Parfum Le Dance X 4160Tuesdays

There’s a new place to find a selection of 4160Tuesdays’ fragrances, and it’s a rather good one. Parfum Le Dance has just opened a beautiful boutique in Richmond, London, and it’s not your typical perfume shop. No overwhelming walls of designer bottles, no fluorescent-lit department store chaos - just a carefully chosen collection of scents that actually mean something.

Derya Turkan, the founder of Parfum Le Dance, started with an online store, but it seems the world of perfumery kept pulling her in. On March 15th, she took the next step and opened a physical boutique.

She describes Parfum Le Dance as the destination for the art of niche perfumery, which sounds about right. Every fragrance in the shop is there for a reason - not because of a flashy campaign, but because of the way it’s made, the way it smells, and the story it tells.

Our fragrances feel at home there. If you’re in Richmond and fancy a sniff, you’ll find:

The Sexiest Scent on the Planet. Ever (IMHO)

A soft bergamot, white woods, amber, and vanilla scent. After the first waft of lemon meringue pie-like lickability, it has very low sillage, on purpose. You have to get up close to smell it. This is a good thing.

Hammersmith Tea And Biscuits

Imagine wholemeal lemon and ginger biscuits, with toasted hazelnuts and black tea, with oat milk. That’s this. This fragrance was created to symbolise the British way of making friends and getting through a crisis.

Salt Rose

A fragrance inspired by the meeting of fresh water and salt water, where strong-spirited wild roses grow among crushed shells and driftwood.

London 1969

London 1969 is a fragrance that captures the feeling of the city in the Summer of Love. Made using only materials which were available at the time, to create a fragrance that could have existed then. A true unisex citrus.

Sonnet No 1

Fragrant flowers from Shakespeare. To rose - both absolute and essential oil - lavender, beeswax, narcissus and hay absolutes were added. The aromas of lily and violet floating on a bed of white musks. 

A Flame in Your Heart

If all you want is to smell totally gorgeous, this is the amber you need. Magnolia and rose, kumquat and cocoa, pink pepper and tonka harmonising over an inviting quartet of sultry balsams: labdanum, benzoin, styrax and cistus. Irresistible.

Warm Sands Blue Ocean

Suntan lotion, sea air, vanilla, soft woods, white flowers, musk, salt water. An escape to a warm sandy beach, somewhere you can swim in the sea and emerge to dry off in the sunshine: the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean perhaps.

Tempest Rose

A celebration of confidence, empowerment, and pure entertainment, captured and bottled. The complete burlesque dancer: a sparkling opening act of aldehydes and citrus fruits, beguiled with rich roses, jasmine and iris, revealing musky warm skin.

If you find yourself in Richmond and like your perfume with a bit of personality, Parfum Le Dance is worth a visit.

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Want to be a perfumer? It’s more than just playing with pipettes.

In a recent video we shared on YouTube, Sarah and Arthur talked about a few things related to the early days of setting up a perfume business. Their discussion eventually led to the age-old question: What is success?

Sarah and Arthur may have had slightly different answers – and isn’t that the point? Success looks different for everyone.

In this video, they also touched on how starting your own perfume business is about much more than sitting around dreaming up wonderful scents, unfortunately. Because for creative folk, that’s the best bit. It’s what most would happily give every minute of the day to, if they could.

But that’s simply not the reality. Running a creative business is never just about the art.

This isn’t to put you off. You will have time for creating, crafting, making, and mixing. But you’ll need to fit some other tasks around it too.

What’s involved in running a perfume business?

At the start, you’ll need to wear three hats. Big sombrero-sized hats.

• The visionary hat – the person who can see the big picture and has ideas coming out their ears.
• The creator hat – ideas are all good and well, but do they work? Can they be created?
• The organiser hat – you don’t just make a few bottles of perfume and have a business. There’s a lot to be done.

You’ll need to understand ingredients and the regulations around them, work closely with suppliers and stockists, and keep your customers happy. Then there’s handling orders, packing them nicely, and making sure they’re shipped on time. Add in marketing, customer service, and all the other things that crop up, and your days will be chockablock!

Perfumery as a hobby, side hustle, or full-time career?

The question you – and anyone else having a little look around – need to ask is:

Should it be a hobby, a side hustle, or a full-time career?

Sarah and Arthur briefly (very briefly) covered some of the things involved in running a perfumery business. If you still can’t shake the idea, and you’re sure you want to spend all your working hours in the world of perfume, it can be done. Sarah’s doing it. But it takes work to build a business you can commit to full-time and still make a comfortable living.

On the other hand, if legal stuff, accounts, admin and marketing make you feel a little queasy, perhaps the best way to enjoy the beauty of scent is by keeping it as a hobby.

We should all enjoy hobbies — not everything needs to be all or nothing. Doing a thing simply for the joy of it is rather nice, and not enough of us do that lately. Why not just make perfumery the thing you do for the fun of it?

If you’re still on the fence, looking for more answers, or sure of what you want but need some guidance to get there, the Scenthusiasm community is the place for you.

Scenthusiasm is a community Sarah created on Patreon for anyone who wants to learn more about perfume-making, and at the top tier, you can learn about running a perfume business. There are different monthly themes with assignments, Zoom Q&A sessions, and regular posts on anything and everything relating to perfume. 

If you think Scenthusiasm might just be what you're looking for, you can take a look here. 

Sarah has also created a self-paced course with all the information you need to start making perfume: a recommended materials list, explainer films on using your equipment and materials, and an in-depth look at 12 popular scent styles - Scenthusiasm School. 

Take a look at the film to see where their discussion went and find out how soap can even be a sign that you’ve reached the pinnacle of success: Success? A Scenthusiasm strategy chat.

