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What Is a Gourmand Amber Fragrance?

Gourmand amber fragrances pair edible warmth with resinous depth. Here is what the notes mean, how they wear on skin, and how to find the one that feels like yours.

The Making of Soléor

Sydney in summer has always held a particular feeling for me. It isn't one single memory, but hundreds layered together over a lifetime. Early swims before the city has fully woken. Bare feet on wa...

How to Choose a Perfume You Haven't Smelled Yet

Choosing a fragrance from a screen is hard. Here is how to read notes, use samples and small sizes, and test at home, so you find a scent that takes you somewhere.

Winter Scent Rituals | Luxury Home Fragrance & Winter Perfumes

Create warmth through fragrance this winter. Winter invites us indoors. It asks us to slow down, light the candle a little earlier, linger over morning coffee and create spaces that feel comfortin...

The Ultimate Summer Fragrance Ritual | Best Summer Perfumes for Travel

Discover the scents made for long days, warm evenings and wherever summer takes you. Summer has a way of slowing time. It lingers in salty air, long lunches that become sunset dinners, weekends aw...

What Is Slow Perfumery? A Guide to Niche and Artisan Fragrance

There is a moment in the life of every fragrance enthusiast when something shifts. A single smell - encountered on a stranger's skin, or drifting from an unfamiliar candle, or discovered in a small...

Build you fragrance wardrobe

Fragrance layering is the art of making scent feel entirely your own. At LUMIRA, layering is designed as a daily ritual - combining body care, perfume oils and Eau de Parfum to create a fragrance ...

What Conscious Luxury Really Means: Beyond a B Corp Badge

Luxury is evolving. For decades, it was defined by excess. Weight. Ornament. Distance from origin.  Today, true luxury is clarity. Transparency. Responsibility.  At LUMIRA, conscious luxury is not ...

How to store and care for perfume

Perfume brings such joy to our lives, it’s only natural to seek to extend it. And with careful storage, it’s entirely possible to help your favourite Parfum or Perfume Oil go the distance.  Here,...

Solar Neroli: The Luxury Candle That Captures Sunlight

There are some scents that don’t just fill a room - they transform it.  Solar Neroli is one of them. Imagine the golden glow of late afternoon sunlight, the soft citrus breeze that filters through...

Introducing Noir d’Oud

A boldly magnetic fragrance, Noir d’Oud commands attention with its warm, resinous blend of oud and powdery rose. It opens with a smoky depth that softens into a fresh, clean floral heart, balanced...

4 Types of Floral Fragrances to Enjoy This Year

Chances are, you already have an opinion on floral fragrances. Whether they’re a mainstay of your collection or one you prefer to avoid, it can be easy to group all florals into a single scent fami...