Miller Harris

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Miller Harris
Type Private
Industry Fragrance
Founded2000;22 years ago (2000) in London, United Kingdom
Founder Lyn Harris
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Website millerharris.com

Miller Harris is a London-based luxury perfume brand founded by perfumer Lyn Harris in 2000. [1] In 2012 Harris sold a stake in the company, with The Daily Telegraph later noting that Miller Harris had come "a major player in the world of independent fragrance". [2]

Miller Harris has two London stores, in Seven Dials and Covent Garden.

As of 2019, Miller Harris have opened 8 shops in other countries, in Hong Kong and China. [3]

In 2010, the business received a boost in awareness to its niche clientele when Michelle Obama was gifted a set of candles by the then UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron, on their first trip to meet President Barack Obama in Washington. [4]

From 2010 through to 2020, Miller Harris have continued to launch fragrances with the Robertet, the French fragrance house adding bestselling lines such as Lumière Dorée and Etui Noir. [5] In 2018, the brand launched the now bestselling fragrance Scherzo. Based on a page torn out of the novel Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and given to perfumer Mathieu Nardin. The resulting fragrance was in 2020, claimed by Grazia to be one of the 10 cult perfumes, taking the planet by storm.

In 2020, Miller Harris gave all of the hand wash and soap in its warehouse to Age UK in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7]

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References

  1. Maggie Pagano (15 February 2018). "A View From The Top: Sarah Rotherham, chief executive of Miller Harris". The Independent . Retrieved 4 December 2019. She is the chief executive of Miller Harris, the fabulous luxury perfumer, which first made headlines creating a bespoke fragrance for Jane Birkin before Samantha Cameron bought one of its candles for Michelle Obama.
  2. Fiona McCarthy, ed. (5 October 2015). "Lyn Harris launches Perfumer H bespoke fragrances". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 December 2019. Having established her first fragrance house Miller Harris in 2000 with the help of partner Christophe Michel, the duo built it up to become a major player in the world of independent fragrance
  3. "Perfumers smell success in China's growing fragrance market". SHINE. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. "David Cameron presents Barack Obama with graffiti art". BBC News. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  5. Magazine, Wallpaper* (2016-06-02). "Miller Harris reinvents itself with two new perfumes and new packaging". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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