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Wear the good perfume - LUMIRA
Fragrance

Wear the good perfume

Even when you truly love perfume – when you close your eyes and inhale deeply with each spritz – it can be easy to fall into a fragrance rut. This scent is for everyday; that one is for casual dinn...

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My Scent Story / Vinny Chen, Simple Blanc - LUMIRA
A Life With Scent

My Scent Story / Vinny Chen, Simple Blanc

Vinny Chen has a singular talent for making everything look incredibly chic. Through her platform Simple Blanc, she shares her vision for fashion, beauty and style, always with an air of quiet ref...

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Behind the notes: understanding oud - LUMIRA
Fragrance

Behind the notes: understanding oud

It’s only fitting that the scent of oud is a complex one – it carries millennia of history and culture in its wake. In the Middle East, where its wood chips and fragrance oils have been used for c...

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Love notes – pairing fragrance and music - LUMIRA
Fragrance

Love notes – pairing fragrance and music

Scent and sound share a common language, one of notes and compositions, harmonies and accords. It’s little surprise, really, as both artforms tap directly into the parts of our brain responsible fo...

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The Perfect Valentine’s Gift for Every Affair - LUMIRA
Fragrance

The Perfect Valentine’s Gift for Every Affair

Fragrance is the language of love, an ephemeral wisp of emotion that carries memories and tugs at the heart. Synonymous with romance, it makes the perfect Valentine’s gift. And yet, no two relation...

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A scent to match your beach style - LUMIRA
A Life With Scent

A scent to match your beach style

The rhythmic crashing of the waves, the undulating rise of the tides, the mist of seaspray… There’s something quite special about time spent at the beach. And yet, no two coastal destinations are a...

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The making of Bois D’Épices - LUMIRA
Fragrance

The making of Bois D’Épices

In early 2020, as the whole world was plunged into pandemic-induced stillness, LUMIRA founder Almira Armstrong began working on her newest scent. For Armstrong, a lifelong traveller, the need to o...

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The art of scent and the Sphera fragrance ritual - LUMIRA
Fragrance

The art of scent and the Sphera fragrance ritual

Experts say the best way to preserve a precious memory is to consciously embed the moment in your mind using sensorial triggers. You might focus, for example, on the particular shade of startling ...

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How to use perfume to complement your spring wardrobe - LUMIRA
A Life With Scent

How to use perfume to complement your spring wardrobe

We’ve always maintained that perfume is the ultimate accessory and finishing point to a well-constructed outfit. With sunnier days ahead in the southern hemisphere, we asked Nardine Ataera – the co...

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Four fragrances for your next outdoor event - LUMIRA
A Life With Scent

Four fragrances for your next outdoor event

There’s no doubt this will be the season of the great outdoors, so give your alfresco lifestyle a glamorous spin with the right fragrance. The following four perfumes will see you through every oc...

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Making sense of scent families - LUMIRA
Fragrance

Making sense of scent families

The human nose is a finely tuned piece of equipment, capable of detecting more than one trillion distinct odours. It’s an impressive feat but one that can provoke confusion and misunderstanding whe...

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4 scents to uplift your mood - LUMIRA
A Life With Scent

4 scents to uplift your mood

Of all the senses, smell remains the least understood by science, creating a tantalising void for magic and mystery, supposition and speculation. One theory gaining gravitas in scientific circles ...

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