Journal

How To Build A Holiday Fragrance Wardrobe

There’s a fine art to building a capsule of fragrances to take on your next vacation. No one wants to be stuck with the same scent on repeat day and night, but luggage space is precious and too man...

Three unexpected places to apply perfume

Coco Chanel once famously remarked that a woman should apply perfume “wherever one wants to be kissed”. It was a suitably titillating comment from the designer whose lovers included poets, painters...

The right scent for your Christmas in July celebrations

Northern hemisphere expats arriving in Australia quickly discover many unique traditions. But surely one of the most confounding is the fact that Christmas is celebrated in the middle of summer. F...

Refinery29 April 2022 / Persian Rose Hand Wash Feature

Best Perfumed Aesop Alternative If you're a fan of luxury candles, you probably know Lumira, the Australian brand that makes beautiful candles under $100. Its hand wash is similarly perfumed, and ...

At home with Katarina Kroslakova

Katarina Kroslakova claims her design mantra is “more is more and then when it’s too much, add some more”. It’s an ethos the publisher and editor-in-chief of T Australia (the local edition of The ...

Three things to look for when choosing an eco-friendly candle

Having the right home scent is an integral part of creating an environment – but it should never come at the expense of the actual environment. Happily, luxury and sustainability now coexist, which...

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...

My Life in Scent: Helen-Jayne Driscoll

Our new series, My Life in Scent, opens a window on the lives of some of our most stylish friends, as we invite them to share the ways in which they use fragrance to complement and enhance their d...

GQ March 2022 / Cuban Tobacco Best Men's Scented Candle

Lumira Cuban Tobacco candle Scent profile: tobacco, floral, musky For many years, Tom Ford’s take on tobacco was peerless. Australian brand Lumira takes the fight to NY with a deep, rich version s...

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...

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...

Introducing Botanica

Over the past three years, we’ve been proud to collaborate with the incredible Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney on the creation of several scents for the home. Fittingly, our third and final scent i...