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Sarah McCartney
@sarahmccartney.bsky.social
Making perfume at 4160Tuesdays.com teaching perfume making at Scenthusiasm.school fountain pen user, North Easterner, currently a Londoner
Greetings New York, from London where the leaves have fallen, but not much else. The sky though! Wibbly.
Anyway, welcome to Team Rational.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I made a film for beginner perfumers. It's long, because so is learning perfumery.
youtu.be/c4iQ2nHZN4M?...
Artisan Perfumery: A beginner's guide from 4160Tuesdays
YouTube video by 4160 Tuesdays
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November 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I got an email from a client who wrote perturbing instead of protruding.
I suppose it's possible she was concerned by the thing that sticks out a bit.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm one of the privileged fountain pen nerds who got a bottle of the new Pelikan Edelstein Apricot Achat ink on Friday night. I've put it into a Sailor with a fude nib. 😁 Sorry. My other obsession leaked out.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I thought this might cheer you up. youtu.be/WrAV5EVI4tU?...
The Beatles - I Feel Fine
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
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October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
600+ words on a brief history of modern perfumery today.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just occasionally, I find myself in the coolest room on the planet at the right time. #same.band
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Political editor @jamesrball.com talks about his exhaustive investigation for The New World into the influence of one man in British society - Paul Marshall.

Watch to find out who he is 👀
Who Is Paul Marshall? The billionaire backing Britain’s right wing
The New World has released it's exhaustive investigation into the influence of one man in British society - Paul Marshall. Our political editor James Ball lays bare, for the first time, the…
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October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This person just followed me. I wondered why, so checked the profile and found that it only follows 22 older women from various countries. I wonder why? What next? A DM? 😁 Or am I too cynical.
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
HSBC worries me more every day.
October 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I rarely see someone that makes me wish this hard that I'd thought of it first. I'm doing my best to be confelicitous about it.
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you fancy watching this film on YouTube that would be lovely. If you would consider pressing the button below it that asks to "give it some hype" that would be even better.
We're competing with AI nonsense and that's one way to let YouTube know that humans are watching.
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Perfume Q&A (3/4): Can we learn by copying? And more...
YouTube video by 4160 Tuesdays
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October 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Today I bought a yellow fountain pen from a gentleman named Adolphus Smith, who made it by hand and travelled from Ohio to the London Pen Show. I'd saved up for some special things and this one called to me.
Everything about this makes me happy.
October 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I am wearing double Studio Coverdale as you can never have too many imaginary flowers in your scarf and hoodie.
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sometimes, perfume making takes me to the best places to meet marvellous people.
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Terrific crowd this morning at the Olympic Cinema in Barnes: thank you to @sarahmccartney.bsky.social for insights on scent and much more; to Anne and the organizers of Barnes Bookfest for their hospitality, and to everyone who was there!
September 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We now have over 7500 subscribers to our YouTube channel which officially makes Arthur McBain and me perfumery micro-influencers. 😂
This is how we do it.
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Scenthusiasm: YLANG YLANG AND HOW I USE IT ("Because it's an aphrodisiac"?)
YouTube video by 4160 Tuesdays
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September 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We called the bank about a fraudulent charge on my business bank card. They told me they would investigate, which they have, and that they would cancel my card and send a new one.
I cut my card up.
They had done neither. I found out 14 days later. 🙄 Very big bank. Numpties.
September 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Four buses and four trains, five hours to get to Crystal Palace Subway and back. Totally worth the bother.
September 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just what I needed on a Friday night.
youtu.be/miFCWJDjL1w?...
マリンバ3重奏「ぬいぐるみたちの天国と地獄」"Orpheus in the Underworld"Teddy bears Marimba trio
YouTube video by 嶋崎雄斗
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September 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When you see parallel escalators do you ever race each other to the top by just standing there to check which one is faster?
Just us? 😄
I won today. Bond Street Elizabeth Line, east exit.
#EscalatorRace #ElizabethLine #SecretsOfAHappyMarriage
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This was a good day for perfumery experiments with frankincense. #artisans
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Let your coven know that we've a sale on at 4160Tuesdays.
www.4160tuesdays.com/4160tuesdays...
Damn Rebel Witches - Our Shop
This fragrance celebrates women who dared to be different with notes of tobacco, orange, twigs, musk, oakmoss, and hazelnut brew.
www.4160tuesdays.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Work in progress. I made this fragrance, which smells complex but is made with three unusual naturals and one synthetic but naturally occurring molecule. I love it. Ought I to try harder, or leave it be?
#perfume
September 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM