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Chaumet’s ‘A Journey through Nature’: When Jewellery Becomes Sensation

Chaumet’s ‘A Journey through Nature’ transforms flowers, herbs and spices into a sensory progression through freshness, sweetness and aromatic warmth.

Empress Eugénie's Reliquary Brooch
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Louvre Heist: Empress Eugénie’s Reliquary Brooch Lost

In the wake of the Louvre heist, one jewel stands out among the treasures stolen — Empress Eugénie’s Reliquary Brooch. Crafted by Bapst in 1855 and set with Louis XIV’s legendary Mazarin diamonds, it carried within its 94 stones the luminous history of France’s monarchy. Its loss marks the disappearance of a national treasure once believed to be forever safe.