Barnes Fragrance Fair 2026
FRAGRANCE FAIR 2026 TICKETS ON SALE from 8am 3rd MARCH 2026!!
Start Talking Scents
Tickets required for all talks, walks and workshops, please book via links below.
Our wonderful gift bags are supplied by KGA – the UK’s leading fragrance distributor representing exceptional niche, premium and fashion brands. Find out more at www.kennethgreen.com
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
TALK
Scent and Sound
9:30 to 10:15am
Methodist Church Hall - Upstairs Hall
hosted by Haydn Williams and Thomas Dunckley
An immersive, interactive talk by two of the UK's leading fragrance podcasters, who also know their music. Haydn Williams of Man In The Mirror and Thomas Dunckley of Making Scents Make Sense will match some of their favourite music tracks to gorgeous fragrances, expanding on the multi-sensory joys of discovering scent via sound - and vice versa.
In addition, experience a specially-created room scent by North London indie brand Nosu made as a response to a bespoke soundtrack from music producer Jeigo. Their unique collaboration will happen live during the session, so expect a melting pot of sounds, incredible aromas and a completely new way to discover scent.
You won’t want to miss this!
Our wonderful sponsor K.G.A is providing a fabulous goody bag take away for this talk.
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
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TALK
Best Scents of the Fair round-up 2026
11:00am to 12:15pm
Methodist Church Hall - Upstairs Hall
with Alice du Parcq and Suzy Nightingale
Alice and Suzy's hugely popular and very entertaining round up of what to look out for at the Fragrance Fair is back in an extended version! The two, multi award-winning fragrance journalists will talk you through some of their favourite fragrances at the Fair and help guide you on how to buy your perfect scent. If you've never been to the Fragrance Fair before, this talk is a wonderful place to start. Tickets always sell fast so don't hang about!
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Our wonderful sponsor K.G.A is providing a fabulous goody bag take away for this talk.
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
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WORKSHOP
A New Scent Station
Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays is back with her hugely popular scent making workshops
Methodist Church Hall, glass box workshop space, ground floor
10:30am Session 1
1:00pm Session 2
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Step away from the High Street and into Sarah McCartney's world of imaginative accords. Explore rare naturals and white biotech perfumery molecules with 4160Tuesdays' founder and perfumer.
Customise a bespoke biodegradable skin scent base to make a 10ml fragrance to take away.
Featuring 12 year old Papua New Guinean vanilla, alleged aphrodisiac moursalski herb, mood lifting linden blossom, a surprisingly smooth carrot absolute and more to be revealed.
TALK
Scent, Style & Self-Expression
Exploring how men can show up with scented confidence
12:45 to 1:30pm
Methodist Church Hall - Upstairs Hall Hosted by Haydn Williams, with an expert panel.
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‘Clothes maketh the man’, as the saying goes, but what can fragrance do? Are there ways men can finesse the fragrant finishing touches to build confidence and presence? This panel will look at how scent and style can enhance self-expression - and help leave a lasting impression. Expect practical advice, insider secrets and interactivity from a panel of experts drawn from fragrance and fashion.
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Robin James - ‘Man for Himself’ men’s grooming, fragrance and lifestyle creator and Founder of Anforh. @manforhimself
Phill Tarling - ’The Image Coach’, menswear stylist @philltarling
Jimi Oketunji - ‘Aromajayy’ - fragrance & fashion content creator @aromajayy
Our wonderful sponsor K.G.A is providing a fabulous goody bag take away for this talk.
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
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Scents for Self-Care
The perfumes, proof and practical ways to use fragrance as a wellness tool and make you feel better.
2:00 to 2:45pm
Methodist Church Hall - Upstairs Hall Hosted by Alice du Parcq, with an expert panel.
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Can your Eau de Parfum reduce your stress and help you sleep better? It absolutely can, and we're here to show you how and why, in this fascinating, fun and formidable conversation about olfactive wellness and the rise of functional fragrances. Blended by master perfumers and woven with neuroscience, self-care scents are the most important fragrance evolution of the 21st century, so come and learn all about it with an expert panel of trend-forecasters, science leaders and brand founders.
