Hidden on the Rooftops Miller Harris for women and men

@Lwjm You're right. "Pollen" is an impractically broad concept or category. I sniff different kinds of pollen a lot for geek reference purposes and many are gently fragrant, but then again I've learnt that, although I don't have hay fever, at least some tree pollens, notably birch, can give me seasonal headaches, even though I don't think I can smell those pollens at all. Just my guess really but when I see "pollen" in perfume notes, I suppose the producer is probably going for a fluffy/powdery yellow-flowery facet, likely with some unripe, green/fresh undertones and maybe even some of those metallic ones you can also find in the lean smell of some roses. As a bloke, I don't have many fragrances with that, but what comes to my mind is at least the texture--mainly the texture--of mimosa, immortelle, daffodil/narcissus, probably saffron…

I think it's so frustrating, the way that votes are pushed this way and that on fragrantica. 44 people have voted that pollen is the second strongest note in this scent.

Really? I mean, what does pollen smell like? Grass pollen, lily pollen, tree pollen - are we all agreed that these smell the same?

Does pollen itself actually smell? If so, of what?

It's silly of fragrantica to offer the option to vote for it (their "vote for" function is royally messed up - you can't vote for vetiver as a note in Roger and Gallet's Vetiver, for example).

I wish people would be more circumspect and self-critical before voting for non-scents in this way.

I got a 14 ml sample of this in the Miller Harris summer sale for only £17.50. The licorice-esque angelica note is prominent, with pollen and green notes as others have described. This smells somewhat similar to Lothair by Penhaligon's which I already have.

A wonderful, airy, unisex scent. It has so many diverse notes that come together to create a fresh almost soapy floral fragrance. Not sweet but more herbal.
I'm testing this in a humid, 16 degree room and it's very pleasant. It lifts your mood. It is for me a modern, ageless scent. Not bad sillage in this warm room.
With time you become more aware of the base notes but it doesn't really evolve that much on me.
If you want to buy a classy, affordable, easy to wear, anytime scent for your Partner then you can't really go far wrong with this beauty.

An opening of fresh citrus, which briefly (thankfully!) gives way to a Earl Grey Tea note, with a touch of angelica and whisper of clary sage that gives a lightly green, herbal impression. From here it morphes into a honeyed wood, which remains but allows the floral aspects to come forward, with the gentle breeze of violet leaf. Finally the musk quietly ties all of the elements together. As I have found with all Miller Harris fragrances, the notes dance back and forth, shape-shifting so that notes you thought had past, briefly take centre stage again.


Poetic, calming, grounding. Perfectly blended, unisex and unique.This is not necessarily a fragrance that will get get you noticed, she's not looking for attention. It's the quitest fragrance in the Forage range. It's a personal olfactory experience, that aims to soothe the wearer in a hazy bubble of tranquil bliss.

Mission accomplished ❤️

Generally I am a fan of the miller harris fragrances but this I did not like at all sadly and very quickly it turned into a cheap smelling cloying floral disappointed as I had read good reviews and been recommended it by a friend possibly my skin chemistry did not agree with it

5/10

خیلی به نوتایی که ذکر شده توجه نکنین
اونی نیست که با نوتا تصورش میکنین
متفاوت اما نه چندان جذاب
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Scent & Quality: 8/10
Longevity: 7/10
Sillage: 6/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 7/10
Affordability: 5/10
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Overall: 6.6/10

I love this - am not sure why I sold the remaining half of the bottle I have it lasts so well, is uplifting, and perfectly unisex, perfect for spring and summer. I really get the underlying note of honey. Beautiful

This is a scent I don’t want to dig too deep into the individual notes of because actually the combined effect is so exactly what it claims to be - this is the scent of bees buzzing between wildflowers, of pollen and nectar and plants springing up in between bricks and paving slabs. It’s so evocative! Also don’t be put off by the apparent ‘sweet’ accord - this is so far from sugary or sickly. Lovely.

This is an amazing 'floriental' fragrance that really makes me yearn for springtime. I definitely pick up on the honey, berries, and floral notes immediately when I sprayed it, but it's more of a dirty floral and not overly sweet. I love that it's bright, cheerful, and uplifting. Although it's advertised as unisex, it's more feminine leaning but not enough to discourage me from wearing it. This would certainly be a great casual fragrance for the warmer months. I would rate the silage and longevity above average. I grade this Miller Harris fragrance an A+

I received this sample in addition to a few other Miller Harris samples (ordered from their website as I was curious after hearing good things from a friend). This was the first one I tried and oh my gosh I am in LOVE.

Initially, it's very fruity with the bergamot and red berries standing out to me but it quickly dries down to a nice, slightly floral herby perfume. I love it in its subtlety and I love that I can really smell the violet but it's not done in an old-fashioned (read: grandma soap) way.

My only complaint is that it lasts hardly any time at all on me. I've never tried MH so I'm not sure if their longevity is usually pretty good or not but this is really not good at all on me. Could be my body chemistry but I'm so disappointed as I'd love for this heavenly scent to stick around. I guess I'll see how the others go when I try my other samples out.

