... CdA Romantic

What does romance mean to you? Obviously inspired by the romantic comedy that we’d just finished watching, the topic of our next discussion was set. The first of us to be brave enough to tacke the subject is also the youngest. Her answer is a summing-up of every Hollwood cliché: being presented with a huge bunch of red roses, watching the sun set, dining together in a fancy restaurant, then walking hand in hand under the stars… “No, no … romantic is a man who woos you for months on end! A man who really gets to know you, all the better to seduce you. Who is always gallant and gentle, with all the best qualities. Who takes you to the most amazing places. Who can guess your wildest dreams and makes them come true. A man who’d ask for your hand after your very first kiss!”
Romance means something different to every one. That’s the conclusion at which we finally arrive. In an hour we’ve surely covered every point of view.
The Ose Collection	“And what is romance to you?” All eyes are on me. I begin. “It’s the very beginning of a relationship, everything that makes you fall in love.” I told them of a recent date with my own Adonis. “Go on?” “He asked me out to dinner.” In an intimate but luxurious restaurant. Its décor dripped romance: the long velvet curtains that draped the windows, the classical, comfortable furniture, the soft lighting complemented by the flicker of candlelight … the luxurious, serene and voluptuous ambiance was even there in the refined floral motifs decorating the champagne bucket and flutes. “Florence,” he said. “The collection that you’ve been admiring so much for over an hour is called Florence. After the beautiful Italian city, home to the greatest love stories.” “And then it was time for us to go our separate ways. But before leaving, he made me a gift of the set of glasses from which we’d been drinking.” An unexpected gesture, a incredible display of attentiveness that really touched me: I really loved this fine crystalware, which appeared to spring from the heart of a flower, and to be wrapped in frosted petals, and he’d noticed…
After that, the girls wanted to know which I’d fallen for first: my perfect gentleman or the Florence stemware! In the same range: Let yourself be bewitched by crystal: the fluting and friezes of the Carrousel collection are inspired by Greek columns, while Arabesque’s fine engravings bring to mind all the fragile delicacy of Venice lace.

The Florence Collection

The Carrousel Collection