Other stunners in the collection included the Escales collar necklace (made from white and rose gold with red spinels and diamonds), which caught my eye with its fiery intensity. The marquise-cut diamonds on the collar, the brand representative told me, are meant to symbolise boats docking on the marina, a fun detail that I found quite amusing.

Of note as well is the Chant de Sirènes series, which pays homage to mermaids, but it is also the inspiration for one of two tiaras (Chaumet’s signature) in the collection. The one I saw in this series was a magnificent sweeping number crowned with lustrous green-tinted Tahitian pearls and shimmering ice-green tourmalines. Parting was sweet sorrow indeed, dear reader, when I had to emerge from the underwater world of wonder that Chaumet created.

A brisk walk down Rue Saint-Honoré and I’m in front of Milanese jeweller Buccellati’s black and gold storefront. Ushered into a semi-private salon flanked by a wall-length vitrine, I was invited to view rare archival pieces from the jeweller’s history, stretching as far back as the 1930s. I was particularly drawn by the delicate craftsmanship of their pieces—for example, a statement-making gold cuff with an eye-watering aquamarine that featured individually crafted gold leaves, and a brooch with sapphires and rose-cut diamonds inspired by the forget-me-not flower. It was interesting that the brand chose to present pieces from its past, instead of creating an entirely new collection, but it was a joy to examine the minuscule details and ingenuity of the Milanese jeweller’s artisans.

As the glittering week goes on, stay tuned for all our updates right here, and head over to our Instagram Stories to get a first look with us from the presentations in Paris.

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