Hidden on the Rooftops is a predominately herbaceous, green fragrance that I would categorize far more as unisex and even veering towards masculinity. (Generally, I don't like to give gender to perfumes)
Perhaps it is my personal chemistry but Hidden on the Rooftops is all green, earthy and crisp. It actually does make very good sense because of the nineteen notes, seven are citrus and green, five are earthy and the rest, despite being lovely florals, are smothered in the verdant cloud covering the city of London!
If you love citrus and green and maybe? a tad of flowers, this is for you!
Now if I could only find Hidden in the Rose Garden...

Perfumer: Unstated

A fizzle of generic citrus rapidly escapes, thankfully. A translucent rose, all watery, then emerges as a central aspect of this perfume. Its sits within an austere green tea accord that very much sets the tone and overall feeling of the experience. The whole bears more than a passing resemblance to Ormonde Jayne’s Qi. The overriding impression is of a greenish, semi aquatic with abstract delicate ‘english’ florals most notably rose, but also a tempered, defeminised honeysuckle. The interesting part is the way the pollen/honey notes give depth and life to the green tea presence. I understand the developers would like to conjure the roof top gardens of central London, and they do it well here. There is a tranquil vibe that does evoke those invertebrate oases, buzzing as they do, with activity so different from that of the bodies and traffic in the streets below.

With time, the rose becomes a little fuller but never fully defined. A sense of dry woods develops that brings a subtle robustness and an altogether more synthy shift to the experience. This sensation of dry woodiness with a slight marine-like edge is almost certainly down to the powerfully arid face of Norlimbanol® and/or analogues, usually described as ‘driftwood’ in official breakdowns. There does appear to have been a delicate touch exercised with these synthwoods - at least for the first 6 hours, their presence segues well with the overall feeling of Hidden. However, the presence of Norlimbanol extends well beyond any of the other notes, and after about 6 hours all you get is a lifeless synthwood skeleton that pushes Hidden’s persistence to a scale of days rather than hours (god help you if you sprayed on clothes).

A question has to be raised at this point. To what extend does the extreme monotone drydown of Hidden contradict the brands conception of this fragrance? Conceptually, a finish like this shares little with the with shifting specificity and fragile complexity expressed in the rooftop ecologies of London’s roof gardens, or indeed the usually fleeting experiences you get with them. It’s not so much that ‘driftwood’ is the last thing you would expect to find on a London rooftop. This isn’t simply a question of realist portrayal, but rather one of aesthetic principle. Not only does the crazy persistence of Hidden feel achingly unnecessary, a lazy gesture to the rationale of ‘performance’, this formidably dull drydown pushes Hidden into different aesthetic territory. Overall, it becomes one of those airy, dispersed kind of fragrances that produce less a statement, and more an abstract, minimal, unobtrusive, ‘impression’. A clean, considered, non-statement. Can perfume be normcore?

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I do not experience this as a sweet or heavily floral scent; rather, it is initially sharp and herbal as the bergamot and violet leaf make their entrance, and a slight citrus burst, and as it dries down it develops a wonderfully airy and somewhat green fragrance in which, on my skin, I catch wafts of slight sweetness reminiscent of the scent of honeysuckle in the breeze. I don't smell any rose in this personally, or any heavy honey scent -- what I would describe as honeysuckle expresses the scent more accurately for me. Pollen. Wild flowers, not the kind that have an obtrusive scent but a somewhat herbal secret smell. Leafy. I also continue to sense occasional tea notes throughout, both right away and throughout drydown. And as it dries down I get more of a strand of vetiver and the tiniest hint of sandalwood, but so tiny that I think I only notice it because I know it is there. Overall, a finely honed blend of multiple scents, where nothing overwhelms but all balance in a sort of delicious complexity.

On me, this is a fragrance with a mood and ambience rather than a particular smell. I find it very hard to identify specific notes, and am left with a general impression of airiness, urban airiness -- the rooftop name is well chosen. It reminds me of London. London near King's Cross, where the canal meanders near busy traffic-laden streets and past open squares full of concrete, with secret patches where nature still thrives, and boxes perched high up on rooftops where bees nest and make honey from what urban materials they can find.

I love the airiness of this fragrance and how the different components are blended with such a light touch that they give an impression of a certain type of place rather than any one particular smell winning out. It is a great scent for work as it isn't something that anyone would find offensive, even at close quarters, and I find the smell refreshing and calming.

So, having just received samples from the Miller Harris website, I thought I would try a few of them out.

Hidden on the rooftops was the first one I tried and it is a pretty floral scent...I would categorise it as a “floriental”

What I got first off was the bergamot, violet leaf and red berries...I’m not too familiar with Angelica so I’m not sure if that is the ingredient that is giving the top notes a tangy vibe but it is pleasant nonetheless.

Honeysuckle, tea, rose and honey are most dominant in the middle notes, that honey is really coming through and giving the composition a sweet syrupy quality.
The dry down I find to be quiet typical of an oriental....amber, sandalwood and musk imparting a certain warmth to the fragrance.

Overall a decent oriental floral, very pretty and classy and I’m glad I have a sample to try out, but orientals are not usually my preferred scent category, decent longevity as is the case for most of the Miller Harris fragrances I have tried.

Edit : upon dry down, this does remind me a little of YSL manifesto....so the base notes are actually my favourite part of this fragrance...warm, slightly powdery amber and musk. Very nice indeed.