L'Or de Vie La Crème - Métiers d'Art Limited Edition

An absolute masterpiece of cosmetics and a gem of longevity, L'Or de Vie La Crème is reinvented under the breath of Xavier Le Normand, trained artist and jeweler, as part of a unique collaboration at Dior: a secret bottle as a work of art is born, limited to 130 numbered editions. A singular encounter between the worlds of art and beauty gives rise to this exceptional piece of art, to turn the miracle of L'Or de Vie into a true treasure. Xavier Le Normand blows and sculpts glass; this alchemical substance produced through fusion fascinates him. For the Métiers d’Art limited edition, he recounts the discovery of a new narrative: that of the legendary Château d’Yquem, and makes this precious nectar with golden facets his muse to transcend the idea of eternal beauty. In a dance of meticulously choreographed and precise expert techniques, each bottle is hot blown, sculpted, polished, set and carved. Over a nearly 8-hour process, the sculpture becomes a jewel as the 1,500 dots are engraved by hand one by one on the bottle, in a metaphor of the bunches of Yquem grapes that the artist has transcribed on this glass piece with rounded lines.