Aspects Beauty

Fragrance and beauty distribution for the UK and Ireland.

Every brand in our care is treated as our own.

Versace Man Eau Fraîche with lavender, cork bark and flowers
Six Brunello Cucinelli fragrances above a bank of wild flowers
Gritti Chantilly among coral and red blooms
The Missoni bottle, its glass banded in pink, teal and blue
Three Travalo refillable atomisers between monstera leaves

A family-run distributor that connects fragrance and beauty brands with the right retailers across the UK and Ireland.

Founded in 1989, we are a team of fragrance and beauty lovers with over 35 years of industry expertise. Our portfolio includes long-standing and newer brands, all treated like family.

what we do

Five services, one partner.

  1. A Versace Eros Energy takeover around the entrance of a travel-retail store

    Brand Management

    Our brand management teams become experts in your brand and create bespoke strategies to reflect your message and reach customers.

  2. Guests trying a fragrance at a launch event

    Communications

    Tailored communication strategies covering events, digital activity, social media campaigns and influencer activations.

  3. The Widian counter at Harrods

    Sales

    From launch, our sales team works with retail partners on promotions, display, merchandising, stock levels and in-store programmes.

  4. Three fragrance consultants at a Versace counter

    Staffing & Training

    Our training team equips brand ambassadors and consultants with brand knowledge, communication tools and selling tips.

  5. Pallets and racking inside the distribution warehouse

    Distribution, Logistics & Finance

    Business analysis, sales reporting, logistics, order processing, customer service, invoicing, stock management, IT and HR.

the portfolio

Proud champions for our brands.

Every brand has its own story to tell. Working in partnership, we help tell it to customers across the UK and Ireland.

See the portfolio
Akro
  • Akro
  • Alexandre J
  • Atkinsons
  • Brunello Cucinelli
  • Coola
  • DSquared2
  • Eight & Bob
  • Ella K
  • Gritti
  • Jack
  • Jeroboam
  • Jovoy
  • Michael Kors
  • Missoni
  • Moschino
  • Sun Bum
  • Travalo
  • Versace
  • Widian

Founded in 1989. still a family business.

Head office is Balneath Manor, a Grade II listed house in the East Sussex countryside.

Over the years we have grown from a small, family-run business into a company of over 200 people, working across the UK and Ireland. Our approach to marketing, to retailers and to brand management has grown with us. The close community has stayed.

Our story
  • A couple standing outside the brick front of the manor
  • Balneath Manor seen across the garden
  • A hand turning a Moschino Toy bottle to the light during a training session
  • A framed history of Balneath, lettered in black on gold, hanging in the manor
  • The whole team gathered for a photograph outside a timber lodge
  • Three colleagues smiling together at an awards evening
  • The summer party on the manor lawn, seen from above, with a white marquee
  • A pink and cream ice-cream van parked on the grass
  • Balneath Manor and its drive from above the hedges
  • Soap bubbles drifting over the audience at a launch evening
  • A colleague making a fuss of a small dog at a company gathering
  • Two colleagues in conversation at head office
  • The Balneath Manor name plate by the front door

The retail landscape continues to evolve, but our core values remain the same.

Jill's signature
Jill Jackson Hill and Jim Jackson, who founded the company in 1989Jill Jackson Hill, co-founder

our retail partners

from flagships to travel retail.

Long-standing relationships with department stores, chains, travel retail, independents and online retailers across the UK and Ireland, so each brand reaches the right shelf.

All our partners

the journal

Launches, events and good causes.

Looking for a partner in the UK and Ireland?

Tell us about your brand and we will come back to you.

Enquire