fits the bill for holiday nostalgia from this house. It is unusual for sure!
ромам – :
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
x3y – :
For the young. Terribly sweet, full of sticky sugary things and the vague hint of sick on the back of the charabang home. Must be a touch of the old four carbon fatty acid in this one. No offence, but I can smell it a mile off. It’s in stinky feet and the fridge destroying capabilities of a small exploding pack of mozzarella cheese as well (yes, this happened, and it was traumatic, for WEEKS). Not for me, makes me think of youth club trips to Blackpool and the inevitable fall out of friendships, romances on the rocks and a curdling of ice cream and cider and black.
витатая – :
Sky of blue, and sea of breeze,
stick of minty rock, and ice cream.
Suntan oil, with coconut, and some
candy floss, in the beach hut…
Ha ha!
We all went on our holidays to the beach,
it was lots of fun,
it is lots of fun…
****
FriendBrian – :
Encouraged by the reviews, I blind bought this perfume. I’m not British, not even American – but it definitely smells familiar. It’s like summer in a bottle. I love the mint – it’s sweet and refreshing. Another great scent by this brand.
bhc734Negeltzex – :
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.
tur4iq – :
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.
fa575 – :
I have no idea what these folks did on holiday, but I would prefer to stay home. Of course I should have known, but I blind tested this one. It came with a sample lot, and I didn’t even read up on this one before I tested it. At work. Ha.
I am not a fan of ozonic and aquatic scents and this is all that plus a bag of chips. Salty chips. Yes, I smell the sea note and the salt note, very strong, a little dank, a little seaweedy. Kind of a green sea note, not blue. The fruity note struck me as fig, which is not listed, but remember I tested this one blind. And the coconut, overwhelming coconut.
And the mint! My beloved said, “ew, medicinal. Menthol.”
I said, no, mint. But it is not the mint I love, as in Balenciaga Florabotanica (cannibis mint) or in Caron aimez moi (cool mint), this is more mentholated Vicks.
If you like aquatics and ozonics and coconut, you will love this one. On me, a scrubber, and not so easy to get off. I am actually kind of a champion of the completed testing, I rarely bail on a fragrance, and usually do multiple tests. But this is so not me. Just no.
Likan wars – :
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
ccheappp – :
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.
qri507intitytek – :
This is cute! It is pure British nostalgia-‘What I did on my holidays’ is the standard first piece of work you do in primary school (aged 5-11) after the long summer holidays. The fragrance is basically Blackpool, or Morecombe, or Weston-Super-Mare family holidays where sand gets in your knickers, a seagull makes off with your sandwiches and you fall off the donkey ride.
The mint is either mint humbugs that your granny sucked all day, or sticks of rock that you nearly broke your tooth on trying to take a bite. I don’t get much coconut but I don’t think my nose can pick that up anyway, but I do get the sweet icecream, vanilla, candyfloss, all with a hint of sea salt and a slight ozone smell of seaweed.
This isn’t foreign holidays in exotic locations, or jet setting around tropical islands, this is family time holidays and being a little kid again. I’m not sure how that translates for non-UK folk (are sticks of rock and candyfloss and donkey-rides common elsewhere?), but I really like this. Maybe not so much as a personal fragrance, more of a household scent that made me feel very happy.
godchate – :
Very zesty (no citrus listed), minty and sweet at one point concoction. It is also extremely refreshing, so although it might be an intrigue to smell the holidays in a perfume, it does also have a cooling effect in hot weather. I like the aquatic note in this a lot. I do not smell the coconut, but I have trouble with this note (being able to detect it) in perfumes. I don’t think my nose knows how to smell it! There are so many I love in this house, which will be my next full bottle?
uniopheni – :
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.
aliya10 – :
4160 Tuesdays is such a fun perfume house–they have a wide variety of scents to choose from, and while not all of them appeal to me, there are a great many that do. What I Did on My Holidays is on the fence. I enjoy it from an entertainment aspect. As many have mentioned, it evokes memories of long-ago beach holidays, with the salty wind blowing through your hair, the vague scent of suntan lotion wafting up from the person on the next beach towel over, the tiniest suggestion of sweets floating by.
The strong mint element flickers in and out with the salty air accord, and it occasionally throws me as it can feel a bit medicinal. However, there may be a huge difference in how WIDOMH plays on a hot summer day versus a chilly winter day. I really love the fact that the scent is not linear, but the elements flow in and out; I’m going to hang on to my sample for warmer weather to decide if this is something I would wear frequently.
volk05071983 – :
How many of us have treasured memories of precious holidays with our family? Our childhood memories return in a nanosecond through smell and we can instantly teleport ourselves to a time and place long gone and revisit people we are no longer with. Many of us hold memories of seaside holidays, so any perfume that can allow us to relive those happy memories is a very special scent indeed. What I did on my holidays is a very realistic interpretation of the seaside, and stood up to blind testing by my 11year old daughter who immediately said it smelled like an island we once visited. The coconut is a nod of course to suntan lotion, but isn’t overdone. The aquatic note is very prominent and at one stage I thought it was a little synthetic, but then it was rescued by the seaweed and the combination worked well. The lavender isn’t noticeable at all, but I understand why its there, to offer an aromatic note that keeps this from being too sweet. Like others, I got no cotton candy or icecream which is fortunate, because this Funfair aspect is not really the Australian beach experience.
I like this a lot, but not as much as CB I Hate Perfumes At the Beach 1966 with its Coppertone and salt notes, only because that is my personal teleport to an Australian beach, December circa 1975.
gmt011Negeltzex – :
This is THE summer aquatic. It’s also a bit of a masterclass in how to create a great aquatic.
I don’t see melon listed here, but it’s a very prominent note in this (unless I’m mistaking it for something else, but I’m almost positive it’s melon). There’s a lovely, watery cucumber note too. Under the melon and cucumber, it’s all ice cream and seaside air. This is very much British seaside, not tropical island. The coconut is green, not that “look, beach so here’s coconut!” accord that often happens in summery aquatics (if that makes any sense to anyone other than me!).
There’s also an underlying kick to this that I can’t quite identify. It’s almost spicy, maybe a little bitter. It gives the whole thing a bit of oomph.
The mint is very well done. It’s subtle and not so much minty as something that offers more depth to the other accords. I only catch the faintest whiff of it, which suits me fine as mint is something I’m not always a great fan of in perfumes.
I’ve been wearing this a lot this summer. So much that I’ll need to order another bottle soon. It’s so refreshing and it smells exactly as it sets out to smell. It’s not some abstract version of a beach, it really does smell like a day at the seaside.
Moderate sillage and excellent longevity. Even on a sticky hot day, I’ve put this on in the morning and still smelled it at bed time.
Layernsar – :
This is a lovely fragrance, mint, coconut & a sort of mild caramel with salt? I don’t smell lavender.
I can’t get enough of this, love, love, love. But it is not strong and is gone after about an hour. Perhaps they can make it stronger????
This brings to mind hot balmy summer nights dancing to jazz funk when I used to where Poison, even though they aren’t similar apart from the coconut.
Funny though that was at the seaside in Essex.
garri1177 – :
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.
rjm765speagoessenda – :
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 😉