A Painted Life
A Painted Life
This Winter, Lyn brings together the worlds of perfumery and painting. In collaboration with Kent-based British artist Will Calver, she presents a triptych of paintings and their olfactory world, inviting the mind to wander through the senses.
"Perfumery works like painting.
You can't just use rose, you have to use spices.
You have to use a little bit of fruit.
You have to use a little bit of citrus, a bit of green, a bit of the balms.
We paint, but in an olfactory way - I create olfactory paintings.
Because for me, smell is my way of portraying my creativity.”
– Lyn Harris
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Discover three compositions by Lyn and artist Will Calver, where art and fragrance meet.
Smoke in Woods
A composition of ash, green leaf and patchouli, grounded in cedar and lifted by frankincense.
Rose with Insect
A delicate classic with a darker touch—peach, neroli and cardamom collide with sandalwood and shadow.
Bird And Lemon
A citrus still life, where bergamot, apricot and oak unfurl beneath a polished feather.
Smoke In Woods
An atmospheric composition that draws you into the depths of a northern forest–Green Leaf, Myrrh and Patchouli Root with Oak, Cedar, Birch Tar and a Trace of Frankincense.
Rose With Insect
A rose disrupted—Peach and Neroli with Rose, Cardamom and Musk on a Base of Sandalwood, Papyrus and Birch.
Bird And Lemon
A feather falls silently into place, a lemon glints in the still light–Bergamot, White Grape and Apricot with Golden Resins of Myrrh, Frankincense and Opoponax, Resting on Nutmeg, Clove, Cedar and Oak.