Interview of Lyn Harris of Miller Harris on Beauty Interviews {Fragrant Reading}
Beauty Interviews has a piece with Lyn Harris, the founder and perfumer of Miller Harris.
How do you source the ingredients for Miller Harris perfumes?
I only use the finest quality raw ingredients. I take pride in carefully selecting my materials from different regions and with my chemicals, again, I have my favourites, which I obtain through certain suppliers whom I favour. As I defined and refined my style, I have found that I am far more selective of the chemicals I work with. I have now got to a stage in my creativity where I am happy to limit myself to around 300 out of thousands and thousands available in perfumery. This is important in defining my style as a perfumer. I am confident about limiting my vocabulary in terms of these materials. However, the opposite is true of natural ingredients. I try and discover new naturals – I don’t like to be limited in that respect.
You can read our reviews of Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel and Coeur d'Eté
Thank you so much for this beautiful and inspiring interview.