Rose With Insect
Key Notes
Immortelle, Honey, Orange Flower,
Cardamom, Birch Tar
Rose With Insect
In this composition, the guiding image was that of an insect’s petrol-blue iridescent wings beside the chiffon pinks of a still-life bouquet; for the resulting fragrance, the classic rose is provocatively reimagined with a heady mix of peach and neroli, deepened by musk and cardamom.
A base grounded in sandalwood, papyrus and birch mirrors the shadow that follows intrusion — dark tones pressing against light — all to reveal a brand new bloom, even more desirable in its destruction.
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Discover a composition of an insect’s petrol-blue iridescent wings beside the chiffon pinks of a still-life bouquet.
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
A Painted Life
Smoke in Woods
Splinters, ash, a thin thread of smoke rising from the ground. In the distance, the warmth of a fire hints at company...
Rose with Insect
A delicate classic with a darker touch—peach, neroli and cardamom collide with sandalwood and shadow.
Bird And Lemon
A feather falls silently into place, a lemon glints in the still light. Bergamot, apricot and oak unfurl.