Maxed Out

The scent The artist The inspiration Try a sample first! One day, perfume Sarah McCartney was talking to her friend Maximilian Heusler about his ideal perfume. He imagined something wild--really wild, like his old nights out in New York. Inspired by the conversation, McCartney created Maxed Out, a dirty, seductive, I-know-what-you-did-last-night sort of scent that draws in the nose like an addiction. Thanks to the drop of cumin, Maxed Out smells appealingly human, but we're referring to a human who has been up to some naughty things. Maxed Out is part of perfumer Sarah McCartney's Crimes of Passion series, and it was nominated for Best Indie Scent of 2015 by the Fragrance Foundation. Notes include rum, coconut, lime, tobacco, coffee, cannabis essential oil, vintage musks, vanilla, cumin, and Atlas cedar.    We've met a lot of people in the perfume world, and Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays is one of our very favorites. Want to know why? Sarah, in her own words: "As a little girl,