Fleurs de Sel

Fleurs de Sel awakens my senses like few other fragrances can. It's breathing in the great outdoors and suddenly feeling truly alive. To be clear, this is no rendition of pristine and sun-kissed rolling fields. There is neither clean mountain air nor the sweet aroma of white flowers carried along a gentle breeze. Instead, you have an unpromising landscape upon which to inspire a fragrance. A stirring wind. Dull greens, muted yellows and harsh browns. Tall reeds, coarse grass, thick bracken and knotted roots resting atop a brine-soaked wetland. Despite appearances though, there is a thriving, aroma-rich underbelly that is well worth exploring. Things begin with a nose-tingling experience of punchy wild herbs and astringent green flora - flitting between medicinal, mentholated and mineral. It's seemingly a lot to handle but it's suitably contained. Mid-development the fragrance has mellowed with a soft iris, yet intermittently perks up again with hits of the underlying salt base. A persistent leather note works wonders: it binds, gives depth, acts as an olfactory distraction. I should add that I experience no woody facets here. Rather, it's strongly herbaceous. Fleurs de Sel is a slice of nature that's been fully imagined and perfectly realised. Hats off to Lyn Harris.

Just wow! The smell reminds me of an artists studio overlooking a secluded beach. Has a definite incense and honey playfulness underneath a gorgeous salty sage. I layered this over ambergris for amplification which is working really well. I also layered over a black musk attar and the artist has found a gorgeous hippy girl who is happy to be his /her muse for a fleeting weekend enjoying the sunsets with sweet riesling and fresh baklava. Has a faint resinous medicinal touch that some may not enjoy. Not a safe blind buy so get a sample and take it from there. I'm off to buy a bottle. I've been looking for a warm weather fragrance that has the balls to step away from the generic 'shower gel' and powdery flowers and I believe that I've found it. Blissful.

Loved it on first spritz! I opened this early in the morning as I started off a long drive to the Scottish coast, thinking that the salt would be a good match and the herbal feel would be calming and nd fresh. Not quite correct but I love it! This reminds me of Dzongkha by L'artisan but without the sweet liquorice note! I think it's the herbal leather but it's so smooth under the salt and warm too! I'd say it would work as a unisex but I don't fancy sharing! Excellent work by a fail proof brand! Sillage and longevity is pretty good as usual for Miller Harris!

This was the most wearable salty aromatic sea-shore fragrance I've ever had. Remember the clip of Le vent nous portera by Noir Désir? This fragrance had the exact same vibe. And I've got to say that I just love it when a perfume house discontinues one of my favourite fragrances, and in fact I urge them to do this more often so that I can just give up wearing anything altogether and save all my precious Euros on a car or a house.

This is not a fragrance I wear every day, but for the right mood it is very nice; it is a complex, natural and aromatic poem of scents that keeps talking to me, at times it gets slightly annoying (cough syrup?), but mostly, it is woody, free and mysterious (cooler climate coastal vegetation?) and has a bit of florals to soften the oakmoss. I like it best after about 30 minutes.