In a recent episode of Love At First Scent, I featured three releases from Lyn Harris‘ ever-growing Perfumer H collection: Cucumber, Salt and Pear. If you’d like to watch the video – and find out whether these culinary compositions caused me to salivate – here’s a link: Perfumer H Cucumber, Salt and Pear reviews.
I continue to admire how loyal Harris remains to this particular brand’s aesthetic. If she’s ever tempted to let rip and put together some kind of scene-stealing, oud-spewing, expletive-cracking brute of a scent, you’d never know it from the Perfumer H range. Even though the different compositions represent the full range of perfumery families, they all emerge from the same zone of tranquil, contemplative restraint, never raising their voices, never drawing excessive attention to themselves.
These three are no exception. Their attempts to achieve their intended effects may display varying degrees of success – I’m not sure Salt quite captures the sensation promised by its name – but they all display the intelligent decorum that Harris has made her trademark. Pear is especially lovely, pushing the limpid, gossamer florals of Frederic Malle En Passant into gently fruitier territory.
Persolaise
[Perfumer H Cucumber, Salt and Pear reviews based on samples provided by the brand in 2020.]
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Many thanks for another interesting episode of LAFS.
Before I proceed any further, I would just like to say that the Amouage Interlude 53 episode is one of the most hilarious ones you have broadcast – thank you for bringing smiles and laughter to my face in such gloomy and depressing times.
Re: Perfumer H, Pear is the fragrance that intrigues me the most. I have been a Lyn Harris fan since her early days at Miller Harris. In addition to the word “restrained”, I would also use the word “cerebral” (as a juxtaposition to “carnal”) to describe her work for this new brand.
Many years ago, Lyn authored a fragrance named Fleurs de Sels for Miller Harris. IIRC, the inspiration was her family holiday cottage in the Batz Sur Mer region, and it featured a saline note that she said was effected via the use of ambrette seed musk.
My apologies for the verbosity. Please keep up the good work!
Michael
PS Think I am not the only one who enjoys Monsieur Salmon’s cameo appearances during your live broadcasts!
Michael,
Thank you so much for this. Yes, that Amouage episode tickled quite a few people, I think.
Thanks for the Lyn Harris info. And I’d agree: there is something cerebral about them, or at least ‘intellectual’, in a sort of retro-loving, Left Bank Parisian way.
Look after yourself.