THE Barnes Fragrance Fair is taking place this May. Founded by fragrance expert Amanda Carr, and just in its third year, the Barnes Fragrance Fair has quickly become established as an essential must-attend event in the perfume calendar for all scent-enthusiasts.
An opportunity to meet perfume makers, experts and enthusiasts, this year’s Fair features more than 25 British and European brands. They include some of Glass’s favourite houses like Roja Dove, Angela Flanders, Eau de Boujee, Fiole, 4160 Tuesdays, Ånd Fragrances, Olfactive O and Kingdom Scotland.
As well as this, at the Fair, there will be a guided walk experiencing the outdoors scents of the area, a perfume-making workshop with leading British perfumer Sarah McCartney and an immersive ingredients workshop with Roja Dove, founder of niche British perfume house Roja Parfums.
Also taking place will what promises to be some fascinating fragrance-focussed discussions led by some of the UK leading fragrance writers and influencers such as Josephine Fairley, Alice du Parcq and Haydn Williams.
The On the Scent podcast, hosted by perfume experts Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn, will be broadcasting live throughout during the day.
All guests attending the talks will receive a goody bag. See you there!
by Caroline Simpson
Entry to the Fair is free. Tickets to the talks and events cost £15 each.
Tickets for these can be booked via Eventbrite
Barnes Fragrance Fair takes place on Saturday 17 May 2025 from 10am – 5pm.
The main Fair location is Barnes Green Social Centre, Church Rd, London SW13 9HEThe talks and workshops will be held at: Methodist Church, Station Road SW13, 0NH and Olympic Studio Cinema, 117-123 Church Road, SW13 9HL