The Christmas limited editions by Serge Lutens are always gorgeous and precious in every sense of the word: hand engraved on glass, beautiful and evocative designs and truly expensive (logical, if you think there are only a handful of bottles produced in the first place).
This year Serge Lutens presents La Fille de Berlin, a composition based on rose, which takes on dark, disturbing tonalities, a rose with thorns that recalls gothic tales. The bottle as you can see is one of a kind. Numbered editions from 1 to 30, dated and monogrammed. A unique bottle, engraved by hand, with platinum enameling. Just beautiful...
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ReplyDeleteStunning!
ReplyDeleteNow how much does this stunning beauty going to cost me?
ReplyDeleteSabine,
ReplyDeleteyeah, isn't it. *sigh*
King,
ReplyDeleteI believe the embellished bell jars in particular run into the 300+ euros, but those are even more limited in number (only 8-10 bottles produced)
If I'm not too much mistaken these are comparable in cost. A big outlay to be sure.
Wow... just WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteCheryl,
ReplyDeleteyeah, I'm with you.... :-/