A more pared-down version of the bloom adorns an impressive necklace punctuated by a 5.26-carat pear-shaped diamond set as a drop, a technical feat involving nearly 1,150 hours of meticulous craftsmanship.

The magical effect of pavé-set gems is appropriate to the species’ name. Five flowers delicately sculpted in gold, petal by petal, the result of 1,500 hours of meticulous work, rest on rivières of intertwined diamonds highlighting the pastel shades of blue, purple and pink Vietnamese spinels totalling 24.36 carats.

Adorned with five removable rosettes that can be worn in five different ways, the Maison’s signature tiara acts as a successor to the tiara created in the 1850s by Jean-Baptiste Fossin, with surprisingly realistic detachable pansy flowers. The largest bloom forms part of a necklace that took nearly 1,300 hours to make, while the other four motifs act as brooches or hair jewellery.