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!

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. youtu.be/cnZDlb5xzL4?...

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.

Four buses and four trains, five hours to get to Crystal Palace Subway and back. Totally worth the bother.

Just what I needed on a Friday night. youtu.be/miFCWJDjL1w?...

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

This was a good day for perfumery experiments with frankincense. #artisans

Let your coven know that we've a sale on at 4160Tuesdays. www.4160tuesdays.com/4160tuesdays...

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

Sir Jim Ratcliffe helped to cause the unstable economy he's complaining about. He's sulking because he can make more millions through fracking. He can go away. The UK really doesn't need careless selfish people like him. I feel sorry for the US. They have enough problems without him arriving.

Note to self. Stay away from Threads. In the news, I had an excellent cup of Persian tea last night after an excellent meal at Mahdi's in Hammersmith.

Mind Meld What makes a team smart? It’s not a room full of geniuses.

I return from the north with the best cheese.

For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology. But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

Sign on and let asylum seekers work while they wait for a decision. Dignity for them, and better for all of us www.refugee-action.org.uk/lift-the-ban/

We visited my 97 year old aunt in her care home. We got caught up in a dispute between two residents: a woman who thought it was her house, and a man she was trying to kick out. He wanted to leave but couldn't find his way out. They both declared us useless. The staff there are beyond patient.

Today 554 words on olfactory habitation. And the oddest train ride, during which a toadying grafter pitched a carbon capture investment to Richard Tice at the table opposite us.

Prince fans, this might interest you. #Prince #Perfume ebay.us/m/G2xzLt

Creating a variety of shapes using steamed buns: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

I loathed "Back to School" ads and they still give me horror shivers 45 years after leaving. I never wanted to go back to school, I wanted to stay at home and play the clarinet, make clothes, write stories and read books. I still do.

Here's something beautiful for you all. youtu.be/DjrYUKQW_MU?...

We stopped sending parcels to the US; it's already chaos.

This is another bot set up to capture followers who are not supporting the Nectarine Narcissus. They only repost, with no original content. Blockety block.

Yet another lazy AI email this morning: "I have long admired 4160 Tuesdays’ playful and creative approach to niche perfumery" No you haven't. We aren't playful.

We think of motorised scooters as a new London thing but this is suffragette Lady Florence Norman using one in London in 1916.

Because sometimes we need an interlude. youtu.be/0aOm8AkIEEI?...

Here's Tina Turner on TV, and there on the right is John Miles who was my parents' neighbour. (He was Mr. Errington, that nice man with the white grand piano.) He fetched their shopping when it was a bit icy out. Lovely chap. He toured with Tina for 22 years.

Greetings from London to our US customers. We're very sorry but until we know what's going to happen with the Uber Orange's new tariffs, duties and admin charges we're going to have to suspend US shipping on 20th August. Canada, you're fine. #tarrifs #InternationalTrade #USUKTrade

There's this thing going round TikTok where you put "book" into the search box and the idea is that the first suggestion is the story of your life. Ready? "The Courage to be Disliked." I'll take that.

This is the song inspired by the same tea and biscuits that encourages me to make our Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits perfume. I only found out about it yesterday, and it's by one of my favourite groups. youtu.be/SNPunpRxQC8?...

This is the song inspired by the same tea and biscuits that encourages me to make our Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits perfume. I only found out about it yesterday, and it's by one of my favourite groups. youtu.be/SNPunpRxQC8?...

388 words today on the train back to London on relative density.

Yes please.

Yesterday on the train, 588 words on why we measure perfumery formulas by weight not volume.

I fear that there's a new bot swarm of fake US anti-Trumpers set to follow unsuspecting. They don't post; they only repost anti-MAGA info. If this is a similar attempt to the bot-farms' earlier Twitter/X takeover, after a short while spent gleaning followers they'll suddenly switch to pro-Trump.

When your Oxfam shop books coordinate with your Shelter shop dress, and the whole lot adds up to less than £30, you've had a good day. (Chiswick: best charity shops ever.) #sheltershopfind

Today's Oh FFS. I was at home writing. Royal Mail didn't ring. They left a parcel behind the bins for 74a Erika Tebby. I do not know her. There is no 74a. Who knows Erika?

390 words this morning on experimenting with perfume materials, trying new things, finding out what happens and keeping records. Now off to do the stock check.

It's not "wait list", it's "waiting list". Give us our syllables back!

842 words this morning on how and why it's so difficult to get reliable information on how to make perfume.

Today, 406 words explaining how the sense of smell works. Now to rhe studio blend some actual perfumes.

Today I have written 165 words about citrus fruits and the Hespirides. #NewBook

Bring your marker pens

People keep describing my work as "playful". I think they've been raiding the AI. My work is deathly serious, with depths of British humour. This is entirely the opposite of playful.

I work mostly in London, UK. I just suggested a meeting date specifying "any time in the afternoon" and was asked, "Is 1p.m. OK?" No! That would be a major imposition. We'll all be eating. But it made me wonder, when does your afternoon start? I know it's technically later than 12 noon but still.

Breaking news: Person whose large income is dependent on particular technology isn't a fan of government push to alternative technology. Next up, important information about the religious persuasion of the pope.

We can tell you now. I've made a fragrance for Elvis Presley. It was approved by the people who authorise such things for his estate and is wafted through the new multi-sensory experience in Docklands. You can't buy it yet, but we're working on that.

Funnily enough, people are lot cleverer than I am were talking about this at #ALSO www.4160tuesdays.com/what-happens...

I would just like to record here that Samsung phones' new operating system is driving me up the wall. Just because you can, Samsung, doesn't mean you have to.

Take climate change. “Most people believe in human-caused climate change, yet this public consensus can be collectively underestimated”, and phenomenon known as “pluralistic ignorance”. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....