The Big Smoke

Smoky resin incense, tobacco leaf, dark earth
Scent Notes
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The full profile.
4160 Tuesdays The Big Smoke comes across as Smoky resin incense, tobacco leaf, dark earth. Key notes are frankincense, labdanum and birch. It reads unisex.
This fragrance is best in fall and winter and is an evening scent. It suits casual days. Released in 2023.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something woody and smoky for casual days.
- Sample first if: you are unsure about strong spicy notes; this one divides opinion.
- Skip if: you dislike resinous fragrances.
Around $68.
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Best for
- Casual
4160 Tuesdays is a UK independent perfume house founded by Sarah McCartney. Browse 110+ 4160 Tuesdays perfumes on Scendira, with prices from about $22 to $341.
Most-Discussed 4160 Tuesdays Perfumes
Over The Chocolate Shop, Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits and Rhubarb & Custard are the 4160 Tuesdays perfumes people bring up most across the communities Scendira follows.
Smelling the picks
Reach for Over The Chocolate Shop (2018) if you like warm chocolate coffee, creamy hazelnut, vanilla, opening on chocolate and coffee and drying down to vanilla. Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits (Eau de Parfum, 2020) carries black tea biscuits with lemon and creamy vanilla. Tart rhubarb tart, lemony cream, hay dust is what Rhubarb & Custard (Eau de Parfum, 2018) delivers, with rhubarb and grapefruit first and vanilla, hay and tobacco at the base.
If these picks suit you, gourmand perfumes and fresh perfumes are good places to keep looking, and the brands page lists every house.
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Common questions.
It smells like Smoky resin incense, tobacco leaf, dark earth. Key notes are frankincense, labdanum and birch.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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