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Our wonderful sponsor K.G.A is providing a fabulous goody bag take away for this talk.
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
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WALK
Scented Walks Around Barnes
Join us to discover Barnes through fragrances!
Methodist Church Hall, groundfloor entrance
11:00am with Olga Petrouchenko
2:00pm with Olga Petrouchenko
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Perfume collector and fragrance historian Olga Petrouchenko will scent-walk you around the village of Barnes. Carefully selected perfumes will enhance the beauty of historical buildings and groves or will help you to discover their hidden character.
This year Olga offers a NEW itinerary around our beautiful village, to experience the outdoors scents of our verdant suburb and match them up to a few of Olga’s favourite fragrances from the Fair.
Tickets are limited to this so book early. We will walk whatever the weather, so please come suitably dressed. We welcome everyone, but do let us know if you might need help with wheelchair access.
Please meet Olga at the entrance to the Barnes Methodist Church, she will be wearing her identifying red and white spotted scarf, for the start of the tour. The price of the ticket includes a goody bag gift.
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TALK
From Dream to Bottle
The story of scented start ups
3:15 to 4:00pm
Methodist Church Hall - Upstairs Hall Hosted by Josephine Fairley, with a panel of industry experts
For anyone thinking of starting their own fragrance brand, or if you just want to know more about how perfume is created, multi-award winning journalist Josephine Fairley will talk to a fascinating panel of industry insiders about what actually goes into the making of a fragrance collection. Where do you go for ingredients? Who's the best bottle supplier? Do you need a perfumer or can you learn how to do this yourself? All will be revealed in this engaging and enlightening final talk of the day.
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Our wonderful sponsor K.G.A is providing a fabulous goody bag take away for this talk.
Our beautiful blotters are donated by MAXIMISE, the world’s leading dedicated supplier of carefully designed TESTER BLOTTERS®
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WORKSHOP
How to Talk About Fragrance
Methodist Church Hall, Small workshop space, ground floor
12:00 to 12:45pm with Thomas Dunkley and Kaorium's Scent Sommelier.
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2:00 to 2:45pm with Thomas Dunkley and Kaorium's Scent Sommelier.
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Decode and deepen your connection to scent with Kaorium’s interactive Language of Scent workshop. Hosted by Kaorium Brand Ambassador and Fragrance Expert, Thomas Dunckley (@makingscentsmakesense), this workshop will teach you how to think and talk about scent in way that is both tangible and emotive. You will be guided on a journey through your sense of smell, learning how it is directly connected to your emotions and memories, and how you can engage directly with all of your senses to better understand scent. As part of the workshop, you’ll also have the opportunity to experience The Scent Sommelier™, Kaorium’s innovative technology that enhances and simplifies the process of fragrance discovery.
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WORKSHOP
Ingredients Masterclass
Methodist Church Hall, groundfloor, large workshop space
10:30 to 11:30am with MANE and Special Guest/s.
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Step inside the world of perfumery with MANE perfumer Cristiano Canali in an intimate sensory masterclass. Explore the perfumer’s palette through rare ingredients, innovative extraction methods including Jungle Essence™, and a guided journey from raw material to finished fragrance.
MANE is an independent French fragrance house founded in 1871, recognised for its deep expertise in natural raw materials and innovative extraction technologies. Combining artisanal perfumery heritage with modern scent innovation, MANE creates fragrances for leading global brands and emerging creators alike.
We're delighted to have MANE at Barnes Fragrance Fair, this masterclass offers an opportunity to get up close to some of the most beautiful ingredients available, and with one of MANE's star perfumers.
Our Speakers
Alice du Parcq
Alice du Parcq is a fragrance presenter and content creator on a mission to decode perfume in a fun, relatable and objective way through her Instagram channel @aliceduparcq, and hosts customer events for fragrance brands in store and online.
She was a magazine beauty journalist for over 15 years before specialising, and has since won 3 prestigious Jasmine Awards for her fragrance writing and creative projects. She won one in 2022 for her 'Desert Island Spritz' InstaLive show, where Alice interviews high profile perfume-lovers about their most beloved scents, with past guests including Richard. E. Grant, Sali Hughes and Caroline Hirons.
