Journal

BeautyMatter November 2023 / Interview with Founder Almira Armstrong

BeautyMatter has run its feature Sustainable Fragrance Brand LUMIRA Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary. Read the interview with Almira Armstrong. Read More

The Right Fragrance for Every Summer Event

It doesn’t matter how many events are on your calendar this season, the opportunity to dress up and dazzle is always thrilling. Your choice of scent plays an integral part in setting your image. J...

LUMIRA Stays / Magnificent Garden Hotels

Spend an hour in nature and you’ll emerge refreshed but spend a night and it may just change your life. A cleansing breeze invites slumber, dreams perfumed by blossoms; then, the first rays of morn...

LUMIRA Travels / The Gardens That Inspired Il Giardino

“If we love flowers, are we not ‘born again’ every day?” wrote the poet and ardent gardener Emily Dickinson in a letter to a friend. As Dickinson and millions like her know, gardens are where fresh...

The Making of Il Giardino

When did travel become an exercise in competitive list-making, the desire to experience a destination distilled into a checklist of sights to take in, views to savour, meals to relish? We adore th...

The Australian Travel + Luxury September 2023 / Soleil du Maroc

Notes from Afar. Exotic travel-inspired scents just a spritz away.  Soleil du Maroc Eau de Parfum featured under Moroccan Muse.

Celebrating 10 Years

LUMIRA was founded in 2013 as a niche luxury candle brand lovingly handmade in the Sydney kitchen of our founder Almira Armstrong. In the decade since, we’ve slowly and deliberately expanded our r...

Travel + Leisure August 2023 / Parfum Discovery Set

Travel+Leisure has named the Lumira Parfum Discovery Set as Best Set in their story The 9 Best Travel Perfumes of 2023, Tested and Reviewed Read more

The art of using fragrance to set an intention

The sense of smell is a powerful tool that can be used to evoke emotions, memories, and even intentions. When we inhale a certain scent, it travels through our olfactory nerve directly to the limb...

Three winter fragrance trends to add to your collection

There is, of course, nothing to say the same fragrance can’t be worn and loved all year round. Or that a lightweight citrus scent should only be spritzed in warm weather. However there’s something ...

Forbes June 2023 / Cuban Tobacco

  Forbes has included the Lumira Cuban Tobacco Candle in their story Father’s Day Gift Guide: Best Self-Care And Wellness Products For Travelers. Read more

Three Ways to Enhance Your Evening Ritual Using Scent

As we become increasingly attuned to the role of sleep in supporting health and happiness, the evening ritual has taken on greater prominence. A considered wind-down routine creates a separation b...