Boucheron’s iconic Serpent Bohème collection has represented eternal love, protection and happiness for over five decades now. The brand’s founder Frédéric Boucheron created his first necklace with a serpent motif for his wife Gabrielle in 1888.
This token of love inspired the maison’s most successful collection – the Serpent Bohème – in 1968 and since then several stunning jewellery pieces have been created as part of this legacy. From delicate droplet-shaped pendants to dainty bracelets to gorgeous earrings and beautiful headbands, the collection has offered some of the most stylish accessories in the recent past.
While the maison has adorned some of its previous jewellery pieces in this collection with coloured stones, diamonds, mother-of-pearl and lapis lazuli, the newest offering is all about intensely captivating carnelians set in yellow gold or combined with sparkling diamonds. To enhance the fiery orange tone of carnelian, the craftsmen at Boucheron have set it in a honeycomb structure, which allows light to softly pass through the stone, making it absolutely resplendent.
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Apart from a very elegant necklace crafted in 18-carat yellow gold, with a pear-shaped carnelian pendant and a single round diamond set into the trademark twisted chain, you would find the long gold necklace with alternating red carnelian drops and diamond-paved droplets quite irresistible.
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There are also two sets of perfectly crafted earrings in this collection – a simple pair of studs in yellow gold and carnelian, and the other one crafted in yellow gold with pear drops alternating in carnelian and diamonds. The brand’s serpent motif comes alive in the two-stone ring sculpted out of yellow gold to look exactly like the languid scales of a snake.
The collection is not just graceful but versatile as well. You can mix and match the various pieces for a cocktail evening or just keep it simple with just one of them exuding all the elegance you need.
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