US-based diamond jewellery retailer Blue Nile Inc is highlighting a broad range of well-loved diamond jewellery pieces in classic and contemporary styles in time for Valentine’s Day. According to Blue Nile, a Valentine’s Day gift should not only “embody your better half’s style, but capture the very essence of who she is” as well. The … Read More →
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), organiser of the 33rd India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), signed three significant deals on the show’s opening day on August 4 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The three memoranda of understanding (MoU), inked with the De Beers Group of Companies, Guangdong Gems and Jade Exchange … Read More →
Jewellery retailers at major department stores in Ningbo, China, are offering discounts today, also known as the ‘love confession day.’ The numbers ‘520’ are pronounced similarly as ‘I love you’ in Chinese. In Ningbo No. 2 Department Store, customers can enjoy a RMB$20 (around US$3) discount for any purchase of gem-set jewellery pieces of RMB$520 … Read More →
It’s Sense of Smell Day (and Alice B Toklas’ birthday) on Saturday and May Day (don’t forget to wear lily of the valley!) on Sunday. We are celebrating with 5 questions. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else entirely. 1. What fragrance are you wearing … Read More →
Jewellers, bullion traders and artisans are showing no signs of backing down in their protest against imposition of 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery as their strike entered 39th day on Saturday with many keeping their shops closed. Many jewellery showrooms in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are closed since March 2 after … Read More →
It’s Hump Day, and it’s National Pencil Day, and it’s Eric Clapton’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing? I’m in Demeter Gingerale. Tea at the moment is Harney’s Kagoshima sencha. Reminder: 4/1 is April Fools Day! We’re going for pure fun: wear your most-fun-ever perfume. (suggested by thegoddessrena) And for those of you who like to … Read More →
Ever since Elizabeth Taylor wooed the world with her White Diamonds signature fragrance back in 1991 with Elizabeth Arden, the celebrity fragrance has become almost a rite of passage for many a singer, actor and sports star. With the likes of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and David Beckham taking home millions in profits from their … Read More →