Dance Among The Lace

A very unusual fresh citrus - I keep smelling it in the bottle as the hit of something very sharp but also a little carrot-like is so addictive. Somehow, it has captured to a T the feeling of wild spaces in Spring. There is a herbal background to it which is very pleasant and supports the main notes, adding richness and depth. In terms of wear, it is not the strongest or longest lasting but again, you only have to look at the ingredients to understand why. I am enjoying my 50ml bottle and will be sad when it is gone. As a side note - I found this in TK Maxx for a very low price. As others have noted, Miller Harris perfumes seem to crop up there from time to time for very low prices. My advice - grab them, for £20-40 they are well worth the money. The house style is beautifully crafted, well put together and elegant fragrances so if you like the notes, you really have nothing to lose.

This fragrance is so unusual - takes you into the countryside. :) My husband, who grew up on a farm, said it reminded him of one particular lane where you would have to push your way through the Cow Parsley to get from one end to the other, crushing the stalks as you went. The geranium, fennel, verbena and angelica are doing the heavy lifting in creating a beautiful Cow Parsley fantasy note. I have all of Miller Harris's 'Forage' series and there isn't a duff one amongst them, but I think this is my favourite.

fresh aromatic yet (on me) it lasted longer than most similar profiled scents. love this one! bright, clean lemon verbena. almost like having chilled lemon verbena tea! then comes that lovely, earthy yet clean vetiver and bits of oakmoss. really enjoyable for hot humid days.

Just as Un Jardin sur le Nil transports you to a garden along the Nile, DANCE amongst the Lace takes you to a serene forest meadow filled with Queen Anne's Lace. This perfume is lemon verbena heaven, it's light, uplifting, lemony-fresh with a green element, but the fennel gives it a vegetal touch. Angelica brings a sense of wildness to the composition, evoking the feeling of hiking on shaded forest trails. The spearmint and peppermint are used sparingly, letting the lemon verbena shine in the opening, and the geranium rounds out the heart with a consistent green backdrop. The base notes are subtle and don't stand out to me personally, I feel like this freshie is really about those light, ethereal green notes above. It instantly takes me back to my visit to Yosemite National Park, where I identified wildflowers while out hiking and rock climbing 🧗🏞️ I love the concept behind the FORAGE Range and am sad to see it discontinued; finding something comparable to DANCE amongst the Lace will be tough. My only criticism is that, like Angeliques sous la Pluie, the longevity and sillage of DANCE amongst the Lace is pretty weak. I must confess that the scents I've tried from the Hermès Les Jardins line outlast them both. But I've decided that I like lemon verbena SO MUCH that despite how volatile and short-lived it may be, it will always be there for me when I need a reset 🍋🌿☀️ DANCE amongst the Lace is always there on my perfume shelf to help me clear my mind and remember the importance of finding equanimity and centering myself 😌🌅

A breeze through fresh leaves, catching the early morning light in bursts of green and gold. It smells like movement—like walking through a garden that has just woken up, the air still crisp with night’s remnants. Sparkling and airy, yet unmistakably verdant, with fennel winding through like a ribbon, weaving its way between the bright green of leaves and stems. But don’t mistake this for a culinary green—this isn’t the sharpness of a vegetable patch, not at all. It’s fresher, crisper, a glimmering brightness that rejuvenates rather than overwhelms. The kind of green that refreshes, cools, like dipping your fingers into a bowl of chilled spring water infused with crushed leaves. Clean, airy, but not cold. It sparkles, but never quite fizzes—like sunlight filtering through lace, sun casting light on Queen Anne's Lace, catching on the edges, leaving shadows that dance.

Just tried a spritz today at MH store. It's an incedibly hot, summer day in London, and this is just perfect scent for such days. Georgeous, lush green, minty and citrusy notes. Perfect for hot summer days. initial citrus wears of, but the mint and geranium stay, and now, about two hours of wear, I am starting to detect some musky, woody base notes which ads depth. Quite beautifully put together, as all her fragrance.Not neccessarily sexy, but oh so fresh and clean.

One of the many Miller Harris perfumes that has grown on me the longer I have it. I own all three in the "series", and this is the least worn d/t the initial verbena/lemony aspect (not one of my favorite notes). After more than 10 hours of wear, however, I still smell the musk note, and it is beautiful! It's perfect for this time of year.