Alice grew up in Barnes and lives locally, with over a dozen family members still in SW13! After years spent helping her mother-in-law Diane du Parcq on the catering and Pimms tents at Barnes Fair and the Barnes Food Fair, she's thrilled to bring her own passion and expertise on stage.
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Josephine Fairley
Jo Fairley has been scent-obsessed since the age of two, when her grandmother introduced her to the smell of geraniums. After leaving school at 16, Jo went on to become the youngest-ever magazine editor, at the age of 23, editing first Look Now and then Honey – roles which gave Jo a ringside seat at some of the most extravagant fragrance launches of all time.
As a journalist who went on to cover everything from sumo wrestling to sustainability (for The Times), Jo began her perfume-writing life with a feature for Woman's Journal, which won her first of six Jasmine Awards. After several years writing her blog, The Scent Critic, in 2014 Jo co-founded The Perfume Society, and today edits the Society's multi-Award-winning magazine, The Scented Letter; she is also co-author of The Perfume Bible.
Alongside her journalism, Jo has become a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Green & Black's with her husband Craig Sams, and is Editor of BeautyBible.com, which grew out of The Beauty Bible series of books co-written with Sarah Stacey. (She's still crazy about geraniums.)
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Haydn Williams
Haydn is a freelance writer, blogger and podcaster. He writes regularly about fragrance, grooming and gifting for titles such as Grazia and Closer. He has his own website and Instagram page called ‘You smell great! What is it?’. Last year he launched a podcast about fragrance, grooming and self-care aimed at men called ‘Man In The Mirror’ - guests have included perfumers, brand founders and Oscar-nominated actor Richard E. Grant. Haydn was the recipient of the ‘Rising Star’ award at the 2022 Fragrance Foundation ‘Jasmine' Awards.
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Suzy Nightingale
Suzy Nightingale is a fragrance expert and multi-award-winning journalist, writing for publications such as The Perfume Society’s magazine, The Scented Letter; Grazia Middle East, Elle online, Boots magazine, and trend reporting for Stylus. Having originally appeared as a guest on Outspoken Beauty, Suzy now co-hosts the twice-weekly On the Scent podcast with Nicola Bonn.
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Sarah McCartney
Sarah McCartney is an artisan perfumer and writer; she founded 4160Tuesdays in 2011 after 20 years as a copywriter. She and her team hand make adventurous fragrances in their small West London studio. Their best-seller, The Sexiest Scent on the Planet. Ever. (I.M.H.O.), is sold in Los Angeles, New York, Seoul, Tasmania and Cardiff.
Sarah believes that everyone should have the chance to write a poem, paint a picture, sing a song and make a fragrance so she set up the Scenthusiasm Slow Scent School. She teaches artisan perfume-making at her studio, online, and here at Barnes Fragrance Fair, where this year she will be offering the chance to create your own fragrance.
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Olga Petrouchenko
Olga Petrouchenko is a perfume collector and storyteller besotted with fragrances and passionate about the history of perfumes and the people who both created and wore them. A member of The Perfume Society and The Fragrance Foundation UK, Olga organises historical perfume walks in Mayfair, Covent Garden, and Knightsbridge via @perfumewalks.
Olga has lectured and shared her expertise on the history of perfumery in venues such as Pushkin House London attracting perfume enthusiasts, journalists, perfume influencers and historians alike. She speaks fluently in Russian, Italian and English and has a blog @perfumedaze on social media, followed by more than 2000 perfume lovers. This number continues to grow together with her collection of vintage, modern perfume bottles and soaps from all over the world.
For Barnes Fragrance Fair she will be hosting a Scented Barnes walk and an early bird walk, which will offer early access to the fair and a walk around the brands we're featuring.
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Thomas Dunckley
Thomas Dunckley is a multi-award-winning fragrance expert, copywriter, content creator, podcaster, trainer, speaker, consultant and event host with 15 years experience in the industry.
He’s known for his fun, accessible takes on perfumery across his social media platforms, popular podcast and substack
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