![]() ![]() When I was 16 I bought a bottle of Diorella. I made magic spells and wanted to be a witch when I grew up. "As a little girl, I did not make perfumes from rose petals. Want to know why? Sarah, in her own words: We've met a lot of people in the perfume world, and Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays is one of our very favorites. ![]() From a dark doorway a handsome man in white whispers, 'Do you want a Cuban boyfriend?' and I speed up a little, squeaking 'No! Thank you very much for asking all the same!' And then the old Cubanos at the tango club greet us with smiles, songs, rum, and kisses." Notes include orange, peach, grapefruit, sugar, tobacco, bergamot, tonka, jasmine, vanilla, musk, and black pepper. "The scent of peaches beginning to turn overripe, and citrus peel going squishy in the gutter. "Wafts of coffee and tobacco, sweet, sugary desserts cooked with baskets of oranges and mangoes," Sarah remembers. That's what perfumer Sarah McCartney has done with The Dark Heart of Old Havana, in which she recreates an evening walk through Cuba's Old Havana from the Hotel Sevilla to the Caseon del Tango for a dance lesson. ![]() Sometimes we envy perfumers' ability to capture memories in scent. ![]()
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