Journal

Fragrance

3 ways to add luxury to your hand-washing ritual

Beyond simply good manners and basic hygiene, hand washing can quite literally save lives – a lesson that 2020 taught us all too well. But that’s ...

A Life With Scent

How to layer fragrances to transition to a new season

Certain scents – warm, radiant, with an effervescent splash of citrus – will forever conjure summer’s brightest days. Others – rich, opulent, a li...

A Life With Scent

3 significant moments in the history of perfume

Perfumed products – balms, oils, waters – have beguiled humans for millennia, elevating sacred rituals and bringing moments of delight to the ever...

Fragrance

Five ways to use your luxury room spray

A scented room spray is a quick and effective way to refresh a space; the effect is instant and, if the scent is high quality, it will last a coup...

Fragrance

The making of Terra Australis

From the very beginning, each LUMIRA fragrance has taken as its starting point the beauty and wonder of the natural world. But while the collectio...

Collaborations

The making of Tonic of Gin

The desire to capture a place and a moment in time through scent is a centuries-old tradition, but bringing it to fruition can take the perfumer a...

Fragrance

The making of Persian Rose

In mythology, no flower features quite so prominently as the rose. Its buds and blooms have inspired painters and poets and sent princes on the ...

Fragrance

The making of Tuscan Fig

When LUMIRA founder Almira Armstrong began planning her luxury Australian fragrance house back in the early 2010s, she had a very clear idea of h...

Fragrance

The making of Paradiso del Sole

When LUMIRA founder and creative director Almira Armstrong set about creating Paradiso del Sole in early 2019, she had a very specific memory in ...

Events

Inside the LUMIRA Pop-Up Event

Earlier this month, LUMIRA founder and creative director Almira Armstrong was delighted to host a special three-day pop-up event in Paddington, Sy...

Fragrance

The making of Desert Nights

There’s a particular shade of deep inky-blue that blankets the night sky in Marrakech, its depths punctuated by thousands of twinkling stars. It h...

Fragrance

A very fragrant Christmas

The most magical time of the year has arrived – and with it, a need to pinpoint the perfect gift for everyone on your list. We’ve put the joy back ...