A mysterious greenhouse, where flowers bloom and turn into jewels, those of Chaumet. The Parisian fashion house called Hortensia her collection of jewelry designed as precious petals. Jewelry and fantasy, they are designed as dreams that turn into drawings directly from leaves and flowers with dew distilled in small drops that make up a bijou. The idea has its own charm, especially in the video that presents the collection. But it is not just an abstract idea: the collection is a tribute to the Empress Josephine, Chaumet’s first customer and inspiring. Marie Josèphe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie, known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte: she was also a lover of flowers and gardens, so he called his daughter (her first husband, Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais) with the name of Hortense. Lavinia Andorno
