From raw materials to perfume bottles; 4160Tuesdays at London Craft Week
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From raw materials to perfume bottles; 4160Tuesdays at London Craft Week
London Craft Week returns on 12th–18th May 2025, a city-wide festival where makers open their doors, share their skills, and show how things are really made. Unlike regular fairs and exhibitions, where you see the finished product in all its glory, this is about craftsmanship in action, and we’re part of it again.
What makes it interesting is the chance to go beyond the finished piece, to see the decisions, the challenges, and the expertise that bring it to life.
4160Tuesdays at London Craft Week 2025
London Craft Week is a great fit for 4160Tuesdays because it lets people see what handmade really means. That’s why we’ve chosen to get involved again. Here’s what we’ll be doing:
An Introduction to Sustainable Scents Workshop
Sarah will be running sustainable scent making masterclasses at our studio in Hammersmith on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday - two-hour sessions exploring innovative and renewable perfumery materials. Visitors will have a chance to smell some of Sarah’s most interesting materials and leave with a refillable 15ml French glass bottle of their own perfume.
In these workshops, we’ll be working with upcycled materials and learning how producers are using new methods of extraction and waste upcycling. It’s often assumed that ‘natural’ automatically means ‘better,’ but the reality is more complicated, and we’ll go into that.
Visit the 4160Tuesdays Studio
Our studio will also be open from 12pm to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday, for anyone who fancies a visit. Come in, be shown around and invited to have a sniff. Test your nose on some of our more unusual materials. If you’d like to pop by, do send us an email to let us know you’re coming.
Barnes Fragrance Fair
Then, on Saturday 17th May, we’ll be back at the Barnes Fragrance Fair, where Sarah will be running more sustainable scent workshops, while the rest of the team exhibits a selection of our scents - including favourites like Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits and The Sexiest Scent on the Planet Ever (IMHO), along with a couple of new fragrances: Barnes 7 Afterparty and Vianne’s Confession, Sarah’s collaboration with author Joanne Harris, inspired by her latest novel, Vianne.
London Craft Week is a time for makers to show what they do and how they do it, but Barnes Fragrance Fair is a little more special for us - it’s the part that’s solely dedicated to lovers of scent.
If you’d like to join us for London Craft Week, whether for a workshop or a wander around the studio, we’d be pleased to see you.
- Future Perfumes: An Introduction to Sustainable Scents | London Craft Week
- Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025
- Email to visit our studio: [email protected]
- If you’d like to find out more about London Craft Week, visit their website and you’ll be able to see the full programme there.
