Journal

How We’re Using Scented Drawer Liners

All too often we move through our daily routines on autopilot: selecting clothing, changing linen, filing papers, all without giving it a second thought. But any of these quotidian tasks can becom...

How To Create Your Scent Persona

There’s no single way to select a scent. Choosing a perfume based on your preferred colour palette makes as much sense as one that conjures up your favourite coastal destination. More simply, you m...

Does Your Home Need A Signature Scent?

Cicero – the ancient Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician – travelled widely but was a homebody at heart. “Where could one settle more pleasantly than in one’s home?” he once asked. (This is al...

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...

Layering Scents With LUMIRA Hand and Body Lotions

Our new Hand and Body Lotions are made for layering. Apply the lotion from top to toe to add a veil of scent to the skin, or use after hand-washing to hydrate and protect hands and nails from dryne...

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...

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...

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...

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...

3 interior trends to update your bathroom style

The smallest room in the house is also where we spend a significant amount of time – and very often, it’s time spent helping us look and feel our best. Whether you’re making a quick detour to adju...

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,...

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 no reason to consider it one of the many dull but ...