Style Edit: Chaumet’s Jewels by Nature high jewellery collection salutes the blooms and bees in 3 sparkling chapters

Chaumet’s latest high jewellery collection, Jewels by Nature (Joyaux par Nature), is a dazzling ode to the natural world – a 54-piece tribute to the beauty found in plants and animals, and the quiet poetry of their transformations. Told across three chapters, the collection explores how flora and fauna have long shaped the maison’s identity, linking Chaumet’s botanical tradition with contemporary craftsmanship and emotion.

The bee – Chaumet’s eternal muse – flits between chapters. Once chosen by Emperor Napoleon I as an imperial emblem, the bee now reappears in the form of seven intricate brooches. Each captures a pair of bees drawn to a coloured gem, their wings set with diamonds and with hexagonal design elements alluding to the hive’s honeycomb – all this speaking to the animal’s role as one of nature’s vital pollinators.

Among the collection’s highlights is the Wild Rose parure, rooted in a 1922 tiara design. A modern take on this heritage piece sees yellow diamonds sparkle with naturalistic finesse. An 8.23-carat fancy vivid yellow stone anchors a necklace that can be worn three ways, while matching earrings sparkle with more than five carats of golden radiance.

Equally captivating is the Sword Lily chapter, where Mozambique rubies erupt from a diamond-laced necklace – vines entwine with rubies that seem to float, thanks to Chaumet’s signature fil couteau technique. The flower’s elegance extends to a secret watch, where enamel work by Anita Porchet reveals layers of scarlet depth beneath a ruby heart.

Sweetshrub, a lesser-known bloom, takes centre stage in a pearl-studded necklace crowned by a 44.23-carat spinel – the soft pinks and violets like a watercolour painting. It’s a nod to the house’s long-standing affinity with pearls, stretching back to Napoleon’s court.