Changing into home fragrances

In the world of indie and niche perfumery, it goes without saying that scent is deeply personal; it means different things to different people at different times. What one person wears for a big night out on the town might be what someone else spritzes on for a quick drink ‘round the local. That’s the beauty of it.

And with niche perfume, things can get pretty extreme - one person’s all-time favourite, the scent they couldn’t live without, might be the very same one that someone else can’t bear to be in the same room as.

What’s the scent you change into? 

But what I’ve been thinking about lately is this: what’s the scent you change into when you get home and want to wind down for the evening?

Maybe your daytime perfume has faded, so you spray something fresh the moment you walk through the door. Or maybe you wait until after you’ve washed off the day, changed into your comfies, and then spritz it on.

Give it a try, it’s rather nice

If this all sounds a bit mad to you - if you think perfume is only for going out, or even just for special occasions, you’re not alone. Up until recently, I wouldn’t have thought of wearing fragrance just to settle down on the sofa. But with the right scent, it turns out to be a rather nice thing to do.

And if you’re one of those people who has never tried it, I should probably let you know - people have been doing this for a long time. Just like how, the second I walk through the door, I have to get out of my jeans (they’re perfectly fine for the outside world, but the moment I’m home, they feel far too formal), there are people who feel exactly the same about their perfume. They can’t properly relax until they’ve had a little spritz of their home scent.

So, do you have a home scent? Do you spray it on as soon as you walk in, or wait until you’re showered and in comfy clothes? And if you do, what’s your go-to? Or do you switch it up, depending on the season or your mood?

For anyone who’s never thought of this before but suddenly quite likes the idea, a great place to start is 4160Tuesdays’ Fairy Queen - a soft, powdery floral celebrating the queen in all of us. Or, if you want something comforting and fresh, there’s also 4160Tuesdays Freshly Laundered, which smells exactly like clean laundry dried by a summer breeze in a cottage garden.

You can find them here:
Fairy Queen
Freshly Laundered

Take care, 

Sinead & the 4160Tuesdays Team

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. 

4160Tuesdays at Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025

4160Tuesdays will be heading back to Barnes Fragrance Fair on the 17th of May, and if you enjoy perfume (or just hanging out with those who do), it’s well worth a visit.

It’s not just a fair for buying bottles of fascinating scent - though you’ll find some of the UK’s most exciting independent fragrance brands there, including us! It’s a place where fragrance lovers come together to share ideas, swap stories, and, inevitably, find themselves in deep concentration, sniffing countless scent strips. No matter what you already know, you’ll meet someone interesting and discover something new.

It’s a time and a place where perfume isn’t an afterthought; it’s the main event.

What we’re up to

Start making scents - perfume making workshops with Sarah McCartney

Sarah is running two perfume making workshops, in which participants can create their own 30ml eau de parfum under her guidance. They’ll be using sustainably sourced materials to create interestingly beautiful scents that are kind to our planet.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team will be exhibiting 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 exciting new fragrances. These include Barnes 7 Afterparty and Sarah’s collaboration with author Joanne Harris, Vianne’s Confession, inspired by Joanne’s new novel, Vianne.

The workshops are £60 — an absolute steal for a session with Sarah. The afternoon session has already sold out, so if you’re interested in the morning one, I recommend booking soon.

London Craft Week

Depending on when you’re reading this, if both workshops at the Barnes Fragrance Fair are sold out, you don’t have to miss out, we have more planned for London Craft Week, running from May 12th to May 18th.

• An Introduction to Sustainable Scents – Workshop

Join us for this two-hour masterclass at the 4160Tuesdays studio in Hammersmith. We’ll explore innovative renewable perfumery materials, create our own fragrances, and sample Sarah’s new perfume, made with upcycled naturals, sustainable molecules, and organic grain ethanol. You’ll also take home a refillable 15ml French glass bottle of your creation.

• Visit the 4160Tuesdays Studio

Our studio will be open from 12pm to 6:30pm, Monday 12th to Friday 16th May. Come explore our collection, experience rare perfumery materials, and try our Japanese AI machine. Interested in visiting? Just drop us an email!

Talks, walks and songs

Back to the Barnes Fragrance Fair. In addition to the main hub exhibition area and the workshops, there are walks, talks and even a scents and songs experience. 

Here are a few things that sound particularly interesting: 

• Scents and Songs (9:30 AM) – Haydn Williams and Roger Miles pair iconic songs recorded at The Olympic Studios with fragrances, exploring how music and scent heighten each other.
• Barnes Fragrance Fair Roundup (11:00 AM) – Alice du Parcq and Suzy Nightingale share their top Spring/Summer picks from the fair and their best shopping tips.
• Men Smell! (2:00 PM) – Haydn Williams hosts a panel discussion alongside other special guests on what fragrance means to men and boys in 2025.
• A Life in Scent (4:00 PM) – Sali Hughes chats with Alice du Parcq about the perfumes that have shaped her life.

Come and say hello

We’ll be there all day, chatting, spritzing, and generally making sure everyone leaves our stand or workshop smiling and smelling wonderful. Come find us for a sniff and a natter!

Here are some of the main details you need if you want to join us at Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025:

• Date: Saturday, 17th May 2025
• Entry: Free (but workshops and talks cost and you must book in advance)
• Location: Barnes, London
• Main Hub - All fragrance Brands - Barnes Green Centre, The Green, Barnes - London, SW13 9HE
• Talks and workshops - Barnes Methodist Church, Station Road, Barnes London, SW13 0NH
• Talks - Olympic Studios, Church Road, Barnes London, SW13 9HL

Find out more on the Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025 website. 

Book tickets to join one of Sarah’s workshops

Here’s where you’ll find more info on what we’re doing during London Craft Week. 

We hope to see you there! 

Sinead and 4160Tuesdays team