What are Attars

Teachers, Not Perfumes

I don't make perfumes. I make teachers—bottled questions, living stories, invitations to become.

Each attar in LUMARANA is a conversation, not a commodity. It's a blend of plant wisdom, personal journey, and the lineage I inherited from Andrea Schally, who taught me that every oil carries a question. The process of blending, wearing, and living with an attar is how I learn to listen—how I let the plants ask me what I'm not ready to ask myself.

These aren't just scents. They're living documents. Each one is a chapter in a story that's still being written—by me, by the plants, by everyone who chooses to wear them.

The Four Attars, The Four Teachings

• Aarambha (The Beginning): The journey of learning to exist softly. The question: Can I arrive without defending myself?
• Prasūna Vikāsa (The Being Becoming): The wheel of creation and destruction. The question: What ended so I could begin? What am I becoming?
• The Storyteller's Attar: The medicine of maternal sacrifice. The teaching that we will always be wounded, and that we can use those wounds to understand and heal the world.
• Samgama: The Complete Masculine. The work of integrating the animal, the ancient, and the sacred within the divine male.

Each attar is a standalone teaching, but together they form a cosmology—a map of becoming, belonging, and blessing.

How to Work With the Attars

You don't just wear an attar. You sit with it. You let it ask you questions. You let it change you. Sometimes it's gentle. Sometimes it's fierce. Sometimes it's a mirror, sometimes a doorway.

I've learned to let the oils speak. Sometimes they teach me patience (like waiting for myrrh to release a single drop). Sometimes they teach me humility (like when a blend falls apart and I have to start over). Sometimes they teach me to celebrate what's been invisible—like the day I finally saw Copaiba for who she is.

If you're here, you're invited to join the conversation. To let the attars and oils teach you, as they've taught me.

A Note on Sourcing and Lineage

Every material is chosen with reverence. Every drop is a relationship. I source as ethically as I can, honoring the plants, the people, and the places they come from. Some ingredients take years to find. Some are gifts from teachers. Some are the result of loss, heartbreak, and starting again.

This is not a product line. It's a living lineage. A library of plant wisdom, preserved in bottles, offered as invitations.

If you're ready to listen, the attars are ready to speak. Welcome to the conversation.