4160 Tuesdays

4160tuesdays.com

London studio run by Sarah McCartney, self taught, who started in 2010 after writing about scent for years. The name counts the Tuesdays in an eighty year life. The catalogue is huge for an artisan house, well past a hundred scents, with names like The Sexiest Scent On The Planet Ever and London 1969. Sizes run from 9 ml up to 50 ml, so a whole bottle does not have to cost a week's wages, and the studio also runs perfume making workshops.

Good for people who want to experiment cheaply and for anyone who fancies blending their own bottle on a Saturday. The flip side of a big catalogue is that quality is not level: some scents feel like sketches. Presentation is plain, no heavy glass or fancy boxes. Bespoke work is offered, and orders ship from the London studio, mostly within the UK and Europe.