Sarah was a copywriter at cosmetics company Lush when she decided she wanted to make a scent for her sister (as a gift from her nephew). When Lush founder Mark Constantine handed her some raw ingredients, he couldn’t have imagined the journey he was sending her on. ‘We created a simple cologne, with citrus and lavender, but also a very special, exotic boronia oil,’ she says.
As she played around some more, Sarah began to imagine turning a hobby into a business.
— Sarah McCartney of 4160Tuesdays, one of five female perfumers featured in YOU fragrance special: Meet the spritz queens at the Daily Mail.