Smells very much like honeysuckle on my skin, which to a certain degree even becomes a bit urine-like. Because of that, it is both pleasantly teasing (has a way of improving my mood) and quite unsuitable for public transpiration, gym etc. The projection is not great, but I do get occasional wafts of it for at least a couple of hours.

This is a strong minty, balsamic gin and tonic to me, extremely fresh. Unisex. A bit fruity somehow int he dry down. A must for a summer somewhere very hot and humid. Dissipates quickly, but I'd be happy to re-spray, it's very classy and strong, it's elegant and a modern take on a refreshing cologne.

This was my second perfume that I bought from this brand and what can I say it is that it's special, lowkey smells like lemonade, the sillage isn't that good and it does not last.

The fragrance will be discontinued next year.

I find this one to lean more masculine than feminine. On card it had a light blue sort of vibe (which I also find slightly masculine). Actually smelt a lot like Wake Up from the Feel Good range by Oriflame on card but with a d&g woody base. I was excited by the citrus and mint at first but wow! I got a dirty smell the first few time I sprayed this (think blocked drains!) but maybe the tube needed cleaning out because I tried again this morning and it’s gone. It was a brand new bottle in cellphone so who knows! It’s sharp and citrusy with some mint and greenness, then in the dry down I get soooo much fennel! It feels slightly peppery. And that slight vibe of unsweetened, vegetal anise from the fennel definitely leans masculine to me. I don’t find any sweetness in this one until I’ve been wearing it for a few hours, at which point it’s got a warmer and more musky tone. That’s my fav stage but it’s almost invisible by that point! It’s also so light that I think it would only be worth wearing in high heat, but I suspect this is designed for summer anyway!

I bought this as a blind buy from TKMAXX as the price was too good not to take a punt on - I confess at first I was not convinced, but the more I wear it the more it has grown on me. I don't think I have much to add to what others have said already -I love the initial blast of citrus and mint, which is fizzy freshness perfect for a warm day. It fades quite quickly for me and I'm not necessarily as keen on what comes next, which I suspect is the geranium that causes a slightly sour note with my skin chemistry. The dry-down means the fragrance redeems itself again - a beautiful soft musk that quickly becomes a skin scent with no sweetness, which makes it definitely unisex in my opinion.

This is a nice citrus-green-aromatic scent. The fresh citrus and mint stand out but it is nicely blended and grounded with the base notes. I imagine I would love to smell it on others - men or women - on a hot summer day. It is fresh and uplifting. Unfortunately, my skin brings out a bitter and a bit stale note - like a bouquet of flowers left too long without changing the water. I think it is the geranium that doesn’t work for me. I suspect it is a question about skin chemistry. But I advise to try before you buy.

I really like the opening. It's fresh and bright, not overly green or herbal, but never crossing over into overtly sweet. Conjures up the image of an urban rooftop garden complete with beehives. I'm loving the beeswax note I'm getting in the opening. It's got a very Miller Harris feel and it's definitely unique as I hadn't ever smelled something similar to this before. Unfortunatley the drydown is really not working for me. I don't know if it's my nose or my body chemistry or just how this fragrance is, but it turns very sharp and vetiver and oakmoss-dominant. But in a way that really feels like a completely different fragrance. Possibly the least linear fragrance I have tried. It's quite astonishing just how much it changes. The opening is not enough to go on in my opinion, you definitely have to wait for the drydown before you buy.

There is a common green ingredient to most of the Forage line perfumes. I think it is the fennel or angelica. While it is overly pronounced in Hidden on the Rooftops and I didn’t like it in combination with the fig in Wander through the Parks, I really like it here and methinks it adds an aromatic spa-like element to the lemon. Just not sure I’d want to invest in a full bottle as I already own many lemon and citrus perfumes.

I’m halfway through my second large bottle of this and I love wearing it. It’s an uplifting and unusual summer fragrance that’s fresh, clean and citrusy aromatic with a ‘shampoo’ note running though. Lasts well and projects long after I can’t smell it on myself any longer. I get lots of compliments when I wear this and for me it’s defintely a sunshine scent for Spring / Summer. A great mood booster in a bottle.

The fragrance has not been discontinued. Still on sale, particularly on the Miller Harris and other sites as of 16/12/2024.