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4 Hotels With Gift Shops Worth Exploring

The hotel gift shop has traditionally been a place to find an emergency tube of toothpaste and a few unappealing mementos of your stay. But somewhere you’d actually want to spend time? No chance. ...

How to choose a candle as a gift

From hostess gifts to treasures under the tree, a candle is just the kind of small luxury that makes the perfect present. To elevate this kind of gift-giving to an art form, however, it pays to ta...

The Making of Nuit de Noel

How does one begin to distil the essence of Christmas into a fragrance? There are some obvious starting points: the tree, of course, the centrepiece of any festive celebration, and the spices – ci...

Inspired Christmas gifts for everyone on your list

With Christmas only weeks away, now’s the time to start working through your list to ensure that deliveries are made before the big day arrives. “The perfect gift acknowledges the tastes and inter...

Sunday Times Style, London / Nuit de Noel featured

The Making of Florescence

One of the most important botanic gardens in the world, Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden occupies a sprawling 30 hectares (74 acres), and boasts enviable views sweeping from the Domain all the way to...

Lumira Travels | Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia

As summer approaches here in Australia, our thoughts naturally turn to the beach, and specifically, to just how many coastal holidays and mini-breaks we can conceivably cram in between now and Mar...

Russh / Lumira’s newest candle made with the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden

Picture this. You’re lying in a tropical green garden. The sun is shining bright, there’s not a cloud in the sky. A cool breeze drifts by, bringing with it the sweet floral scents of jasmine and ma...

Observer / These 12 Fall Candles Will Make Your Home the Coziest Place on Earth

This Sydney-based brand first collaborated with Distillery Botanica to create the Tonic of Gin scent nearly four years ago, but it was so popular they’ve decided to relaunch it. It’s composed of ju...

Florescence - A collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

We are so excited to have literally poured the heart of Sydney into our new limited edition scented candle FLORESCENCE – a botanical collaboration with Australia’s iconic Royal Botanic Garden Sydn...

The Cut, New York / The Perfect Candle for Tea and Gin Lovers

“It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in. There’s an old man sitting next to me, makin’ love to his tonic and gin.” It’s odd to me that the phrasing of such a popular song (“...

How to find the right scent for your personality

With literally thousands of individual fragrance notes to choose from, the process of selecting a new scent can sometimes seem daunting. There are various ways to approach this olfactory challenge:...