Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds Eau De Toilette, 100 ml

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A German actress named Vera Krupp was the first known public owner of the diamond, receiving it in the form of a brilliant ring from her wealthy industrialist husband sometime between 1952 and 1956. After a very public divorce, Vera moved to America, making her new private homestead the 500 acre Spring Mountain Ranch outside of Las Vegas. Said to be a glamorous and ostentatious woman, Krupp would often be seen wearing the large natural diamond jewel whenever she ventured into town.

In the years since its debut, a series of innovative, White Diamonds-inspired fragrances have been released, including Sparkling White Diamonds (1999), Brilliant White Diamonds (2001), White Diamonds Lustre (2014), White Diamonds Night (2016), Love & White Diamonds (2017), and White Diamonds En Rouge (2019). Taylor partnered with Elizabeth Arden Inc., then a division of Parfums International (now owned by IFF), to create White Diamonds. [5] Description [ edit ] White Diamonds was Taylor's second perfume, after Passion, which she introduced in 1987. [2] Other celebrities had previously lent their name to fragrances on occasion, such as Sophia Loren, who released an eponymous perfume in 1981. [1] The original rough diamond was found in 1966 in the Premier Mine in South Africa, weighing 241 carats (48.2g). Harry Winston cut it into the shape of a pear weighing 69.42 carats (13.884g). [1]

Burton and Taylor divorced twice. After the second split, Elizabeth Taylor’s pear shaped diamond was sold to New York jeweler Henry Lambert, for an estimated 5 million in 1978. This translates to about 18.9 million in 2015. Part of the sale’s proceeds funded the construction of a new hospital in Botswana.

White diamonds is a floral perfume with notes of rose, jasmine, [1] neroli, narcissus, and Egyptian tuberose. [2] Winston sold the unusually large pear shape diamond to Harriet Annenberg Ames, the sister of Walter Annenberg, former United States ambassador in the United Kingdom. But she didn’t keep it for long. In 1969, Ames brought it to New York’s Parke-Bernet Galleries to sell at auction. In honor of the eagerly awaited and delayed 2021 Academy Awards, we are reupping this story about the Taylor Burton diamond that Elizabeth Taylor wore to the ceremony in 1970 when she presented Best Picture. Elizabeth believed that a well-chosen perfume is an essential accessory for every woman. In 1987, she decided to blend her love of fine fragrances with her entrepreneurial spirit by releasing her first perfume, Passion. The scent was an instant hit. Today, Elizabeth’s record-breaking, award-winning perfume empire continues with 16 different scents in total, including the iconic White Diamonds. You can explore the world of Elizabeth Taylor fragrances here. The supplemental letter from the GIA is accompanied by a monograph from the Gemological Institute of America which features additional photographs, data collection charts and gemological research which details the rarity of the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond.White Diamonds was marketed with a short film starring Taylor titled White Diamonds Starring Elizabeth Taylor. [5] The full film, with a duration of 2 minutes and 45 seconds, [5] was screened in department stores, which served popcorn to customers to enhance the theatrical effect. [1] It was also played in movie theatres before pre-show trailers. [3] A 60-second cut was shown as a television commercial. [5] Though she had been presented with three before it, Taylor’s first real gobstopper jewel came when Mike Todd proposed to the then 24-year-old with a “not quite 30 but twenty-nine-and-a-half” carat engagement ring in 1956. Her perfume campaigns were the perfect platform for dressing to the hilt. By Tanya Dukes | August 26, 2022 Like so many Hollywood couples, even the Taylor and Burton’s fiery romance fizzled out. After the couple divorced in 1976, Taylor sold the diamond three years later and donated part of the proceeds to help build a hospital in Botswana. Throughout her life, she was widely known for her generous philanthropy. Burton and Taylor's jewels and other investments bought by the couple were officially assets of a tax shelter established by the pair, called the Atlantic Corporation. [12] Public exhibition [ edit ]

This exceptional stone was a symbol of one of Hollywood’s greatest love affairs. By Jill Newman | January 5, 2022 Beginning in 2011, Taylor stipulated that 20% of all sales in perpetuity be directed to her charity, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. [2] Elizabeth Taylor wore the Krupp Diamond as a ring, and called it her favorite piece. The Krupp Diamond and other famous pieces of jewellery in Taylor's collection became part of Taylor's image. After Taylor's death, the stone was renamed "The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond". The diamond was originally named after the Krupp family of German industrialists, and it was sold as part of the estate of Vera Krupp (1909–1967), second wife of Alfried Krupp. [4] The sales of Taylor's perfumes, particularly White Diamonds, were her principal source of income during her later life. She purportedly earned more from White Diamonds than from any of her roles in Hollywood films. [3] Legacy [ edit ]

White Diamonds was named "Fragrance of the Year" by The Fragrance Foundation in 1992, and inducted in the foundation's Hall of Fame in 2009. [2] The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond is an Asscher cut diamond with a fairly large culet facet, indicating it was likely cut before the 1920s, when culet facets were being phased out. A report (1132411262) dated 9 May 2011 from the Gemological Institute of America states that the diamond is D colour, VS1 clarity; accompanied by a diagram indicating that the clarity may be potentially internally flawless. Though not much is known about this famous diamond’s history prior to the early twentieth century, experts have surmised that it could have originated in India’s storied Golconda region or South Africa’s famed Jagersfontein Mine. Also, due to the stone’s cut featuring a large open culet and rectangular shaped corners (often referred to as an Asscher cut), it’s believed to have been faceted sometime before 1920. Patty Fox (2000). Star Style at the Academy Awards: A Century of Glamour. Angel City Press. ISBN 978-1-883318-14-7.

Tampa Bay Publications, Inc. (September 2009). Tampa Bay Magazine. Tampa Bay Publications, Inc. ISSN 1070-3845. Taylor owned the diamond for less a decade (after divorcing Burton, she sold it in 1979), and yet it’s still mainly referred to as the Taylor-Burton diamond. Perhaps it is because people remember a great diamond—especially when it is tied to a great romance. William J. Mann (21 October 2009). How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-547-41774-5.

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The diamond was originally bought by Harriet Annenberg Ames, the sister of the billionaire publisher Walter Annenberg, in 1967. Annenberg Ames feared wearing the diamond in her native New York City, and decided to sell the stone. She later said that "I found myself positively cringing and keeping my gloves on for fear it would be seen.... It sat in a bank vault for years. It seemed foolish to keep it if one could not use it. As things are in New York one could not possibly wear it publicly". [1] 1969 sale [ edit ]