Freeway (2018)
by 4160 Tuesdays for LuckyScent

In crafting 4160 Tuesdays Freeway, Sarah McCartney does something very special: she works in a generally sweet, creamy, pleasant formula and turns in partly dirty to create something brand new and nuanced.

The dominant aspect of the risk is the trifecta of orange blossom, vanilla, and petitgrain, and the former two are used to make up the near-entirety of two other compositions that I love, the more purely sweet Profumum Meringa and Lili Bermuda SunKiss. Certainly there are plenty other such examples, as well.

Freeway, however, takes a bit of a turn (pardon the pun) toward the boozy and the dirty, combining the abovementioned trio with, respectively, rum/brandy and tobacco/cannabis. It's this harmony between the mostly-sweet notes and the somewhat dirty notes that fosters a certain uniqueness that distinguishes Freeway from other sweet orange blossom scents. Sarah McCartney's mastery is best on display here as it is in Eau My Soul, finding the right combination of notes in proper proportions to create art.

Performance is strong and Freeway should prove a versatile offering, serving for me as a mostly-refreshing distraction on a hot summer day, though it's also bold, sweet, boozy, and dirty, so it really works year-round. Regardless of wearer or occasion, this is something I'd like to smell over and over again.

$110 for 50ml is more or less typical of her pricing, perhaps slightly higher than average for an EDP, but nevertheless worth every penny for a fan like me. Her best work to date (that I've tried) along with Eau My Soul.

9 out of 10