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almira armstrong

What are some of your earliest memories of scent?

I’ve had a love affair with candles and fragrance for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories as a little girl was playing with mum’s bottles of perfume at any opportunity, and during my teens I taught myself how to make candles in the kitchen at home, which I would then give to friends and family for special occasions.

How did Lumira begin? I’ve always had a passion for fragrance and understanding how people create perfumes that are so easily identifiable and distinctly associated with

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